TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1997, 21 January 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 17. Colonel Mallescn was mulcted in £IOOO in a libel action brought against him by Mr Herbert Gladstone for saying that the latter would shortly have figured as a co-respondent in a divorce suit, but that bis father had squared the affair. Princess Maud is suffering from influenza. Jan. 18. Baron von Nordenskiold, the old and well-known Swedish polar explorer, proposes to lead an extensive expedition to the South pole. The Baron will ask the Australian Colonies to contribute to the cost of the expedi'ion,

The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company have declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and the National Mortgage «nd Agency Company of New Zealand (limited), a dividend of 5 per cent.

From advices to hand from Paris and New York the mortality from influenza does not appear to be increasing. An experiment made on board H.M.S. Benbow has proved that the 100-ton gun is defective. The remains of the late Lord Napier of Magdala, will be interred in the crypt of St. Paul’s, Sir William F. D. Jervois, presided at the United Service Institute, last evening, when Colonel Robert Elias read a paper on Colonial Defence. He contends tba»- in order to meet any emergency Australia must be selfdependent in the matter of defence, and that this end m«y be attained he suggests the amalgamation of all the colonial forces, the bolding ef manoeuvres in convenient centres, and the connection by rail of all the Australian colonies. Arrangements are being made to double the present fleet of the Nord Deulcho Lloyds line to Australia. The death is announced of the Duke of Aosta, formerly King of Spain. Parleying has been resumed with Washington in connection with the Behring fisheries dispute. America now seems inclined to abandon her claims to the exclusive ownership of the fisheries.

Slavin has challenged Sullivan for £2500 a side, and has made a deposit of £SOO, He has also expressed his willingness to box Sullivan for £IOOO a side if the Athletic Club will give £3OOO.

The funeral of Lord Napier is <o be carried out on a grand scale, Brussels, Jan. 17.

The Belgian Government have instituted an “ injury fund ” of 2,000,000 francs for workmen in the employment of the Government, St. Petersburg, Jan. 17.

The Czar, in replying to the New Year’s greetings from Moscow, says he prays that the development of the resources of the country may continue undisturbed amidst profound peace, which is desired by all the great Powers. Vienna, Jan. 17.

A severe eathquake throughout the province of Carinthia, caused a panic in a theatre at Klagenfurt, the capital of the province, but no serious damage was done by the shock. Constantinople, Jan. 18. The judges and magistrates of Crete are resigning their offices, and there are many symptoms of farther trouble in Crete.

Cairo, Jan, 17. News ia to hand of a terrible famine in t' j Soudan, The mortality is reported to be enormous, and it is stated that the Mahdist’s followers have been disbanded m consequence,

Zanzibar, Jan, 16. Emin Bey has suffered a relapse, and a serious discharge is flowing from his ear. His medical attendants propose that the patient should undergo an operation.

Jan. 17. The British East Indian squadron has again assembled here.

New York, Jan. 16. Thirty thousand children are down with influenza in Chicago. Jan. 17. The Johnstown Flood Relief Fund has reached £590,000, Washington, Jan, 18. The Naval Board of the United States recommends that the a fleet of one hundred vessels should be built at a cost of two hundred and eighty million dollars, the construction to be spread over 14 years. AUSTRALIAN CABLE, Sydney, Jan. 17. At a meeting of the Steamshipowners’ Association it was decided to ascertain the views of all steamship companies in Australia on the subject of amalgamation. Jan. 18. Sailed —Teknpo. ! !>■ null of the s ;V ■utennial. which s-,nk n> the harbor some months ago, '■a- b . it sold for £BSO. Melbourne. .L n, 17. Ah’ .* f ffi-es in Qn o 1 W"8 bun.eo out this evenmar. The 1 damage ig climated at £25,000.

Adelaide, Jan, 19. The Hon. J. Ramsay, formerly Chief Secretary, was horribly burnt by the explosion of a lamp in a railway carriage, and died shortly after the accident.