TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2969, 9 May 1896, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 5. Mrs Langtry has accepted £IO,OOO from the Union” Bank iu settlement of tho claim for loss of jewels which were obtained from the hank by a forged order. Colonel North died suddenly of apoplexy while presiding at a meeting. He rose to speak, when he fell back and died in half an hour. His death caused a sensation in the city. [Colonel North was born at Leeds. He was known as the “ Nitrate King,” a title ho gained by his having acquired vast wealth by his speculations iu South American nitrate mines.] Mitson and Fowlio were committed for trial for the Muswell Lodge murder. r Paris, May 5. The portion of the Freuch iu the disputed Guiana territory is preca ions. -Many Brazilians are squatting on the laud, and the Government at Rio supports them. Vienna, May 6. Herr Stoobach, a Somite, was elected burgomaster of Vienna iu place of Dr Lueger. Shanghai, May 5. Li Hung Chang’s mission is to endeavor to persuade tho European Powers to permit duties imposed at treaty porta being increased to 8 per cent. Teheran, May 5. Reza, who shot the Shah, has confessed that he is an agent for Jemaleldin, a notorious and exiled agitator. His confession implicates eight others. Reza declares that he had watched for an opportunity to carry out the murder for over two months. Washington, May 7. The Foreign Committee of the Senate have agreed to a subsidy of 160,000d015. per annum for a cable to Hawaii and Japan.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Sydney, May 7. The Government have decided to make provision for Lady Parkes and the younger children until permanent proposals for their welfare are submitted to Parliament. The Postmaster-General proposes to connect by telephone Newcastle, Goulburu, and Bathurst with Sydney at a cost of £20,000. The service is to be available to the public on the bureau system. Adelaide, May 6. Tho steamer Argus, from Calcutta, lost three passengers on the voyage from cholera. The vessel is quarantined, but will be admitted te pratique after being thoroughly fumigated. Tho referendum is practically completed. 50,600 favor the present system of education and 17,500.0pp05e it; 18,500 approve of Bible reading in schools, while 34,300 are against it ; 13,000 voted in favor of a capitation grant to denominational schools, and 41,300 opposed it. The electoral roll comprised 77,464 male and 59,066 female voters. 68,100 voted on the main issue. The race for the Adelaide Cup resulted as follows: —Warpaint 1, Miracnlum 2, Trentham 3. Time, 3miu 51 4-sth sec. Melbourne, May 7. At the enquiry, Mr Campbell, of Adelaide, gave evidence to the eflect that no part of tho steamer Weudouree was in such a condition as to warrant him in declaring that she was uuseaworthy. What wore said to be cracks in her boiler wore merely laminations. Mr Mirams obtained a verdict for £6 in tho libel suit against the Argus. The question of costs was not decided Brisbane, May 6. The Rev. J. S. Pollock has been elected Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. Thursday Island, May 6. A man named Clarke, engaged in the pearl shell fishing, has been fined iu the aggregate nearly £llOO for removing shells of a size less than permitted by law. Hobart, May 6. Replying to Premier Beid, Sir E. Braddon, Premier of Tasmania, suggests that the Snares lighthouse be dealt with as an ocean light. A miner has arrived from Zeehan bringing samples of galena impregnated with gold obtained from tho Hercules mine. The result of the assay was astonishing, as the mineral, though tested iu every way known, gave at the rate of IOOOoz to the ton.