TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1952, 5 October 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

' ‘.V’ ! ! .London, Oct;* 1. ' , /.'Tim. la excess,of, the| „ ®|j§y4ft®y» in.artytej.toj thre insolencej and thQ.fsoijqf^lee,; and ladies of England to ? organise the, purpose, of .domestics v to qolpnial, ‘jLpjJies. guaranteeing situations | y«^’!Rf.W ß 'i ,* -,V ; j ~.Arrive^—r ßarque.Peri from Welling-' ,to,n.,.(^june, J.01h),; p..b, TElderslie.iromj Port [Chalmers .(August 14th). ■„ ■ ! The Parnell. defence fond, which has reached £41,000, is now closed.. Mr.! Darby Shelley, who was oneel nominated to the Governorship of South Australia, has died insane it the Broad-! moor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.

■.j Oct.2. I ; Lords Mayor Whitehead l has declined! to agree to thei proposal made d)'y the; London dockmemto be allowedi'to walk in the Lord Mayor’s 1 procession as a mark of gratitude for his mediation, ' >, Mr Will®* father 1 of 1 the famous ALUs-' Iralian«xplorer, is dead. The prosecution of the Earl of Gallo- 1 way for: assaulting a girl has been abandoned.

The Australian mai's, which were on; board one of the trains wrecked by the collision in a tunnel at Ariano, in Italy, have been rescued, bat their delivery will be delayed. Mr Tiiletj . chairman of the Dock Laborers’ Union, is assisting the Rotterdam strikers to organise., : ,. . A majority, of; the directors ,of the Colonial. Union Company have agreed to transfer the business to 1 the Tyser Line (Limited), giving the shareholders 5 per cent debentures of Tyser’s in exchange for shares in the Colonial Union Company. A minority of the shareholders in the latter are opposed to the transfer, and are applying for an injunotion.

Bishop Barry, of Ballarat, speaking at Cardiff, . advocated a Home re-union of Churches.

, Constantinople, Oct. 2. This Emperor and Empress of Germany are noW on a visit to this city. Berlin, Oct. 8.

It is rumored on the Bourse that, a credit of three linillion marks Will Shortly be required to provide bronze guns to be nsed in connection with the smokeless powder recently introduced. ' 1 Vienna, Oct. 8.

The Fremdenblatt, one of the leading political papers in this city, ip an article; dealing with Bulgarian affairs,; urges the! Porte to recognise Prince Ferdinand’s right to tbe throne, and declares that the concurrence of the Great Powers would be given. In the course of his speech af t banquet to-day Herr Tisza declared that, so far as he could foresee, the peace of Europe was assured, Belgrade, Oct. 2.

Ex-Queen Nstalie firmly refuses to surrender her maternal and civil rights, and the populace show an inclination to violently support her if the coercion of her son continues.

Rio Janeiro,’Oct. 2. The Brazilian Government has issued £20,000,000 of the Conversion Loan.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Oct. 2. Sailed—Mariposa for Auckland. Sailed H.M.S. Calliope for Portsmouth.

In regard to the changes in the moon’s surface lately reported, Mr ; Russell, the Government observer, says two mountains haye disappeared, ,and two conspicuous crater's have taken their place. One is. a mile and three-quarters in diameter, the other is somewhat; larger. Thu latter is snrronnded by a white wall, apparently freshly thrown up,; Two smaller craters also are visible. ; Oct. 8. ; Messrs Ellery, RusselV and Todd,’ Government observers of Victoria,, New 1 South Waiee, and South Australia, all; diecredit the theory of McEgeson of the| Weather Department, prfedicting a long; •drought next year. The stonewall over the. supplementary estimates still continues, the remuneration of Mr John Davies,' C.M.G,, being the particular point at issue. The debate has been marked by a discreditable washing of dirty linen on the part of both Sir H. Parfces and: Mr Dibbs, leader of the Opposition, Melbourne, Oct. 2 .

The Assembly have adopted the proposal for increased representation on the Federal Council. The Premier expressed a hope that New South Wales would ioin for defence purposes. J r 00t.3.

A man named John Welford has, been murdered by Tbomss White, who drove a long knife into bis heart. The murderer was jealous of Welford’s attentions to hjs wife.

The Department of Agriculture is arranging to export butter to England,

: : AriBLAIDE, Oct. 2. ; A cabman named Crawford shot his wife' 1 three times, "fend jjjj'e unfortunate woman; is dying. The cause is attributed .tq-the dissolute habits of the wife.