TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2482, 28 March 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, March 21. The Associated Chambers of Commerce, have resolved to urge the Government to establish the Imperial penny post. The Right Hon. W. Duff, the newlyappointed Governor of New South Wales, has been created Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. The Princess of Wales and the Duke of York,who are on a tour on the Continent, paid a visit to His Holiness the Pope at Rome, and were received with great ceremony. Queeu Victoria has ariivedat Florence, after a pleasant journey. Her Majesty is in good health. Oxford University has conferred on Bishop Julius, of Chriatchurch, New Zealand, a honorary Doctorship of Divinity. The Newfoundland Bait Act has been suspended, although retained on the Statute Book. March 25. The Duke of Bedford died from heart disease, and his death was not expected. The Duchess found him dead in his room. Caveat has been entered against proof of the late Mr (Abinton) Baird's will. It is reported that he has left his property to Mrs Langtry. Baron Hastings, charged with an attempted assault on a nurse-girl in Regent's Park, has been fined £SO. He lias appealed against the judgment. An autumn session of Parliament is likely. The Government will seek to carry the Registration Bill, Parish Councils Bill, and Employers Liability Bill, before the prorogation. Viscount Wolmer will move an amendment to the Registration Bill, providing for the voting of women ratepayers at Parliamentary elections. Military circles are interested in the reported discovery of bullet-proof cloth, though its complete success is as yet uncertain.

At the Liverpool Spring Meeting ! yesterday the Grand National Steeplechase was won by Cloister, Allop second, and Whynot third. To-day the race for the Hyeton Plate, of five furlongs, resulted in a victory for the ex-New Zealand Daydream (by Albany-Siesta.) Paris, March 23. There is a crisis in the Cabinet, and M. Hubbard has moved that the Chamber dissolve. Baron Mohrenheim threatens to resign from the Embassy if M. Rabot does not disclose the identity of Monsieur , the unknown recipient of a large number of Panama Canal Company's cheques. March 25. The expenses of the French operations against the Dahomeyans are becoming a great drain on the public purse, and Colonel Dodds, Commandant of the Forces there, has been summoned to Paris to explain matters. News has been received that King Behanziu, of Dahomey, is appealing to the civilised world against French aggression. Berlin, March 23. The Committee of the Reichstag have reported that Herr Alelwardt failed to prove his statement that members were plundering the invalid soldiers' fund, and Herr Alelwardt has been threatened with expulsion unless he withdraws the charge. Rome, March 23. The Military Committee recommend that men who are exempted from military service be taxed to the amount of £B. Cabul, March 23. The British and Russian Commission is engaged m del.- d the Afghaa frontier on * e river K * Bh in South.ouern Turkestan. Ottawa, March 23. The House of Commons has passed a resolution, calling upon Sir A. P. Caron, the Postmaster-General, to resign. He is accused of unduly exerting his influence in connection with the railway subsidy. New York, March 25. A telegram from the Republic of Columbia states that a hill in the vicinity of the volcano Solarice has upheaved immense volumes of earth, and stones, which were hurled into the air. The rivers overflowed their banks, and great damage haß been done to the country. Up to the present a loss of twelve lives is reported. The State of Mississippi has experienced a cyclone. Cleveland and other towns suffered most severely, and it is feared there has been great loss of life.

The British Legation at Washington is to be raised to the rank of an Embassy.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Melbourne, March 24. The other two directors of the AngloAußtralian Bank who were found guilty of fraud, were sentenced to-day. Robert DiUy was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and Sydney G. Allwright was ordered to pay a fine of £IOO. The Minister of Education has decided on the dismissal of 250 teachers who are in charge of unclassified schools, and a reduction in teachers' salaries of from 5 to 12 1 per cent. It has also been deteimined that reductions of a similar amount iu the salaries of all Civil Servants are also to be made. Generally speaking all salaries over £6CO are subject to the 12£ per cent, reduction. These reductions" are part of the extensive scheme of retrenchment which the Government have decided to cany out in all the brancheT of the Public Service. March 25. The principal topic in political circles is the bankruptcy of Sir G. R Dibbs. It is feared that it will have a depressing effect on Australian stock in the London market. The Argus, referring to the announcement that the bankrupt would retain the Premiership, states that it is against PnrHamentai/ usage for Sir G. R. Dibbs to continue in office. Sydney. March 25. The Minuter of Public Works will shortly ask Parliament to vote a sum of £50,000 to repair the damage done by the floods. The annual report of the Board of Health, in commenting upon the precautious taken in this colony to prevent the spread of leprosy, says that there is a considerall) amount of leprosy existing among the coloured, races in New Zealand

and Fiji, and as no measures are taken in those coloniss for the detection and segregation of lepers, the danger may become a serious menace to the wellbeing of Australia.