TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2392, 6 August 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London. Aug. ,'!. The Daily Chronicle asserts that 50.000 died in Russia from cholera. Six yachts started for the Queen's prize. The German Emperor's yacht Meteor (late Thistle) gave all the others time, and the race was vitually a match between the Corsair and Meteor. The former won with Sinin 43sec to spare. The winner received from the Meteor, winch was second. The Emperor of Germany and his brother Henry were aboard the Meteor.

The Kaiser manifested great affection for his uncle, the Prince of Wales, whom he embraced and kissed three times in German fashion. Mr Portal, lately envoy to Abyssinia, has been knighted. The Standard, reviewing Sir George Grey's career, describes him as a brave and steadfast leader, who has left his mark on New Zealand. The British Minister to Norway has been accused of promoting the late political crisis in that country, and an enquiry into his conduct is to be instituted.

In the Bonaparte divorce case Prince Clovis Bonaparte obtained a dissolution of marriage, the Court holding that his wife's previous divorce was a fraud. Information is to hand that Russia has re-occupied the Pamir plateau, Hindoo Koosh, and established posts at Ahlach and Tajarman. The Bishop of Chester, in a leter to the Times, suggests that county councils should reform and manage hotels, which could be supported by the rates necessary. He believes that this plan Mould lessen pauperism and crime. The Privy Council endorsed all the rulings of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Ritualistic case against the Bishop of Lincoln, Aug. 4. At a meeting of the British Association for the advancement of Science, Edinburgh, Dr. Archibald Geikie, Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, delivered a brilliant address on Geology. The Simla correspondent of the Times wires that the Russians are occupying Pamir in force. They cover the approach to India by the passes of Hindoo Koosh, and are holding the country recently abandoned and enlisting the Khirtz tribesmen.

Mr Munro, Agent-General for Victoria, prior to leaving for Scotland, stated that he was unable to meet his obligations, if all his creditors insisted on immediate payment. He disclaimed any responsibility for overvaluation of estates in which he is concerned. He states that if it is the wish of the Victorian Cabinet he will certainly return to the colony.

Canon Potter, of Melbourne, is publishing a novel called "Germ Growers."

Prince Henry of Prussia'sailed the Irene in the race for the Australian Cup at Cowes. It was won by the Quern Mab.

Tennyson's birthplace is being offered for sale. The members of the New Zealand athletic team who have stayed behind are to compete at the Berlin championship meeting. Paims, Aug. 2. The cause of the quarrel between France and the Congo State is alleged to be the murder, by the latter's i soldiers, of Poumayre, a French explorer. France is pressing the Free State for reparation. Aug. 3. Those injured in the Anarchist outrages in the city are claiming £20,000, Ekuwx, Aug. 2. The Tageblatt says that Prince Bismarck has caused a sensation by demanding the abolition of absolutism, and that the country is responding to his call with enthusiasm. Aug, 3The Prussian Budget shows a deficit for the year of" £2,000,000, mainly due to railways. The Press urge the Government to adopt the Zone system. St. PicTEitsuuuG, Aug. 2. Three hundred printers were arrested at Warsaw on suspicion of being concerned in the production of rebel literature. Th" fj' Tusehkend was, stoned and trampled on by the niiib for issuing an Ukase stopping the sale of liquor. Calcutta, Aug. 2. The Ameer of Afghanistan desires that a British mission shall discuss f!ie north-west frontier and other (pies! lons', Aug. 3. Tin* Viceroy of India is sending a party of -10 officers to watch Gilgit. near Pamir. The Bussians have three separate forces on the Pamir, one of them facing Kashgar, Washington, Aug. 2. An oil train was wrecked by collision at Ohio City. Two hundred people gathered to watch the accident, when an oil tank exploded, killing twenty and injuring many others. New York, Aug. 3. The barque Alice, which left Auckland for New York on May Sth, has arrived after a. terrible voyage. Off the Horn she got locked in between solid ice on the port side, and an iceberg forty miles long and four hundred.

feet in height on the starboard side. She escaped being crushed with the greatest difficulty. Mexico, Aug 8. A discarded lover murdered his successful rival and his bride at their wedding ball and committed suicide over their bodies.