TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1700, 18 February 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, London, Feb. 14.

The barque Ann Millicent, bound from Liverpool to Adelaide, baa been wrecked at Tunich, an island of the Indian Archipelago. The vessel soon became a total wreck, but the crew were rescued by a passing vessel and landed at Sairabya, a seaport town on the north-east coast of Java.

Injthe House of Lords (he Earl of Dunraren has given notice of a resolution in the direction of improving the constitution of the House of Lords. In December last the Earl of Dunraven suggested that the House of Lords should consist of a hundred members elected from peers of the realm. The will of Lord Wolverton, who died in November last, has been proved at £1,820,000, which he has bequeathed to his family. Lord Brassey, in the course of a lecture at the Colonial Institute, eulogised the artisans in the colonies, who be thought had bright prospects before them. Referring to Western Australia he thought the price asked for land was too high to attract immigrants to the colony, and he was of opinion that the , politicians of New South Wales were giving false encouragement to the working classes, Feb. 15. In the House of Commons Mr Howard Yincent, M.P. for Sheffield, has given notice to move that it is desirable that Great Britain and the colonies should enter into a commercial union.

Lard Brassey, in bis lecture at the Colonial Institute, advocated the creation of a body with imperial functions, and which would include colonial representa-

tives, He also referred to the munificent gifts which had been made to South Australia by Sir William H, Hughes, Sir TLomas Elder, and Mr J, H. Angus. The Doric, arrived at Plymouth today from New Zealand. The creditors in the bankrupt estate of Lord Augustus Loftus, late Governor of New South Wales, have accepted bis offer of £2OOO cosh. The bankruptcy will now be annulled.

Sir George Trevelyan, M.P. for Bridgeton, speaking on the amendment to the Address-in-Reply in the House ot Commons, said that the policy adopted by the Government with reference to Ireland had not tended to pacify the people, but had alienated all sympathy, and bad also caused a decreased respect for the law. The debate has been further adjourned. Teemer has issued a challenge to row any person in the world over a two mile course for any sum, Paris, Feb. 14. The Chamber of Deputies have rejected the vote of twenty millions placed on the estimates for Tonquin. The Premier, M. Tirard, thereupon made a statement to the effect that the Government would not evacuate that place, but that the expenditure there would be curtailed in every possible way, Subsequently a reduced vote was submitted and agreed to. Berlin. Feb. 15. The Reichstag has endorsed the advice of the committee which recently reported adversely on the Socialist Bill, and the Bill has consequently been withdrawn. iSan Remo, Feb. 15. The latest bulletins published give a less hopeful account of the condition of the Crown Prince. Constantinople, Feb. 16. The Sultan has signed the Suez Canal Convention subject to certain modifications. San Francisco, Feb. 13, A rich find of silver has been discovered on the estate purchased by Mrs Langtry in Nevada. A number of men were digging a well wheu they struck a silver lode, which is estimated to be worth £IOO per ton. New York, Feb. 15. A derrick, which was being used raising the girders for the elevated railway in course of construction in Brooklyn street, over-balanced and fell on a crowded tramcar which was passing. Three of the passengers were killed, and seventeen badly injured, some so much so that fatal results are feared. Ihe accident is attributed to the carelessness of the engineer in charge of the works. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Feb. 15. Bailed—Manapouri, for the Bluff, Jerry Dodge, a well-known theatrics agent, shot himself dead on Sunday. The Tram Company refused to submit the matter in dispute with their employees to arbitration, and have resolved to fight the men, Feb. 16. The U.S.S. Company’s s.s. Msuap< nri, wheu leaving Port Philip on her way to New Zealand, collided with the barque Speedwell, Both vessels had their fui'e-'op-gailan:- carried away, but were otherwise uninjured.

The Government having received no reply from the Imperial Government to the communication sent them respecting the admission of foreign warships into Port Philip, have determined to immediately frame regulations restricting the admission of such vessels. Sydney, Feb. 15. Sir J. B. Thurston, new Governor of Fiji, leaves for Levuka to-day. He f intends to introduce a policy of severe retrenchment. Hanlan and Kemp have signed articles for a m»tch for five hundred pounds. The race comes off on May, 6th over the Parramatta course. Feb. 16. Sailed—-U.S.S, Company’s Te Anan for Auckland.' Forty-six nominations have been received from other colonies for the Sydney Gold Cop, including Trenton, Dunlop, Nelson, and Enfilade. At the centennial rifle competition the Cup was won by Mr Page, of the Melbourne Rifles. With the Cup the winner takes £IOO and a gold medal. He scored 206 points out of a possible 245, > Arrived—Pukaki, from New Zealand. Newcastle, Feb. 16. An old man named Gillespie, a local preacher, fell down a forty-foot shaft, and lay forty hours with R broken thigh before he was discovered. Adelaide, Fab. 15, The Government have decided to accept one of the tenders recently sent in for the construction of a locomotive locally. The price contracted for is 23 per cent beyond the English price, less £9OOO duty to be paid on imported material.

A £SOO cup has been presented by a Sydney firm for competition at the annual colonial rifle meeting, Feb. 16. News is to baud that the northern blacks are again proving troublesome, and have killed two men and destroyed their boat at Roper river. At Goyder Creek two Malays were murdered and eaten by them.