TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2884, 22 October 1895, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 17. The Daily Telegraph fund for W. G. Grace has closed with a hundred thousand shillings. Grace wrote to Sir E. Lawson stating that he was overwhelmed by the prodigious number and generosity of his friends, both at home and abroad. The chapel of Selwyn College, Cambridge, was dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Many bishops were present. The Queen presented an autograph portrait to the college. The Cuban insurgents have proclaimed a Eepublic, and decline to negotiate for peace until they have achieved liberty. Oct. 18. The Canadian Rifle Association are unlikely to send the next Bisley team to Australia, owing to the expense. Mr Elkington, jeweller, has informed the police of the suspicions behaviour on the part of Snrtie, the manager of the Clerkenwell branch, who placed obstacles in the way of the police inquiring into the silver robbery, which led to his being suspected. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Scarboro', said that the Liberals would oppose without a possibility of compromise any attempt to disturb the settlement of the education question. Liberalism, he declared, was never more alive and never more needed. Alone they were able to fight revolutionary theories and possessed the moral force making for freedom. They had majorities in Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. Mr Chamberlain has ordered Maxim guns to defend the frontier of British Guinea where it is expected the Venezuela forces may attempt to cross. The colonial authorities declined to vote the expense. Paris, Oct. 20. General Duchesne and garrison have arrived at Antananarivo. The black troops and Hovas are returning to their villages. The behaviour of the French troops is said to have been exemplary. Constantinople, Oct. 18. The Porte has issued a Note decreeing reforms throughout the Empire, beginning at Anatoli. Trouble is feared in the city owing to the Moslems being incensed at the preference given to Christians. The Armenians are re-opening their shops. A Russian fleet has arrived at the mouth of the Bosphorus. Grave complications have taken place between Druses and Mutalis at Sidon. The situation at Damascus h a serious one; 120 people have been imprisoned for insulting the French and Russian consuls. St. Petersburg, Oct. 19. The Russian War Office is feverishly active, and eighty thousand troops are massed in Eastern Siberia. The Emperor supports an energetic policy in the East, and it is believed has a desire to annex Corea. » Sofia, Sept. 18. Sroboda says that Russia demands the abdication of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, the baptism of his infant son in the orthodox Greek faith, and the appointment of a regency during his minority, to consist of the Russian Minister of War and a Bulgarian; and that Prince Ferdinand accepts these conditions. Oct. 19. Prince Ferdinand has not accepted the Russian demand, although he is believed to be quite willing to do no. Cairo, Oct. 19. A steamer collided with a local ferry boat, which sank, and 50 persons were drowned. Shanghai, Oct. 17. An explosion took place on a transport vessel at Kuchoo, and it is reported that 600 people were killed. Bombay, Oct. 18. Rebels looted the Treasury at Goa. The Duke of Oporto commands a punitive expedition, which leaves Lisbon today.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Sydney, Oct. 18. The death sentences passed on Whittley for shooting his wife at Dubbo, and upon Wilson for the attempted murder of Hampson, whose life was insured iu his favour, have been commuted to imprisonment fcr life. The Government analyst has made further exhaustive tests of the soot in Dean's chimney, and reports that he has found distinct traces of arsenic, showiug that a considerable quantity had been | burned in the fire. A criminal summons has been served on W. Reynolds, who made certain allegations about Mrs Dean before the Royal Commission. Other summonses will follow. Oct 19. Mr Edwards Coombe3, C.M.G., and a member of the Legislative Council is dead. The steamer Tindian.i, outward bound, collided with the American ship Alameda, from Puget Sound. The latter was cut down to the water's edge, and was only saved from sinking by h-ar cargo of timber. The steamer had her stern wrecked and returned for repairs. Dr Crooke, of Cootamundra, writing to the local press, says that no rational man can come to any other conclusion than that Dean is insane, although his insanity existed in a suppressed form until brought into activity by the desire to release himself from domestic trouble. Dr Crooke states that Dean's