TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2483, 30 March 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 26. The Pall Mall Gazette says that Abiugton Baird and Mrs Langtry recently quarrelled, and that Mr Baird cabled to New Orleans through Mr Abrahams, his solicitor, asking Mrs Langtry to agree to a reconciliation, which she consented to do. oir G. Findlay, manager of the London and North-western Railway Company, is dead. It is asserted that uniforms made of bullet-proof cloth will be very unhealthy. It is reported that Lord Rosebery will marry the Princess Maud of Wales. The survivors of the ship Meekla, who killed and ate one of their number, have been liberated. The Observer says that the Postal Conference, which Inis been sitting during the week in Brisbane, must advance the Pacific cable question. It regards the work as one of the first magnitude, v March 27. Hobbs (contractor), and Wright (solicitor), have been convicted of defrauding the Liberator Building Society of large sums of money, and sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment each. Newman, a director of several companies, who was associated with them, received five years. At a meeting of the Colonial Institute, it was decided that, while working in harmony with the Imperial Institute, they would maintain their own indepence. The British military authorities have tested the bullet-proof uniform, similar to that invented in Germany, without success. Paris, March 26. The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of confidence in M. Ribot by a majority of 114. Mathieu, author of the fatal explosion at the Cafe Very, has been arrested. The arbitration respecting the Behring Sea dispute has opened. March 27. M. Challornel Lacour has been elected to succeed M. Ferry as President of the Senate. M, Brisson has resigned the Presidency of the Panama Canal Committee. Berlin, March 27. Owing to the threatened famine the German colonists in the vicinity of the Volga have decided to emigrate to America.

Chancellor Yon Caprivi is arranging a compromise with the Liberals over the Army Bill, and will endeavour to induce the Catholics to assent to the measure. Vienna, March 26. The British warship Cockatrice, 2 guns, sank after a collision in the harbour of Trieste. The crew barely escaped with their lives. Rome, March *' The Pope has announce ' *- 1 ‘ • look upon the r>’~- “ e wl^ the AustrJ- _. osence of a member of - -an Imperial Court at the King hostility to the Vatican. The Emperor has nevertheless determined to send Archduke Regnier to represent him. A clerical fanatic threw a bag of earth at King Humbert while he was driving through Horne. The man was arrested. Calcutta, March 26. Owing to the Ameer’s letter, announcing his willingness to negotiate respecting the Kurran boundary, the British troops have been withdrawn from that district. Washington, March 26. The cyclone which devastated the state of Mississippi devastated Kellytown and other villages. Eighteen people were killed. The damage to property is estimated at 500,000 dollars. March 27. It is reported in New York that an extensive Anarchist plot has been discovered to murder foreign Royalties, in the event of their visiting the Chicago Exhibition as guests of the Astor family. The police are said to confirm the rumour. New York, March 27. The State of Minnesota is legislating to compel Chinese residents to adopt the European dress. The Christian World urges the celebration in Jerusalem of the year 1890 from the birth of Christ. The New York Morning Journal states that anarchists are plotting the murder of the Prince of Wales should he visit the Chicago Exposition. 'Rio de Janeiro, March 27. The insurgents sacked Allegretta, in the Province of Rio Grande. The residents resisted, and forty were killed. Capetown, March 27. The South African States have decided to establish a zollverein. News received from Madagascar states that the island has been visited by a cyclone. Great damage was done, and Tamatave, the principal port on the eastern coast, was almost demolished. The residents are suffering much distress

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, March 27. Mr Ducker, liquidator of the Mercantile bank, deposed at the trial of the directors that on balancing day £OOOO was paid in to satisfy the auditors and taken out again when they had finished their work. In February of last year, in addition to the solicitors and auditors, ten of the bank officials had overdrafts. March 28. At a spot-barred billiard tournament Weiss, with an unfinished break of 21)5, made the spot-barred record for Australia. Sydney, March 27. A female parachutist made a balloon ascent at Orange, but by some means the ballon caught lire and fell 500 feet. The parachute attached to the balloon opened and saved the woman’s life. An immense landslip occurred near Islington, the scene of the recent floods. The greater portion of a mountain slipped bodily in a creek, damming the waterback to a depth of 100 feet. Brisbane, March 27. Mr E. B. Forrest has accepted the position of Agent-General. Adelaide, March 28. The Colonial Treasurer expects that the deficit, at the end of June, will amount to £50,000.