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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 38, 12 September 1889, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph'— Copyright (PKK PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, September 11. A cargo of wheat by the barque Earlcourt, from Timaru; has been sold at S2s 6d. " New Zealand frozen mutton is neglected. Present quotations are s£d. The man Pearce, who is stated to have fallen heir to the snm of in Sydney, has been discovered at Kettering, Northampton, and has proved his identity. OALCUTTA,; r S.'ptember 10. Sir George White, commander in Burmah, declares that British authority is now firmly established, and the country is - J • advancing in prosperity. Sydney, September 11. The inquest on the cook of the Centennial, who was drowned when the vessel sank, has lasted 8 days, the result being a verdict of manslaughter against Captain Lessing, who - was committed to stand * trial on October 28th. Received September 12, 12 25 p.m. Sydney, This .Day." ■ Disastrous floods have been experienced at Echuca a town situated on the peninsula foimed by the Murray and C ;mpa?pe rivers, 156 miles north of Melbourne. * Many persons have been rendered homeless and are living in tents pitched on the high ground. Boats have been sent from Melbourne to rescue the residents from their unfortunate position.Sailed— Te Anau for Bluff.