TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2055, 5 June 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 2. The R.M.S. Ruapehu sailed from Ply me nth to day, 1 The Pall Mall Gazette says that a Parnellite seat has been placed at the disposal of Sir T.Mcllwraith, of Queensland. The Bishop of Limerick has withdrawn from his priests power to give absolution to boycotters, The opposition to compensation of publicans for loss of license is increasing and it is probable that the proposal will be withdrawn, / Sir Francis Dillon Bell is parleying with Franco and Germany to reduce their cable rates to" Australia in the Bathe way that it is proposed to do with the rates to England, June 3. The Agents-General have written to Lord Knutsford, requesting him to arrange an interview with Mr Qoschen on the question of England contributing to the cable guarantee. Paris, June 2. The French Government propose to legalise 10 hours a day as the limit of labour, Berlin, June 2. It is alleged that Prince Bismarck is intriguing at Home and abroad, and that the Kaiser is resolved to stop him, and has cautioned him not to persist in his behaviour. ( St. Petersburg, June 2. < Information has been received by the police'that twenty Paris nihilists conveying infernal machines and explosives |*have entered Russia. The Czar lias given a promise to the Queen ot Denmark to enquire into the recent atrocities in. Siberia and to take steps to ameliorate the condition of the exiles in future. Washington, June 3. It is now considered probable that the United Slates’ Tariff will not be altered at all.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, June 3. The Chinese Restriction Bill has had a marked influence on the number of Chinese arriving, as there were only 175 during last year, and of those nine-tenths bad previously resided in the colony and bad gone to China on a visit. In the first quarter of the present year (he arrivals have been only 37, while 104 departures are recorded. Adelaide, June 3, The cargo of the steamer Dacca, wrecked in the-Red Sea, was valued at £IOO,OOO, fully one half of which is insured in the colonies, Michael Barry, convicted of wife murder at Rockhampton, was executed to-day.