mother went mad, his father blew out his own brains, and that a sister wa -, mad. It is a remarkable coincide,ico that fear of poison and dread of being poisoned wuiv overpowering features of the mothor'd caso, and she took extraordinary meaus to escape danger. AlliflLAlliß, Oct. ]'fi. It; tho Northern Territory Mining JJil) the Premier succeeded iu V-froducing tin amendment prohibiting Chinese from workiug on any goldfield or mining claim. Owing to the persistent undov cutting among tho northern coal-owners the miners have grave fears of a furthor general reduction iu the hewing rato. Reductions have boon already enforced at a number of tho pits, which are believed to bo tho lirst stops in this direction. At tho hist conference between ihe owners and miners tho price of tho berti reoncd coal was fixed at 7h Cd per ton, but competition has bocome so koon that contracts are being filled at

2s 6d below this figure. The miners are determined to resist a general reduction, and it is almost certain that if this is enforced a general Btrike will ensue. The danger is considered so threatening that the Plattsburg Municipal Council is organising a conference of districts councils to devise means of averting a Btrike. Oct. 19. A young lady named Poster, winner of the Elder music scholarship three years ago, has been the subject of a remarkable operation. While studying in England she injured her fingers, which London specialists declared would prevent her ever playing again. Since then her fingers have been stiff and dead. A few days ago Professor Watson and Drs Sterling and Marten opened the forearm and discovered that the tendons were twisted. They performed an operation, and the lady is now able to use her fingers again. Melbourne, Oct. 17.

The Victorian Parliamentary rifle team scored 506, South Australian 531, Queensland 483, New Zealand 473. Replying to the Railway Inquiry Board, the Commissioners emphatically deny that the present management is disorganised or demoralised. Also that the tendency of each department is to work independent of control. They say the officers in charge of the departments are in close touch with the Commissioners and exercise no administrative power without first asking leave, and they absolutely deny that political influence had any effect on the managemeut or averted any proper punishment of employees when deserved. With reference to the statement that the receipts had lately declined in greater proportion than the reduction of train milage, they state that the revenue slightly improved last year, and the gross receipts per train mile compare favorably with those of English railways. The Commissioners concur in the Board's view that there should be no free passes issued that should not be paid for by some one, and they suggest that the Government should pay for political free passes by a Treasury grant, and reimburse the department. The Minister of Agriculture recommends the despatch of Mr Sinclair to London to watch the interests of Victorian producers, and he will probably leave immediately to take charge of the present butter season. Mr Sinclair visited America last year under commission from the Government. The Cuzco is quarrantined owing to one of the engineers suffering from smallpox in a bad form. The Adelaide authorities passed it as chickenpox. F Oct. 19. A curious sentence has been passed on a girl who attempted suicide. The Judge held that the law regarded suicide in a similar light to murder, therefore he formally sentenced her to death, leaving it open for the Executive Council to grant a free pardon. Subsequently the Judge, after consulting authorities, released the girl on sureties to come up for sentence when called upon. Brisbane, Oct. 18. The schooner Sarah Pile, from New Zealand to Rockhampton with a cargo of timber, was stranded yesterday morning on Break-sea Spit. The crew stood by till night, and then landed at Sandy Cape. They suffered greatly from exposure to the heavy breakers. The schooner afterwards floated off, and was last seen seventeen miles to the westward of the Cape drifting waterlogged. The Government steamer has left for the purpose of securing her. Oct. 19. The brigantine Sarah Pile was towed into the Mary river. The disaster was caused owing to the vessel becoming waterlogged and unmanageable. The captain's wife had a narrow escape from drowning, and was only saved by the devotion of a Kanaka seaman. Hobaiit, Oct. 19. The Ketch G.H.N., trading between Launceston and north-west ports, capsized off Long Island, on Sunday night, and all the occupants were drowned. Those on board were three of the crew and four passengers named Mrs FergUßson, Pauline Garrett, James Millingan, and A. Newitt.