TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1537, 8 January 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 4 The list of exhibitors at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition is cloned. Six hundred and nine exhibitors applied for 65,000 feet. The payments for space have amounted to. £2(500. It'wiS considered probable that SSO exhibitors would take up 95,000 feet, if there was room. Dillon and O'Brien aire continuing their Irish campaign. The Times states that a further shipment of gold to Australia is'exp-cted, Jan. 5. Meetings in connection with the Imperial Tostitute wi'l be held in St. James' Palace on the 12tli lust., under the presidency of the Prince of Wiles. Representatives of all provincial communities have been invited to be present. A further meeting will take place in the afternoon of the same day at the Mansion House. The Lord Mayor i<i London will entertain the provincial delegates at the Guildhall the day before the meeting. Lord Cairns leaves for Sydney in the Cuzco. Rear-Admiral Henry Fairfax succeeds Admiral Tryon as Commander-in-chief of the Australian Squadron, his appointment dating from February Ist. The Guardian disbelieves that the reredo3 to be placed iu the lUuglish Church' in Sydney is a grievance, and it upholds the action of Bishop Barry in obtaining it. Sir H. Sinford, British Commissioner to the Jubilee Exhibition, before leaving for Australia, will collect for the Exhibition 200 excellent pictures in England, and a similar number on the Continent. He sails foe Adelaide in March. Jan. 6. The Committee of the German Reichstag have again rejected the Bill providing for an increase in the army. The Earl of Carnarvon, iin a letter to the Times, urges the Imperial Government to undertake the defence of coaling stations and commercial ports. New York, Jan. 5. A serious railway collision occurred near Tiffin, Ohio, between,a goods train and a passenger trnin, resulting in the loss of fully 22 lives. "Several cars caught fire, and 12 passengers were burnt to death. Many other persons wero seriously injured. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Jan. 5. The Governments of New Sc/Uth Wales and Victoria have agreed to hold a conference at Adelaide for the consideration of the question of utilisation ot the Murray River for irrigation purposes. The reduction made by Victoria and New South Wales on telegrams to New Zealand is to be £d per word up to first ten words for each colony, instead of Is for the first ten words as formerly. No reduction is to be made beyond (he first ten words. The appointment of Mr Lavaters as Secretary to the Melbourne Centenary Exhibition has been officially confirmed. Another smallpox .case has been reported at the quarantine station. Seven of the cases are confluent, three being considered very seiiou«. Mr Gillies has received a despatch from the Agent-Geuerul with reference to the proposed Antarctic expedition. The dispatch statps that a" considerable increase in interest is being felt in the subject in England, and if the. movement wire started in Melbourne it wou'd be warmly supported at Horn". Sir Graham Berry had an interview with Sir Ail-n Youug on the question, and that gentleman promised to assist if the colonies would guarantee £IO,OOO. Sir Allen Young would probably consent to lead the expedition. Private advices from London state that there is ao increasing inquiry for word, and that the market is stronger."^ Arrived, last night—S.S. Mararoa. It now appears probable that the Preussen's engineer was drowned."lt is believed he attempted to escape by swimming ashore. The AHstralasian's of the wheat yieli iliis season are ;-Victoria, i

18,071,000 bushels, being an average of 11.70 bushels per »cre, The surplus is estimated at 133,000 bushels. The Loader's estimates are ns ' follow : YieM, 12,452,000 bushels ; overage, 12.10; surpiuH, J 53,000 bushels. Sydney,, Jin. 4. The actual deficiency in ihe colonial revenue at the end of the year is estimated at two millions and *-half. Eidht fresh cases of smallpox ure reported. The boundaries of the quarantine grounds nre being enlarged to meet the exira requirom"nts of the outbreak. Jan. 5. Sailed, this afternoon—M r »katipu. No further cases of smallpox have been reported, at the quarantine station. 11.M.5, Dart, which arrived at Sydney, picked up three. Frenchmen who had been .blown off the coast of New Caledonia, uud who had been 20 days at sea in an open boat. Jan. 6. Sailed, this afternoon—H.-S. Manapouri. The relations between Mr Dibbs and Sir P; Jenuiugs are very much strained, in consequence of the former's quarrel with the Chief Inspector of Accounts, who, Mr Dibbs alleges, misled him with regard to the Budget deficit. Brisbane, Jan. 5. The revenue for the past quarter was £620,723, being a decrease of £21,414 as compared with the cprtvspondiug quarter of last year; The;revenue for the past, half-year shows a decrease of £IB,COO, as compared with the corresponding period of 1885. ,' ■ Adelaide, Jan. 5. i . . •■. • The Orient steamer Iberia, with the outward mails dated December 3rd, arrived this afternoon.