BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2872, 8 June 1882, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter’s Agknoy.j Emigration of Maltese. London, June 6. Telegrams are to hand from Malta announcing that a member, of the Maltese Executive Council will shortly leave for Australia with a view to promote emigration of Maltese to the colo* hies. , Wool Sales* At to-day’s wool auction 11,700 bales were offered. Good competition at full current rates was experienced for the lots catalogued. New Season’s TeaHong Kong, June 6. Advices to hand from. Foo Chow state that opening prices for new season’s teas are three taels below last years quotations. The incoming crop is rather better than that of last season. The exports to the colonies amount to 8,000,000 lbs. Egyptian AffairsConstantinople, June 5. Frequent communications have been passing between the,Foreign Ambassadors and the Porte on the subject of the proposal to bold a conference for the settlement of the Egyptian question. It has transpired that the Turkish Government, without absolutely rejecting the proposals, has strotgly urged that the conference would be useless in bringing about the result desired. A majority of the Powers have, it is understood, accepted the views of the Porte, and it is considered unlikely therefore that a conference will bo held. Alexandria, Juno 5. In compliance with the demand of the Sultan, communicated to him through the Khedive, Arabi Pasha has ordered the stoppage of the works which were proceeding for the fortification of tlys city. *