TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2255, 17 September 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 12. In the Jewish Colonisation scheme, by Baron Hirsch, Australia is not mentioned. Cardinal Manning is gradually ! weakening, and his coadjutor has been nominated. A sailing vessel, name unknown, is reported to have collided with the steamer Arizona in ,the Atlantic Ocean. The former vessel sank with her crew, but' the steamer was not much injurOft alfd proceeded on her voyage. Sept. 14. | Addressing a meting at Listowel, in Kerry, Mr Parnell declared that nothing would ever induce him to again take command of the party who .receded from him after the divorce case, . He also reasserted that he had proposed to Mr Dillon that the Paris funds should be available for assisting 'evicted tenants in Ireland. Tipoo Tib asserts that there is no truth in the story about Mr Jamieson and the cannibals at.Ribariba, Rhodes, the post-office sorter, was sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude for wholesale thefts of letters. / The Rev. George Rodgers, the oldest Congregational clergyman in the world, is dead. The correspondent of the Daily News at Constantinople says that Turkey has not thrown herself into the arms of Russsia as is generally feared. Paris, Sept. 13. M. Grfjvy died a freethinker. Madrid, Sept. 14. Disastrous floods have been experienced in South Spain. Several villages have been destroyed and many persons drowned. Thousands have been rendered homeless. It is stated that two thousand people have been drowned by floods at Toledo. Help is unobtainable owing to the railway being washed away. Berlin, Sept. 14. . More than 700,000 persons, including the Austrian Prince Azay and other Austrian nobility, have visited Treves to inspect the “ Holy Coat”, exhibited there. ' Intelligence has been received that Kalewsk’s German expedition in Africa were defeated by the Wapehe natives. Ten Europeans and many friendly natives were killed in the engagements. The entire German army are now armed with the new rifles. Later information states that sixty natives attached to Zalewski’s expedition escaped to Kondra, and an attack is feared on the German station at Mpwapwa. The massacre has created intense excitement in Berlin. Rome, Sept. 13. The Italian Government has submitted a formal complaint to Berlin respecting the resolution passed by the Catholic Congress at Dantzig in favor of considering means by which the temporal power of the Pope may be revived. The Italian Judicial Congress has declared in favor of divorce. Sept. 14. The Marquis Rudini assured an interviewer that the Dardanelles incident would create no trouble. In his opinion Europe was likely to enjoy peace for many years. Vienna, Sept. 13. It is stated that the Austrian Government offered fourteen thousand guineas for Common. St. Petersburg, Sept. 14. The Russian Government is unable to cope with the famine among the peasantry, and private charity is essential. Enormous sacks have been placed in the cathedral of Kazan for the reception of scraps of food for the famine districts. The horrors of the Russian famine are increasing daily. The rural clergy are starving, and the sufferings of the children are heartrending. Constantinople, Sept. 14. Reports from Arabia state that the Governor of Yemen is appealing for help, and announces unless it is given him he will be compelled to surrender to the rebels. The reported arrest of the late Vizier Kiamil Pasha is untrue. The Sultan assured Sir. A, White, the British ambassador, that no modification of policy was intended, and that he was firmly bent on peace. Further aggression by brigands is reported from Paulokivi, • where stations were attacked and two Turkish gendarmes killed. > Athens, Sept. 13, The number of lives lost in the collision between the steamers Sormina and Thessalia was seventy. Sept, 14. The Sormina sank in four minutes after the collision. The passengers were asleep at the time. Calcutta, Sept. 13. Cholera has broken out on H.M. cruisers Blanche and Marathon, lying

at Bombay. Fifteen men have already succumbed to the disease. A boy five years of age, a relative of the ex-Maharajah, has been appointed Rajah of Manipur. Hong Kong, Sept, 14, The English river , steamer Ella from Hangkow, with marines and gatling guns, is proceeding to Chang, the scene of the recent riots. A mob of twenty thousand Chinamen at Junchow burned ten thousand telegraph poles and expelled the workmen who were erecting them# Zanzibar, Sept. 14. It is officially reported that Zalewski’s expedition has been annihilated on the Kuabo river. Nine officers and three hundred natives were killed, and Krupp and Maxim guns all captured. Four officers managed to escape. Lieut. Schmidt’s expedition against the Nafitas also failed. New York, Sept. 14. The earthquake shocks continue in San Salvador. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Sept. 14. Great preparations are being made for the reception of General Booth this week. The Hon. Geoffrey Edgar, late Secretary to the Treasury, is dead. The Marine Board having inquired into the circumstances under which the s.s. Manapouri touched ground near Cape Schanck, found Captain' Logan guilty of neglect, but taking into consideration his long service, together with the fact that he had resigned his position in the company, the Board decided to suspend his certificate for a month. Captain Logan completely broke down on hearing the decision. Sydnet, Sept. 14. Whatmore and Isles, Sydney bicyclists have journeyed from Brisbane to Sydney in seven days and fifteen hours. Sept. 15. The Government have promised to hold an enquiry into allegations of illtreatment of stokers on board the cruiser Mildura. It is alleged .that two watches will shortly be courtmartialed for refusing duty owing to extra working entailed by the failure of the engines to do the amount of work required. The men also complain bitterly of their quarters.