TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2468, 23 February 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 17. Mr Balfour is laid up with influenza. Mr De< o >ain protested his innocence before the Court. He was remanded. Feb. 21. Sir Saul Samuel, in a letter to the Westminster Gazette, states that Mr Wilson's strictures on New South Wales, as published in the Standard, are a gross and malicious misrepresentation. He points out that the New South Walen Government have still unsold 151,000,0C0 acres of land, of which 148,000,000 acres are leased, and worth £100,000,000. The railways alone, he says, are worth the public debt, and the revenue from lands and public works leave a surplus of £679,000, after defraying interest. He reasserts that there is no chance of the colony repudiating its liabilities. In conclusion Sir Saul Samuel mentions that the taxation of the colony is not a heavy burden, and that the Government are steadily economising. In the Queen's Bench Division the Lord Chief Justice has ruled that a master is unable to sue the officials of a Trade Union for inducing workmen to break thair contracts. . Mr Balfour, who has been suffering from influenza, is improving in health. An English company, witJi a capital of £1,000,000, is being formed for the purpose of absording Portuguese territory in INyassaiand. The Agents-General have accepted the Imperial regulations regarding the medals for the regular troops and volunteers. Paris, Feb. 20.

Arbitration respecting the Behring Sea difficulty will open here on Thursday next Febi 2L It is reported thet M. Jules Ferry will succeed M. Le Royer, as President of the Senate. Berlin, I<eb. 20.

The Cologne branch of the Colonial Society -protests against the annexation of Hawaii by the United States unless German sovereignty is allowed in Samoa and Tonga.

A great Agricultural Congress is being held in Berlin. A resolution was passed deploring further advantages being given to foreign imports at the expense of German farmers. The Congress in Borlin has demanded a return to protection, and protested against further commercial treaties. Feb 21. Herr Bleichroner, German banker, is dead.

Madrid, Feb. 21

The Spanish Government have forwarded to President Harrison a protest against American aggression in San Domingo, in the West Indies. Vienna, Feb. 20. It has been decided to arm the troops with the Mannlicher rifle. Rome, Feb. 20.

Six thousand people, half of whom were pilgrims, including one thousand English and Irish, attended in and around St. Peter's on the occasion of the Papal Jubilee. His Holiness officiated at mass and gave his blessing strongly and clearly to the Catholics and members of the Royal Family. The Royalists have arranged a display to show their attachment to the King with a view to counteract the recent greeting to the Pope. Queen Victoria has cabled to the Pope, wishing him. happiness on the occasion of the Papal Jubilee. His Holiness has also received felicitating messages from the Czar and other European Royalties, and has replied with grateful thanks. The death is announced of M. Zerbi, member of the Chamber of Deputies, who was accused of complicity iu the Banca Romana swindles. St. Petersuhg, Feb. 20.

The Czar refuses to permit the Emir of Bokhara to return to the country, and assigns his residence in Crimea on a pension. Constantinople, Feb. 20. The statement that Mukhtar Pasha has been superseded is denied. Hong Kong, Feb. 21. The Chinese are connecting Pamir with Kashgar by telegraph. Calcutta, Feb. 21.

The British expedition to Chitral, where the natives were showing signs of uneasiness, has been cordially received. Tangier, Feb. 21.

The Na/,an rebels are again in revolt, and are butchering hundreds of residents. The Government have resigned.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Melbourne, Feb. 20.

On Saturday a small steamer with a I. hundred picnickers on board foundc.red cm, { Lake Wendouree, but ali pn s>,ajs war© • %*4. ' " "' *•* "" A writ h,as besn isauw* * . -11. mitt_ee' oj th* •*" " . against the comSft'" } -' : „ o uth Melbourne Building ~ wb y during Mr Larkins's management, claiming £500,000 damages for alleged negligence. Destructive bush fires are again raging, causing heavy losses in crops, stock, and buildings. Sydney, Feb. 20.

The captain of the Auckland trader Jessie, wrecked at Long Island, has arrived here. He reports that they had to land through a terrible surf. The vortex of the cyclone which was approaching the vessel rendered this course necessary in order to save life. The jetty was demolished, and a number of houses completely blown away. The bavfpieiitine Blaster, bound import Chalmers, went ashore in a gale at Woolgoolga. A rich gold reef has been msejveW near Gundagai, on the Murrumbidgee. A piece of quartz llozs in weight yielded Coze pure gold. _ Stanbury, the champion sculler of the world, who visits America, will endeavour to arrange a series of matches. He is a passenger by the Alameda. A man named Smedley to-day stabbed his wife to death at Ginrindi. The miners in the Metropolitan Colliery, at Clifton, have struck against a reduction in the hewing rates. The Marine Board have found the captain of the steamor Kelloe, which recently collided with the cruiser Rinsarooma, responsible for the accident, and have called upon him to show cause why his certificate should not bo suspended.

Perth, Feb. 21

A squatter named Glass, living near Northampton, shot his two daughters dead and poisoned himself, because one of them, encouraged by the other, decided to marry against his wish.