TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1507, 18 May 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Mar 13. All the shares in the North British and New Zealand Investment Company have been allotted. Tenders for the Collingwood (Victoria) municipal loan of £40,503 were opened to-day, and the amount subscribed was £189,000. The average price is about £lO5 15s, Mr Gladstone is impressed with the policy of the federal colonies respecting the New Hebridee. There is a growing excitement in Ulster over the Home Rule proposals of the Government, and the Orangemen arc making open preparations for resistance in case the Bill should become law. Mi Graham Berry, the new AgentGem rul for Victoria, has entered upon his i fUofal duties. Mr Berry has sent a despaich to Earl Granville, Secretary for the Colonies, on the New Hebrides question, reiterating the views already laid down by Sir Andrew Clarke when acting as A gent-General. May 14. The debate on the scheme was resumed last night in the House of Commons, when the Right Hon. Sir Henry James spoke at some length against the Bill, which he declared to be contrary to the supremacy of Parliament and the unity of the Empire. The Right Hon. Campbell-Bannerman, Secretary for War, then addressed the House in defence of the measure, after which the debate was adjourned until Monday next. Mr Chamberlain has written a letter in which he expresses his conviction that the inhabitants of Ulster' are entitled to claim separate autonomy, or, at any rate, the maintenance of their connection with Great Britain, Should this not be the case, he considers they would be justified in resisting the authority of a Parnellite Parliament sitting in Dublin. In the House of Lords last night, Earl Rosebery, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated that he had informed M. Waddington, French Ambassador in London, that it was improbable the British colonies would consent to the cession of the New Hebrides. Lord Rosebery added that although M. Waddington had been notified, the British Government had not sent a formal reply to France, because the negotiations with the colonies were not yet completed. A meeting of Liberals and Radical# took place to-day, when Lord Hartington and Mr Chamberlain both urged Government to withdrawn the Home Rule Bill, May 15. The weather is colder, and crops are backward. Mr Wm. Beach, the New South Wales oarsman, has arrived from Australis, May 16. The Executive Oommissionera of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition were entertained at a banquet by the Fishmongers’ Company last night. The Duke of Cambridge was among the guests. He spoke and expressed his opinion that the feeling of unity between the Mother Country and her colonies was never more strongly marked than at the present time. His Highness also announced himself an advocate of the federation of the Empire, A meeting of Conservatives was held here last night to consider the Irish proposals of the Government. Lord Salisbury,addressing'the meeting, stated it was his belief that it was impossible to place confidence in the Irish people. He advocated a policy of continuous coercion »s the only means of restoring order in Ireland. Heavy rains have fallen in the Midland Counties. Large tracts of country are flooded, and serious damage is being occasioned in many districts. Madrid, May 13. A disastrous hurricane passed over this city to-day, by which no less than seventy persons lost their lives, and over two hundred received more or less serious injuries. The damage to pro perty is also enormous, buildings being uprooted and iu many cases entirely destroyed.

Plymouth, May 13. The s.e, lonic arrived last night from New Zealand. Her frozen meat is in good condition, Athens, May 14. The Chamber of Deputies has been summoned by the King, and the trooj.,B which were proceeding to the front have been stopped. —,„. , » iI. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, May 14. Arrived—Waihora, from the Bluff. May 15. Several passengers per s.s. Waihora from New Zealand arc bound for the Kimberley goldfields by the steamer Gatnbier. Sydney, May 14. The s.s. Mariposa, with the inwerd San Francisco mail, arrived this morning from Auckland. In the Legislative Assembly, the debate on the Colonial Treasurer's Budget Statement was closed to-day. lhe House went into Committee to consider the details. May 17, The death is announced of Mr Hugh George, manager of the Sydney Morning Herald, and formerly connected with the Melbourne Argus. Adelaide, May 17. Arrived, this afternoon—Messageries Maritimes' steamer Sydney, with the English mails to April stb.