TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2147, 8 January 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN;

A,;W'.'Kiogl»ke,[hißtorian is dead; aged 79. , ',..< . ,;..*;, The Admiralty,; .haye decided to abandon monster guns for arming. Bbips, A report is about that Mr Gladstone intends to resign.

The Right Hon.-A*-J. Balfour and the Earl of Zetland* arei appealing for funds for the relief of Irish families who are unable to benefit by the carrying out of public works, and also..to provide.food and clothes for their children attending school. ~-*•>-■• .

i The body of A, W. Kinglake will b« cremated.

Mullet, one of the Irish Inducibles, convicted cf taking part in' the Pbcenix ' Park murders, has been released from gaol. . ~..; ij. . ~ A romantic story is in circulation about Parnell and Mrs O'Shea, telling bow the latter once nursed him back to lifa, and on another occasion learning that there was a plot 1 to asßassipate him warned him to leave the theatre and avoid taking a carriage. The;, story with detail has been published and has improved ParHell's position. . Hunter, the; well-known Yorkshire professional cricketer, is dead. Mr Gladstone has issued a denial of the report tbathe is about to retire. Mr Parnell . demands that Mr McCarthy should resign befpre ; the, Irish partyre-formß under the temporary leadtrship of Mr O'Brien, Paris, Jan. 5. The elections" for the Senate have resulted in a great Republican gain. M. Ferry has been elected for tbe Department ot Vosges.

Berlin, Jan. 4. Dr Koch is improving his method of treating lupus, The Kaiser visits the Queen of England in July. Jan. 5. Dr Koch is conferring with the Government as to the expediency of disclosing his secret. Germany has annexed the Marshall Islands Group,, north of the Equator, and lying east of the Caroline Islands, Lisbon, Jan. 4. The King opened the Cortes in person yesterday,! In the speech from th« throne be said (bat Great Britain bad given an earnest of b*r peaceful intentions pending theis3U»of negotiations. Washihoton, Jan. 5.

President Harrison has ordered twelve cruisers, four revenue cutters, and seven patrol steamers, to assemble at San Francisco within a month, It is understood that they are mobilising in connection with the Behring Sea fishery dispute. New York, Jan. 5.

The fire which gutted Hegmann's Theatre, in Fifth Avenue, and injured Staartevant House, originated through electric light wires. Tbe census shows the United States' birth rate te be two millions below the previous decade, Manilla, Jan. 5.

The Natives of the Caroline Islands attacked the Spanish troops, but were repulsed under the heavy fire of Galling gUDS ana lost heavily.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Jan. 5. Intense heat is being experienced in the city, and throughout tbe colony generally, the temperature ranging from 97 to 118 degrees in the shade. Ttemendous bush fires are, raging in the Baremedman district, 313 miles southwest of Sydney, and a homestead and 3000 acres of grass were burnt. Jan. 6.

A bush fire in the vicinity of Condoblin, about 360 miles inland, has devastated about 120 miles of country. Twenty thousand sheep perished in the fLmes. The fire (ravelled at the rate of ten miles an hour, and if the win! had not suddenly changed nothing could have saved the township. It is stated that that tbe defalcations of Bennett, late manager of the Padding, ton branch of the English and Scottish Chartered Bnak, amount to £IB,OOO. Arrived—S.S. Wairarapa, from Auokland,

Mklbourne, J»n. 5. Tanner has accomplished bis forty, days' fast. J»n, 6. Mr Hines, engineer of the Harbour Department, will proceed to New Zealand as representative of Victoria in selecting a site for tbe erection of a lighthouse on the Snares. In the intercolonial match between Victoria and South Australia the latter ii» their first innings made 472—G. Giffen, 237. Victoria made 220 and 190, being beaten in one innings with 62 runs to spare. Adelaide, Jan. 5. Chief Justice L. J. VVay has b-en appointed Licuienaot-Goveruor of Westem Australia. Brisbane, J An. 6. Prolonged Bhocks of carthqunke have been experienced atDarwayaud Hawkesi wood.

Albany, Jan, 5. The Earl of Jersey, tha new Gove'nor of New South Wales, has arrived here. Jan. 6. Arrived—B.B. Car:h»ge. Passengers for New Zealand —Messrs Clarke, Buckley,. Rawlins, Lamber, Mr and Mrs Tasker, Mr and Mrs Beddington and family, Mr and Mrs Walmsley, Rev. W. Lean, Mrs White, Misses E kin, Gregg, and Hutton.