TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1501, 4 May 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 29. The Australian Eleven have accepted the offer of the Cheswick Club’s ground to practice upon. The Adelaide court at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition is ready, and the New Zealand court is in a forward state. Australian pears are being sold at the Army and Navy Co-operative Stores at 3d each, The Treasury w'll cable the result of the temh rs for the Ocean Mail Service when » ‘ender is accepted. There is no prosi' et of a twenty-nine days’ service bt-in• drained. S; in Ips of tea grown in Fiji are approved by experts. April 30. A i -he members of the Australian crirlo "ng team are now here, and they will b gin regular practice on Monday next. Three syndicates tendered for the million South Australian loan. The official statement shows that £2,711,500 were subscribed, the average price being £99 9» 6d. The issue of shares in the North British and New Zealand Investment Company is one hundred thousand, of which four-fifths is already subscribed. The “ Fijan,” a new steamer which has been built for the fruit trade between Sydney and Fiji, has been launched. May 1. New Zealand frozen mutton is worth s£d per lb. The eight hours’ agitation in America is becoming general. The Mayor of Manchester will shortly entertain two hundred colonists at a banquet. The Standard denounces the programme put forth by Sir Julius Vogel, and argues that it is not safe to lend money upon it. The opposition to Mr Gladstone’s Irish proposals is general, and sixty of the Liberaie have declared their intention of voting against them, and others are wavering. If the second reading is carried by a narrow majority, Mr Gladstone will probably re-cast the proposals and bring them down again next session. Capetown, April 27. The B.s. Kaikoura sailed yesterday evening for New Zealand ports. Hio de Janeiro, April 28. The R.M.S. Aorangi, from Wellington (left April Bth), arrived here to-day, all well. Her frozen meat cargo is in good order. Rangoon, April 29. Advices from Upper Burmah state that destructive fires have occurred at Mandalay, resulting in the burning of a large portion of the town. It is believed the conflagration was the result of incendiary action. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, April 80. His Honor Mr Justice Molesworth is seriously ill. Stdnbt, April 30. The conference between the Premiers of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, and Admiral Tryon, on the subject of a concerted scheme of defence for the Australian seaboard, has concluded its sittings. The result has not yet been made public, but it is expected it will transpire on Monday 11‘Xt. bailed, this afternoon—Wairarapo, (or Auckland. The Bank of New South Waits has declared a dividend for the balf-ytar at the rate of per cent, per annum. May 1. After the condnsion of the defence conference, the Premier of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, discussed the New Guinea question, and, it is understood, they arrived at a mutual understanding, based on the memorandum issued by Mr Griffiths, Premier of Queensland, on the subject, some slight modifications being introduced into his scheme. The Australian colonies not represented at the conference will be consulted, and tbo proposals will then be submitted for the approval of the Imperial Govern moot.

Perth (W.A.), May U Further favorable reports have been received from the Kimberley district as to the richness of the deposits. As the goldfields are three hundred miles inland, intending prospectors itt' notified that ample means are indi-. peusible.