YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 887, 28 April 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

BY SUBMARINE CABLE. PER PRESS AGENCY.] EUROPEAN. The Wool Market. London, April 23. In the course of a debate in the German Reichstag, on the army estimates, Von Moltke said he could not hope long for peace. He alluded to the readiness of France for war, and the unusually large masses of troops between Paris and the frontier. AUSTRALIAN. Commercial. Sydney, April 27. Jlcimossv's brandy, 31s ; quarters, 9s 3d, firm. Kerosene, from 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Adelaide Hour, very firm ; large sales at £l7 to £lB. Adelaide wheat is firm at 7s 6d ; New Zealand wheat, 5s to 6s. A cargo has been sold for shipment to England at 5s 9d cash. New Zealand oats, no enquiry. Barrett's twist, Is sd; Black Swan, Is 6id. Large parcel of New Zealand flax was sold in Melbourne at £2O per ton. The Government is unlikely to submit resolutions with reference to alterations in the Pacific mail service this session. INTERPROVINCIAL. [PER PRESS AGENCY.] Auckland, April 27. At a meeting of Foresters the report stated that 650 members were on the roll with funds amounting to about £BSO. The Orangemen, to the number of eighty, had a banquet last night, on unfurling a new flag. Arrangements are being made for the installation of Mr F. Whitaker as Provincial Grand Master, under the Scotch Constitution. The Presbytery to-day resolved to adjourn to the 16th May, to enable the Rev. Mr Hill and the Thames congregation to be heard against a call from Lyttelton. (From a correspondent of the Press ) Napier. Barr, the gold prospector, is here at present, after a sojourn in the Taupo country extending over nine months. He is very reticent as to his tour. He has brought specimens of gold down, and has submitted them to the Minister of Public Works. Captain Russell, member for'Napier, in a letter states his intention of returning to New Zealand in the May Suez steamer. A letter has been received from Mr Tinner, from England, in which it is clearly stated that the Rev. Mr Robinson, over whom discension was caused in the Church of England here, had never received priest's orders at home. This information has caused great comment. The recent news from England has caused a depression among the wool growers, as it is feared war will considerably injure the May sales for wool.