HOME AND FOREIGN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1063, 8 September 1882, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

At the wool auction, in London, on Au tgust 30, 8700 bales were catalogued. Lees • demand was experienced, and prices were -occasionally easier, inferior an 1 faulty wools are now rather lower than at the open ;iog. The Duke of Albany, who was suffering tfrom a severe attack of hce norrh ige at Ostborne, is, according to the latest bulletin, ' 'now' rather better. News is to hind from the Philippine Is- j \ .'lands to the effect that tlie cholera is raging •with unabated offset, and is decimating the i jpopulation of Manilla. The Greeks are persistentdn avenging the .recent Turkish outrages committed on the | ‘border. John Dunn advises that preparations be made to give a welcome to Cetewayo on his .return to Zululaud. Bon Is ofitre value of £150,000 have been ‘Stolen from the London Stdiik Exchange. 'There is no clue to the robbers. Fighting in Arta, between the Turkish ■and Greek frontiers, has been stopped by mutual agreement. At the wool auction on September 1, 9700 bales were offered. Tone of sale was firm. :92,000 have been withdrawn from salesluce the opening of the scries Wholesale dismissals have been made in the Dublin polioi force of men who hid attended a recent meeting of male nteuts - T le ranks of the force have been mateiially thinned by the discharges, and bodies of troops have consequently been drafted off, and now ocoapy the various police stations in the city and suburbs, a number of special constables being sworn in to take the place temporarily of the men dismissed. There was a fair demand at the wool sales The catalogue comprised 10,500 bales. The dismissal of malcontents from Che Dublin police force has resulted in r.n extensive strike of constables in that city, and -owing to the absence of police from tinstreets, serious Tiering by a number of .roughs took place last night. Houses and . shops were at acked, and several were much '-damaged. Tue troops were called out, and •ehar .-ed the rioters, some of whom were severely piv ished. Additional spec al con•stab'es are now being enrolled to assist iu the maintenance of Order. Dr Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, who ■is suffering from congestion of tue lungs, a d .has had a serious relapse, io now iu a prostrate condition. The majority ot the constables in Dublin who went out on strike have since expressed their peni-ence, and have retu nod to their ■duties. Further rioting which took place ■was promptly suppressed by the Militia. Successful efforts have been made by the Greek and Tmkish Government to put a ■stop to the fighting which for some days oast has occurred in Thessaly between sub 'jects of the two Powers. Hostilities have ceased pending diplomatic negotiations tor the settlement ft! the dispute. Cetewayo has embarked for the Cape. Bombay has decided to quarantine all arrivals from Suez. The new camp of the enemy discovered in "the desert is 15 miles from Rassasain. Turkey proposes to land troops at Alexandria and ma"ch to Abonkir. The steamer Lake Pigeon has 'been wrecked at Arklow, and five boats containing a number of the crow and .passengers are missing. The boats missing from the wrecked steamer Take Pigeon have lurned up safe. Th ■ shipment of frozen meat ex Anst al lhas arrived in moderate condition, and rea'v4ise l an average of 6 I per lb. Two thousand Orangemen have offered ■themselves as special constables to preserve peace in Ireland,