TELEGRAMS. AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Temuka Leader, Issue 2763, 15 January 1895, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 11. A Spaniard, who was travelling in Armenia during the time of the alleged atrocities said to have been* committed by the Turkish soldiery, denies the truth of the statements published. It is reported that to-day’s Cabinet unanimously adopted the Government programme, and dissension between Sir H. Vernon Harcourt and Lord Kosebery respecting the Naval Vote is denied. Cardinal Vaughan and a committee of Catholic Bishops have drafted a Bill for presentation to Parliament, allowing voluntary schools State Aid within exsistiug board districts. McCreedy.. is willing . to, settle the Sheurer-Louth case for £3OOO and costs. Paris, Jan. 10. The Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of 91, rejected a motion by the Socialists to liberate Richard, who was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for assaulting the President of the Republic. During his confinement Richard was elected a member of the Chamber. Jan. 12. News is received that the French gunboats bombarded and silenced the forts in the vicinity of Tamatave. The guns of the Hovas were badly served. Berlin, Jan. 11. During the debate in the Reichstag on the Anti-revolutionary Bill, General Brousart in a slashing speech declared that the army was little touched by socialism and likely to prove a sharp weapon whevever its services were required ; it would make short work with those who instigated it to mutiny. Toronto, Jan. 12. A fire in the city destroyed several warehouses, and the damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. Several persons were killed by the falling debris. Calcutta, Jan. 10. The Melitar of Chitral has been murdered by his brother, who has seized the throne. St. John’s, Jan. 10. The leaders of the recent riots have been arrested. Washington, Jan. 10. The President has advised Congress to consent to Hawaii leasing the cable station to Great Britain, and declares that the laying of a cable to the Australian colonies via Hawaii.would be of great benefit to the United States. The French Commissioner has requested the Government to consider the possible extension of a New Caledonian cable before coming to a decision in terms of the President’s message. The House of Representatives refused to vote on the Currency Bill, which has been abandoned. The Treasurer of South Dakota has absconded, leaving a deficit of 350,000 dollars and the State in a bankrupt condition. His embezzlements have also caused the failure of the National Bank, Dakota.

Sydney, Jan. 10. Statements having beau circulated that disease germs lurked in the wood blocking of the streets, the city corporation obtained the report of a bacteriologist on the subject. Portions of the. blocking eleven years old were examined, both the material and moisture found underneath being placed under a searching analysis, but no pathogenic germs were found, and special search revealed not the slighest trace of the typhoid bacillus. The claimant to the Band estate in the person of the alleged son of deceased has based his claim on the contention that the deceased married in England, but the administrators assert that they possess proof that Band left England when he was 12 years old and never went back. The estate, which is worth £250,000, is being administered by the brothers of the deceased.

Some time ago Sydney Truth published a series of articles entitled “ John Bull and Calf” which purported to be advance proofs of Max O’Bell’s new book on the colonies. At the time of publication the articles were merely regarded in a jocular light, but Max O’Bell now writes from New York to the Melbourne Argus denying their authorship, characterising their publication as an impudent fraud, and stating that he will deal with the proprietors on his return to England. The most complete coining plant ever discovered here has been unearthed at Waterloo. For some time past a large quantity of spurious coins, representing all values from one shilling to one sovereign, has been in circulation, and the counterfeits were of such excellent workmanship as almost to deceive experts. After a desperate struggle a man named Birch was arrested on a charge of being concerned in the affair. Admiral Bridge has assumed command of the Australian fleet, and Admiral Bowden-Smith sails for England on Monday. The Minister for Agriculture, who has been visiting the artesian bores in the Bourke district, is so impressed with their value in converting what has hitherto been and country into extremely fertile regions, that he will probably establish homestead settlements in the vicinity. The Treasurer hopes to effect a saving of £30,000 on the estimates already sanctioned by Parliament. Jan. 12. The Fisheries Commission has laid before the Government an important memorandum on the fisheries of the colony. It states that the colony is actually importing fish food to the value of over £IOO,OOO per annum, despite the frequently reiterated assertion that our seas literally swarm with 11»U of great variety. The Commission recommends that in order to prosecute enquiry into the important subject of deep sea fisheries and carry the investigations to a successful issue, it is absolutely necssary that a thorough and systematic exploration, by moaua of a completely equipped steam trawling vessel, be made of the several fishing grounds close to the shore lino, The boats ahould be fitted with wells in order to bring the fish alive to market. It is estimated that it would cost £6OOO to make the experiment. Blu.sisank, January 11. The Government have received a supply of Dr Boux’s antitoxin diphtheria remedy.

Perth, Jan. 11. Six natives have been arrested in the neighbourhood of Cue on a charge of killing and eating a native boy. The drought lias completely broken up at Coolgardie, where 3 inches of rain fell, and 40 miles of road are bad in consequence. Hunt, the discoverer of the Thames goldfield, has pegged out a fine reef at Dundas. The bulk of the samples taken from the reef, which is over 12 feet wide have been treated at Coolgardie and yielded 9ozs to the ton. The export of gold from the colony last year is valued at £788,000.