TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1917, 16 July 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, tjuly,ll,v j Lord Charles Beresford. has resigned his seat in the House of; Commons »s member for Marylebone East, in order to take the command of a warship. Bishop Barry, late of Sydney, in presenting the prizes at KingteCollege, Cambridge, declared that higher educa. tion in the colonies was far ahead of that at Home, r Bubear has challenged Matterson,, to row him. Beports ere current to the effect that Servia is menacing Bulgaria. - Baron de Worms, in reply to a qoes-. tion in the House of Commons, said that no change had been made in the regolationa respecting the use of the title "Honorable," bat that the regulations would be more, rigidly, enforced in the future than in the past. The Standard states that Government attaoh little importance to the Tenants'. Defence League which Mr Paroell intends to establish, and believes, that it jsj intended to cover the failure of the Plain of Campaign. The bulk of the. tenants, the Standard; asserts,' have* stood alopf from the proposal, which was submitted to Mr Gladstone and Mr Morley before being announced, July 12. j In the House of Lords to-day the Bill providing tor responsible government for Western Australia : passed the secoqd reading. The committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the subjects of grants to members of the Royal Family, consists of eleven Tories, two Unionists, oight,; Gladstonians, and two Irish : Nationalists. ■ Among the number are included Lord Hartiogton, Messrs Smith, Gosohen, Gladstone, ; Chamberlain, Morley, Labonchere, and: Parnell. Mr Oeorge Wyndham has been returned unopposed for. the Dover seat, vacated by the death of Major Dickson. Neil Matterson has declined Bubeat's challenge. It is reported that Major LeCaron is missing. News from Hayti states that President Legitime is arming the women. Lord Charles Beresford has resigned from the Federation League because he disapproves of the proposal to hold an Imperial Conference on the subject. , The annual < cricket match between Eton and was won by Harrow by 9 wickets. Paris, July 14. : The decree L of indictment, preferred by the Government against General Boalanger charges him with a felonious attempt against the safety of the State, alsc of conspiracy, and of embezzling the sum of 252,000 francs. Count Dillon;and M. Rochefort are charged with being accomplices. The Government have decided to prosecute General Boul anger, Count Dillon, and M. Rochefort for treason, j Constantinople, July 12.

Tha Turkish official who was sent to report on the state of affairs in the Island of Crete declined to accede to the demands of the malcontents, and the latter consequently refused : to pay their rents, :Troops were despatched to enforce obedience, but owing to the menacing attitude of the inhabitants they were withdrawn in order to avoid a conflict. Belgrade, July.l4. i The Regents have armed 80,000 jof the Servian reserves, .nominally for the purpose of suppressing brigandage. The action has, however, s created an.i inv pression in official circles in Vienpa that a Servian attack on Bulgarians meditated. ..„ Bucharest, July ll.j A big railway collission took place near this city. Fifteen persons were V(lled, and many injured.: Aden, July ill.; ■ Two of the Mesßageries Maritimes Company's; steamers, the Anadye and tOxus, engaged in the India, Chino,,and Japan trade, collided off here. The Anadye sank. New York, July 11., Efforts to trace. Dr John Mclnuery, supposed, to have, been murdered, by orders of the Clan-na-Gaol, have failed. Another doctor named Clarke is missing. Sullivan has been arrested for taking part in a prizefight, but Kilrain managed to escape. Ottawa, July 12.; The Hon, J. J. C. Abbott, leader for the Government in the Senate, has been appointed Commissioner to visit Australia for the ; purpose of promoting commercial relations with the colonies. Mr Abbot has left for England,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Jaly 12. . Hnddlestone, the well-known cricketer, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling the sum of £6250 from the Department of the .Registrar-General. A heavy fall of snow has taken place in the Upper Murray districts, in the neighborhood of Kiandra, It is lying

20 feet deep in the igullies^and heavy floods are feared when the snow begins to m«lt.><•' July 13. The<wrecß>of the steamer Fijian,, as she dies on the reef near Tanna, m the NewHebride8 k ihaß been Bold for £5. 'H Evidence taken at the inquest on the body of Pettit,'recovered< from the Glebe colliery, shoffsthat' there" had been no inspection'of toe mine for' four weeks previouß»to theiaccident, NBWOASTMi July 14. The steamer Afghan, which foundered in the harbor l while li beiag -loaded- with coal, has been successfully floated. Adelaide, July 12. | A good harvest is anticipated and it is estimated that from the - present appearances it ; will be the heaviest •' on record, • The'yieldis expeoted to reach ' five million bushels. ''■' ■ • >BribbA-nb, July 1 /!*;! The highest peak;dftheOwenStniiley Mountains, Which has been ascended s by Mr McGregor; Commissioner of New Guinea, has been named Mount Victoria, Its height' is ; 13,121 j feet above the sea level. Mr—MoGiPegot found a perfect climate ; .daisies, buttercups, and othpr flowers, also heaths and grasses growing on the summjt. 1 Hobart, July 13. ! The Financial Statement shows j a surplus of nearly £13,000. , It is estimated that, there will be a surplus next, year of £12,000. , i