CABLE NEWS.
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright jPßft UNIT.iI) PBKS* ASSOCIATION. | London, August 1. Wheat ifl slightly cheaper owing- to the fine weather. The Hon. J. White's horses hare arrived in good condition. Sir W. Robinson has been appointed Governor of Mauritius. Cairo, August 1. Colonel Wodehouse has had a Bharp skirmish with the dervishes in which the latter lost 70 men. N.Z. frozen mutton, 5d : lamb, 7d ; Sydney mutton, 4Jd. Beef, forequarters 3d ; hindquarters, 4£d. At the Auctions to-day 1400 bale* of New Zealand hemp were sold, at prices ranging from £25 for ordinary quality to £31 10s for good sorts. ■ General Boulanger has published a manifesto, ia-sehich he attributes his defeat at the Council elections to local ambitions, and states he awaits with confidence the result of the general election. Sofia, August 1. The Bulgarian Government, fearing that under the excitement of Bussia Servia is prepaiing to attack her neighbour again, has sent troops to watch the frontier. The Porte also reinforces the Turkish troops on the Bulgarian frontier. Ottawa, August 1. Feeling in Canada is greatly excited over the seizure of a fishing schooner in the Behring sea by an American cruiser. The release of the vessel and payment of an idemnity for the seizure are demanded.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 21, 3 August 1889, Page 2
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209CABLE NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 21, 3 August 1889, Page 2
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