TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 3559, 13 March 1900, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 9. The Prince of Wales held a levee at St. James’ Palace. The Agenta-Geueral were presented after the Foreign Ambassadors. Mr Reeves was unavoidably prevented from attending. The Victorian Agent-General is arranging with the other Agents-General to reopen the agitation in favour of the investment of trust funds in colonial stocks. Professor Hughes, the electrician, has bequeathed £400,000 to the London hospitals. The British warships Terrible and Powerful have been ordered to China. The Rev. Francis James Chavasse, Rector of St. Peter Leßailey, and Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, has been appointed Bishop of Liverpool. The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision given by Mr Justice Roomer last year, justifying the Merthyr Tydvill Board of Guardians in granting temporary relief to the Welsh collieis on strike. The Court of Appeal held that if workmen were able to get wages to support themselves they were not entitled to Poor Law relief. Paris, March 8. The Comudie Francaise at Paris has been burned. It was a gigantic fire. Some pictures were saved. Mme. Henriot, a talented actress, was rehearsing when she was suffocated gt the ComCdie Francaise by the fire, which occurred an hour before a matinee performance, i A hostile demonstration was made at the British Consulate at Bordeaux. Subsequently the Prefect of Gironde and the Mayor of Bordeaux apologised. M. Delcasse has apologised to Sir E. Monson for the Bordeaux Consulate incident. M. Blanc, the well known racehorse owner, has bought the racehorse Flying Fox for 37,500gn5, AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, March 5. R. Craig won the 100 yards swimming championship of New South Wales. Time—lmin 3sec, which is an Australasian record. Adelaide, March 9. A man. named Foster and his little son were buried in a heap of chaff and smothered. Brisbane, March 9. Stock are dying in thousands, owing to the drought in the north-west. The rainy season has passed, and the outlook for the coming year is dark. Melbourne, March 9. The Government have completed the purchase of the Victorian cyanide patent rights for £20,000. March 10. Two men named Negus and Sparkes have been sentenced to ten years for sticking up the Rutherglen Bank manager. Hobart, March 10. The voting at the elections is proceeding on the Hare system. Perth, March 11. A meeting of Catholics condemned the conduct of the Governor, in his official capacity, in giving prominence to the Masconic Craft. The resolutions adopted will be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Queen. London, March 9. The Queen has ordered the ranks of the Irish regiments in future to wear, on St. Patrick’s Day, a sprig of shamrock in their head-dress. The order is made to commemorate the gallantry of the Irish regiments serving in South Africa. The Queen visits Ireland early in April. The visit will be of a private character, and has no political complexion. It is undertaken at the Queen’s own spontaneous desire, and is hailed with enthusiasm by all classes in Ireland as a gracious tribute to her soldiers’ valour, and sympathy with the families of the killed and wounded in South Africa. Her Majesty the Queen will stay at Buckingham Palace from to-day till Saturday. While on her visit to Ireland Her Majesty will reside at the Vice-Regal Lodge, Dublin. Her Majesty the Queen visited London, and at Her Majesty’s invitation the members of the House •of Lords and House of Commons awaited her in the quadrangle of Buckingham Palace at noon. Her Majesty was radiant, and showed much emotion ac the spontaniety of London’s fervour, which equalled the jubilee celebrations. After resting, Her Majesty traversed the city with Princess Beatrice and Princess Christian, and was officially received with ancient ceremonial at the Temple stairs, and traversed Holborn. Flags and tricolour favours were universally displayed. The Irish newspapers are uniformly respectful of Her Majesty’s nationalism, and have cordially acknowledged the Queen’s courage in braving at an advanced age the rough channel. Several hope that it will be a prelude to an extension of home government. Mr Redmond, in the House of Commons, expressed the Irish gratification at the shamrock badge for the Irish regiments, and said that it was a graceful recognition of their valour in the field. The venerable sovereign would receive chivalrous hospitality, but that would not imply any abatement of the Home Rule demands. On Thursday night, when the Queen was dining at Buckingham Palace, there was an enormous demonstration. Eight thousand carefully organised voices sang the National Anthem and Rule Britannia. There was a similar scene last night. The Queen stood at an open window waving her hands and bowing. In the afternoon Her Majesty drove through the streets amidst intense enthusiasm. March 11. Belfast and other Irish cities invite the Queerfto visit them. The Dublin corporation have decided to receive the Queen and present an address. The Unionists acknowledge the taste and moderation displayed by the Nationalists over the visit of the Queen.