TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1726, 19 April 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 14.

Sir J, B. Thurston has been appointed Consul-General of the Western Pacific.

A deputation from the Associated Chambers of Commerce has interviewed the Postmaster-General requesting a reduction in the colonial postages, and urging that a portion of the mail steamers’ subsidies should be defrayed from the defence estimates. Mr Raikes, in reply, said that whilst foreign Powers were willing to sacrifice their postal revenue in order to extend their trade, British trade and commerce did not require such support. However, he hoped that he would shortly be prepared to recommend a reduction of postage rales on seaborne mails.

The Rugby Union will extend its paiwniage to?'the New Zealand Football Team playing the Englishmen in the Autumn.

Tbo Unionists haring: invited Mr Gladstone to repudiate boycotting and organised resistance to authority, Mr Gladstone declared that the disorder in Ireland was the result of the action of the Executive harshly enforcing invidious laws in that country, and illegal assaults of the police upon the people. Mr Gladstone denies that he favors separation;

April 16. The o.s. lonic arrived at Plymouth yesterday from New Zealand. King Humbert and the Queen of Italy have accepted the invitation of Queen Victoria to visit England, provided that political matters will permit of their leaving. The steamer Yarouba with the London portion of the cargo of the Messagenes steamer Yarra, has been totally wrecked off Guernsey. The crew have been saved, but it is expected the cargo will be lost.

Major Kitchiner will shortly resign his commission in the Egyptian army. The Marquis of Salisbury inssits that any further parleying over the Egyptian convention shall be conducted in London.

Dr Matthew Arnold expired very suddenly this morning. His death is attributed to disease of the heart.

Baron Macleay (? Sir George), formerly a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, is dead. His age was 79.

April 17

Sailed—Westland, for Dunedin.

The warship Caroline has arrived from Honolulu. She reports planting the British flag on Fanin, Christmas, and Penhyrn Islands, recently annexed by Great. Britain.

The Hawaiian tramways loan has been subscribed.

St. Petersburg, April 14. Two thousand Jews are being expelled from Odessa. New York, April 14.

Owing to the deadlock which has arisen over the Tariff Bill, it is considered impossible that a revision of the tariff can be effected this session.

Hong-Kong, April 16.

Cachao, the capitr-I of Tonquin, has been devastated by a windstorm. Over a hundred people were killed, and there are a thousand injured persons in the hospital.

Candahar, April 16,

An attempt to murder the Governor of the city proved unsuccessful, though ho only managed to save his life by flight.

Capetown, April 13,

Owing to the threatening attitude of the Daraara tribes in south-western Africa a body of British troops has been despatched to Walfisch Bay for the protection of the Europeans residing there. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, April 16. A new channel, which it is claimed will facilitate the work of bringing vessels up the Yarra, frag opened today. April 17. The Premier has drown up a memorandum for despatch to England, in which he trusts that the Imperial Government will endeavor to induce the Chinese Government to stop emigration to Australia, "as has been done in the case of the United Slates. Mr Gibson, a local merchant, claims £20,000 from Government for injuries he sustained in the Windsor railway accident. Mr Deeson, of London, has made a proposition to Government, in which he expresses his willingness to undertake an Antarctic expedition for a premium of £SOOO. Mr Gillies has written to Sit Henry Patkes with reference to the proposed establishment of a cartridge factory, expressing the willingness of the Government of Victoria u> take ammunition from a fcuory in .Australia whenever established, and urging Sir Heiry Patkes to withdraw bis objection, and arrange with Captain Whitney for a site,

Tho executive have authorised the Agent-General to purchase war material for the colony to the amount of £96,000. Sydney, April 16, Arrived—Waihora, from Auckland. Sailed—Hauroto, for New Zealand, The prospectus of the Broken Bill Marotobo Silver and Gold Mining Company has been issued, with a capital of £85,000, The object ot the Company is to purchase and deveiope a block of country near Hikutaia, Thames district, Auckland, News has been received here ®f a volcanic eruption at Ambryn Island, one of the New Hebrides group. The whole face of the country has been destroyed by a thick deposit of volcanic dust from the mountain in eruption. No casualties are reported, Gustavus Davis was to-day sentenced to death for a murderous assault committed on an old man at Dubbo, Further revelations in connection with the recently reported Corporation frauds show that one of the city firms benefited to the extent of £50.000. Tho frauds in which this firm was implicated extend over a period ot six years. The Babbit Conference met to-day and transacted some formal and preliminary business. Tho New Zealand representative has not arrived. At the Rabbit Conference to-day several ot the delegates objected to any new disease being introduced into the colony, and suggested experiments on some island off the coast. It was, how-j ever, pointed out that this would not be sufficient, as animal Ufa existed under different conditions in the interior. Dr Bind, one of Pasteur’s representatives, will be examined to-morrow.

April 17

Mr B ead’s thoroughbred horse Iris has been shipped for Lyttelton by the s.s, Hauroto which left yesterday. Both Kemp and Hanlan are in splendid condition for their match, which takes place on Fay sth, There is a fair amount of wagering on the match, odds being in favour of the Canadian.

One hundred and sixty miners are idle through a strike at the South Waratah coal mines. The Rabbit Conference to-day resolved to Government to set apart an island off the coast, and also a tract of country inland, for the purpose of testing the efficiency of the rabbit extermination schemes of M. Pasteur and others.

A valuable discovery of lead crystals is reported from Mudgee district. The crystals are found on the surface, and some of the specimens give 30ozs ot silver to the ton.

His Excellency the Governor will visit Norfolk Island next week. The Government announces that the new taxation proposals will be brought forward at the earliest opportunity. It is proposed inter alia that a tax of Id in the pound shall be placed on the unimproved value of land upwards of £SOO in value ; and |d in the pound on the capital reserves and deposits of banks, mortgage and loan companies, and financial institutions of every kind. The Financial Statement will bo made at the same time. Adelaide, April 17. There has been an extraordinary increase of telegraphic business during the past three months. Bishop Kennion (R.C.) at Preston, England, has received a legacy of £IO.OOO by the death of an uncle. Over a thousand tons of silver and. lead are awaiting shipment to England, Brisbane, April IG. The manager of the Mount Merlin station, near Cioncurry, is reported to have killed a white boy, two black boys, and a native gin living on the station. A fifth, whose life was also attempted, managed to escape. No particulars are tc hand, but the matter is being investigated by the police. April 17. The victims of the Mount Merlin tragedy,, reported yesterday, were poisoned and thenburied. In addition to the cases reported another black woman was killed, making five deaths in all.