TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1541, 18 January 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 13. Mr Stanhope, replying to the farewell letlenof the Agents-General, said it was the duty of the Ministry holding the position of Secretary for the Colonies, never to lose sight of the interests and feelings of the co!qnies. At a meeting at the Mansion House yesterday £IO,OOO were subscribed towards the Institute scheme. The Crown intends to apply to estreat Dillon’s bail in respect to the charge of conspiracy ou which he stands committed, on the ground that he is continning violent speeches and repeating the offence. Universal regret is expressed in, the United Kingdom at the death of the Earl of Iddesleigb. ' '• Mr H, M. Stanley, who.bas organised an expedition for the relief Emir Bey,i will sail for Africa on the 80th inst. He hopes to reach Emir Bey’s position by way of the Congo, but failing that will proceed to Equatorial Africa from Zanzibar. Sir Henry Drummond Wolfe, British Special Commissioner.,,in Turkey and Egypt, leaves for Constantinople on the 15th inst. The United States Senate have advised President Cleveland to obtain a concession for the construction of .a canal at -Nicaragua; . Mr McNarten, Q.C., M.P, for Antrim, succeeds Lord Blackburn in the Cqurt of Appeal. It is reported that Mr Streeter, of London, a well-known dealer in precious stones, has leased the ruby mines just acquired in Burmali for £30,000 a ! year. Jan. 14. Mr Holland, (ho newly-appointed Secretary for the colonies, will formally receive the Agents-General at the Colonial Office on Monday. The official estimate of the American wheat crop is 457,000,000 bushels. Stiirge, corn merchant, of Birmingham, whose failure is just announced, will, it is expected, pay ten shillings in the pound. Jao. 15. The English Government will shortly appoint a,Consul at Raratonga. The Financial News considers that the present is an opportune time to allow the colonies ’ to deplete the gold, reserves, and it complains of the way in which, Victoria is spending the loans. Rangoon, Jan. 13. The commanders of the British brigades operating in Upper Burmah report that organised resistance on the part ot the rebels is generally ceasing. ■■ ■; ■ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Jan. 14. The. Victorian Banks, acting in concert with those of other,;c,domes, in<lading New Zealand, but hot Queensland, will shortly reduce .the rate of interest ob deposits by 1 per cent. ■ Quo hundred cases of typhoid fever have occurred ia 4 Melbourne since the beginning of the year, and seventeen persons have died, from the disease.. Private advices from New Caledonia report that the French Government have purchased the rights of the New Hebrides Company. The Victorian Board of Health have urged the establishment ot a system of federal quarantine, by which vessels may be detained at the port of call, instead, as under tbe present system, of making several centred ot infection. Jan. 16. The death of an infant is reported at the quarantine station. . The other patients are progressing favorably. Sydney, Jan. 14. Arrived—Tekapo, from Wellington. Sir Patrick Jennings persists in resigning, and it is considered (probable that Sir Henry Parkes will be sent for by tbe Governor in order to form a Ministry. Another death from smallpox occurred at tbe quarantine station to-day, making a total of 12 deaths since tbe first outbreak. Jan. 16. Sir Henry Parkes has been sent for by the Governor, but up to six* o’clock .this evening bad only seen two of bis supporters. It is understood he will

form a freeirade Ministry, withoui going outside the ranks of the Opposi tion. He may pos-ibly advise a disso-lution-..0f Parliament,, in which.-case, Sir P, Jennings will ask h r supplies to be voted on the meeting of the House. The barque Centurion, of the Thompson line, from London, was’ wrecked at .North’HeadJhis morning. 'All bnnde ; were saved. The weather was stormy at the time of the occurrence, , The Waitangi won the, intercolonial yacht race. A report has been received at Kimberley that 30 blacks had been massacred in that district.