CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1063, 2 October 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE. [bKUTER’B TBLGORAUS —COPYRIGHT. 1 London, Sept. 29.

The Wool Sales. The tone of the wool sales continues firm at yesterday’s quotations, and at to-day’s auctions 17,000 bales were catalogued. Since the opening of the series, .40,500 bales have been Withdrawn from sale.

A Bank Dividend. ■ - ; The Bank of South Australia naa declared for the last half year, a dividend . of six per cent, and carried L 7,000 to the reserve fund. ‘" - : Fighting in QabnL ■>! > Calcutta, Sept. 2s. Intelligence is to hand from Cabul that further fighting has taken place between the Ameer’s troops .and the rebel Ghilzis, resulting in the defeat of the former with heavy loss.

A Damaged Vessel ■ • . 7 . Nbw York, Sept. 29. The ship Harold, from Boston 1 to Wellington, pul back to repair damages sustained during the recent succession of heavy gales.

[Received Oot. 2, 2.20 p.mj Tie Insult to the King of Spain. . Paris, Oct ‘IP » It has transpired that 'President Grevy has apologised in the name of France -to King Alfonso, for ; the manner in which his Majesty was _ received by the people oh his arrival here. The President made an apology, as the King was most was preparing to depart immediately* King Alfonso left to-day for- Madrid notwithstanding; the request '.of Resident Grevy that he should < remain a day longer. The French ally deplores' the outrage ou and warmly condemn;' the people in this city. Much excitement prevails in this, city in consequence •? of the treatment of King Alfonso by the Parisians. * ;TheChinese Indignant.'f : f. , Hong ' 'News is to hand the European named Logan, who inert a Chinaman in an affray which took place in that city in AogJJSt last," has .been tried {or murder ahq sentencedto 'seyen ... yeaW’''\'.impn^niqii|. f< Chinese populace have expressed great discontent at the leniency of theGourt, and much uneasiness prevails, in the city;*- •• i ;i'- 1 Jn'// ■ i'! v-t?;>-!;o5 9,1 T ■; [kEOIEB.’S IBMO»AM8—C»ri(BIO*T.l i : .- ■ ■ Shipping, J 0 feVDSET.;. Twtprdav* ■ Sailed, yesterday Ipouri,. for Auckland. .mito-rf A liabor Demonstration. : The annual; demonstration fof the Eight Hours League is-'‘taking place td-day. There fe an enprmOßsiftiindance, and the weather is . ‘ : Quarantined. ivl4fJ , , The ship Uelaware. froca ’ London with immigrants, has arrived xqrjpoit. The doctor is prostrated rffith fever, and the ship has been quarantined. A Divorce Case. : Yesterday. In : the divorce suit Bolam v. f Bolam, the jury were unable to agree upon a verdict, and were’ discharged. * f Victorianßevenue? ‘ The Victorian revenue for the quarter amounts to Li, being a decrease of L 13,000 as compared with the corresponding period, Of last year. "During the same peridd the "Customs revenue decreased Xj*,bosy,;excise Li 6,000, and the L 37,000. /The receipts from the railways, however, increased Lt,bbo during the quarter. n;r? An Attempted Suicide. An - alarming occurrence fdpk place at the Bank of Victoria 1 this hfternoon, H. Thomas, customer of the' rtf iieathcote, where he .ca,rrieS[dn business, entered the 'city office and mounted a table in the centre i of the-Chamber, shouting “ Revenge,” then udfawing a revolver,' attempted Jo cdibwlt fcufeide, firing first'at the ceiling, at his head, inflicting a serious wound, which, however, ,is not expected to prove fatal. Annexation. , , '-1 A meeting was held to-day .atCastjemaine, when resolutions in favor of the Pacific annexation scheme were enthusiastically passed. v.' 2? The Betting Market. ‘ ' , The following is the;latest betfihgia the city Derby ; Archie, 5 pff Color, 5 to tj Martini Td i. Cup: Despot, 14 to 1 jFirst Demon, 14 to 1 3 Le Grand, 14 to i ; Nicholas, 14 to 13 First Water, 20;to tj. A4de-de-Camp, 25 to 15 BardcoUrt,-as ; to 1; Calma, 25 .10 13 Diric Hatteraick, 25 to 13 Dukedom, 25 to 1 jPolKo, 25 to i j Santa Claus, 25 to r. South Australian Revenue-

Adelaide, Yesterday. The South Australian' revetttte*,|br the quarter ended Seph 30th amounted to 1,405,000, being ;a: decrease of compared with coittsponding quarter of last year. During' that period the revenue from Customs duties decreased by L2i,000, and that from the land by L 22,600.