CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 54, 4 March 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

J; . (JIEUTEH'S XPLEQU^B } '* *■:] . Loxbos, 25tU J^j|?uary. Tiie prices at \rhoat and't&ilow are unchanged ; flour is 6d higher An extraordinary v • gj^NJit at* £l|sptf^<)o lias been a£fc§d for fbe ZuMwaY. ]3eri'y his hand /d to $ho Secretary of State for the Colonies a reply 'ta the despatch of l*t October. TTie election for FT aldington to-day resujted ill Jhe . Jabejal ) Sandidatu being returned. Berry had -an^Wmew 4o~d»y with the SeerotaT^i^tState for the Colonies, and urced the necessity of Imperial legi&fiiion or other intervention in the (liffieiiUy f ,b6t|»'eeft ? tho two brandies of »h*y|^g;J||^jp^ * v V ctoria. Under »holn(!tuai circumstances it is incapable of adjustment. Tho interview was jyeWdjfcgji-Alorry regards it as satisfactory,. mul will havo another in a few days Tho Xew Zealand Iwuiv and Mercantile Agency report under date London, 25th : — ■; Wool, Home trade purchasing spar--1 ingly : inodiuin »md inferior gioasy easier; up to date GO.OOO^balbs have been sold Wlieat market firm ; foreign arrivals light] *, Adelaide is worth s()g. and Now Zealand 455. per quarter. Tallow-is dull of sale ; tliero is no speculate* demand ; : town melted is cheap ; mutton, 3Gs. Od. ; beef, 345. Gd! Leatlre'r market firm ; best sides, fl.jd. ■.- ' r > r - ' St. TCTKitsDuua, February 27. The terrible Astrachan plague has made its appearance here. \ One' case has shown itself to-do}'. * >: * ; .-- i;<; Syd.vey. 27th Fobruary. It is announced hciio that large exhibits of wool will bo sent from ; New Zealand tiitho Sydney! Intern dtionai Exhibition. ; ;, The police liave i enpiured' ibiir bushrangers at Balrahald, 'ftftor* a ride of 380 miles. Melbourne, 27t'hMivuary. The Marquis of Normanby and suite lan led at Sandrfdgo at 8 o'clock tonigh*. They were received by a large number of officials and a guard of honor, in tlio preseuco of a krgo numbar of people, immediately pro<. ceeJing to Government Ilousd, where the Chief Justice administered tho oath, in the presenco qt' the Colonial ' Secretary, Attorney-General, 1 ' Minis- , ter fur Lands and..AgricultureUPoat- : master-General, Coimnusioner *Zt>f i Uailways and Eoads, Minister of , Mines, tho Mayor and Corporation, ; the Ojnsuls, and a riu nerdusi'&sseuV^ blago, giving his Excellency a most i c.ntial l-ecoption. Wellington is first favorite for the Lelff.u*.