TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2454, 21 January 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, Jan. 18

Mr Gladstone says that he does not believe that the Kanakas in the South Sea Islands are kidnapped and carried off into slavery. He thinks that it would be highly improper to make representations to the Queensland Government on the subject. Kerr and McGuire, well-known cyclists, have sailed for Australia. They intend to ride from Melbourne to Port Dawin and back.

The McCarthy section of the Irish party have decided to give Mr Gladstone solid support on his English measures. The Colonial Office is consulting Sir S. Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, upon the claim of the captain of the packet Costa Rica for false imprisonment, on charges of piracy in the South Seas.

Lord Kimberley, Secretary of State for India, has officially revoked the abolition of juries in India. It is reported that in consequence of his action Lord Lansdowne, the Viceroy, and Sir C. A. Elliott, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, are about to resign. The Lands Allotment Company have been compelled to cease operations in consequence of the failure of the Liberator Society. The amount involved is £1.000,000. A mass meeting of Unionists at Belfast confirmed the decision of the Ulster Convention. Immense enthusiasm was shown, and thousands were unable to obtain admittance.

In consequence of the revelations in his book it is believed that Major LeCaron is being shadowed with sinister motives, and the police entertain great anxiety for his safety. Five thousand dollars was offered as an indemnity for the murder of British subjects at Tangier, but the amount is regarded as inadequate, and the English Government demand further reparation. Berlin, Jan. 17.

One hundred and thirty steamers and 60 sailing vessels are ice bound at Hamburg. Jan. 19.

There are forty-one cases of cholera in Halle, in Prussian Saxony, and nine deaths are reported. Copenhagen, Jan. 18. The Danish Ministers desire to close an alliance with Germany. Rome, Jan. 18.

One hundred members of the Malavita Society are being tried at Toronto. They are imprisoned in iron cages. The Pope has created fourteen new cardinals. In the allocation announcing this step he expresses thankfulness that he was spared to celebrate his jubilee. His longevity in this calamitous time is referred to as symbolising the Divine protection of the Roman Catholic Church.

Jan. 19,

The cashier of the Bank of Naples has been arrested on a charge of embezzling £IOO,OOO of the funds of the institution. St. Petersuiig, Jan. 19.

The Czar, iu reply to a New Year greetings from the inhabitants of Moscow, said that he prayed God for a year of peace.

San Francisco, Jan.' IS. A train caught fire and 50 young soldiers were burnt to death. Port-au-Prince Jan. 18,

Fighting has taken place between the troops of General Hippolyte, President of Hayti, and the insurgents. The President asserts that it is merely a spasmodic rising and not an organised rebellion.

Calcutta, Jan. 18

It is denied that the Viceroy intends to resign in consequence of Lord Kimberley’s strictures on the abolition of juries.

Washington, Jan. 18,

A British steamer on her way to Baltimore sank off the coast of Florida. Her crew remained lashed to the rigging for twenty hours before they were rescued by a lifeboat. They suffered terribly from the cold. Some had been frozen. The engineer became mad and committed suicide.

Jan. 18,

The block in the traffic caused by heavy snowfalls threatens New York with a coal famine.

Mr R. B. Hayes, President of the United States, from 1877 to i§B3 } j s dead.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Melbourne, Jan. 18,

It is reported that, oning to the restriction on the borrowing transactions, several banks have during the last few days refused deposits aggregating £IOO,OOO

Jan. 19

The motion of Want of Confidence moved by Mr Patterson was carried by 45 to 42. Mr Shiels, the Premier, promised that no factious opposition should be offered to the new Ministry.

Mr Munro, ex-Agent-General and exPremier, at a banquet given by his friends said that he did not possess a shilling. He had lost everything, but hoped by hard work to retrieve his position. Sydney, Jan. 18.

During the past six days a terrible bush fire has been raging in the Northern Riverina district. The damage is estimated at £74,000. Mr Dibbs, Premier, announced in the Legislative Assembly to-night that tho Government propose to impose an income tax at the rate of 4d in the £ on incomes over £2OO, Gd over £SOO, 8d over £ISOO, and lOd over £SOOO. It was expected that this would yield about £350,000 per annum. Civil servants’ salaries were also to be reduced 5 per cent. The Government hoped that the present deficit would be wiped out in 18 months. Jan. 19.

Mr Ooghlan, statistician, visits New Zealand to enquire into the working of the income tax. This is the outcome of the decision of the Government to impose an income tax in New bouth Wales.

The estimates have been reduced by £2G5,000, IJuisnANi-:, Jan. IS.

A splendid rain has fallen, and tho drought is believed to have been broken U p. Jan. 18. A boy named Mason, while bathing in the Baron fiver, was chewed into wince-

meat by an alligator, in the presence of his parents. Captain Luggar alleges that the Indian castaway, who stated that he had been robbed and put overboard, really deserted at Fitzroy Island.