CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 255, 14 April 1888, Page 3

CABLE GRAMS.

London, April 10. A representative from the " Pall Mall Gazette" has interviewed Lord Wolseley on the subject of his visiting the colonies. Lord WoLseley said he was quite willing and would be glad to have the opportunity of inspecting the defences of Australia, but at present he was unable to definitely conclude any arrangements.

London, April 10. In consequence of the opposition offered lo the Hocusing chaises in the Local Government Bill by their own supporters, the Government have agreed to leave the control of the licenses to the counties instead of the local bodies, and have also agreed that no compensation .shall be paid to the owner or landloid of a licensed house from which the license has been Avithdiawn.

London, April 10. At the wool sales to day 10,000 bales were catalogued, and there were only small withdiawaK Meiinos are improving in price, but infeiior and faulty sorts are ii regular. Cros.sbreds are generally weak.

(I'l'R \.Z. 1,. \M) M.A. (<»., LIMITI'D. ) London, April 10. "Wool. —The sales pio<j;iess firmly* but since the close of la^t sales faulty scoured has declined Id per lb Up to date 40,000 bales have been sold.

Lon don, April 10. A company with a capital of is being floated for the purpose of woiking Pearson's Kuby Mines in South Australia. Mr Walter Hasleek, an cxpeit in the woikin<; of precious stones, pioeeeds to Austialia to direct opei.itions.

Lomion, April 10, The charge against Major Templar of having divulged themihlaiy balloon designs lias been dismissed.

London, April 11. A deputation waited on IJ.Ia.JI. the Piince of Wales, and exhibited to him the rubies taken fiom the McDonnell mine in South Australia.

London, April 11. It is staled that the duty proposed to be imposed in Kngland on high-class wines will not affect the wine* shipped from Australia.

London, April 11. The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking at Carnarvon, btated that lie had every hope that the peace of Euiopc would be preserved. Jiefemng to ailair.s in Ireland, he said that lents were now paid with moie freedom, the law better obseived, bovcottins: was becoming rare, and the people -were being relieved from tyranny. He stated that some of the worst membeis of the Fragile aimed at theft as a mode of operition, and often murder was resorted to. He lidiculed the idea that nationality justified a separate politic existence.

London, Apiil 11. The appeal of Mr OBrien, M.P. for Monaghan Nort! 1 , who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment tor inciting the people, has been dismissed.

London, Apiil 11. As the Poavcis .have atireed to suppress the sugar bounty system, the Confcicnce is devising practical measures to give oflect to the icsohi tion.

London, April 11. Colonial stocks .show a general decline. jS'cw Zealand I per cent?, aie 101. o percent, consols are unchanged "Wheat is quiet, hut steady. Leather has advanced id.

London, April 1 1. Nil W. H. Smith staled, in the llou>=e of Commons that tho (lovernmont did not intend to mtioducc a local go\ eminent bill fox Ii eland thi^ .session, lie stated that tin- (Jcnerument woie piejiaied to Mibmit miuU a measure tip sjnoii a.s the Irish uoio ie;idy to receive the Crown and Coiifctilulion \\ it h loyalty.

Bi kun, Apiil 11. TnunK lias been a marked outbuilt of popular devotion tv the Empcior of Germany by tho people oi Posen. which is Jikely to accentuate the ditferences which have arisen between the Emperoi 1 and ] I rineo Ijisnuirclc on the subject of the suit, of Prince Alexander ot Battcnberg foi the hand of the Princess Victoria.

Bkumn. April 11. It is reported that the Empeior Frederick is tioubled with coughing and also with a swelling in his tluo.t.

CoNSTAM'iNOI'IiI'., Apill 11. The military cordon which the Turkish OJovernment recently formed along the frontier of Romneha, has been withdrawn. It has been officially explained that the sending of the tvoupo was simply adopted as a sanitafcv precaution.

.Pa kin, Apiil 11. The election of General Hoiilanger to the Chamber of Deputies for the district of Doidogue is explained to have been mainly due to the support of the Bonapartists.

Sypnhy, April 12. Potatoes : GOs to 655 ; Warnambool, 50s to 555. Onions, 70s. Oats : Feed, 2s 3d to 2s -id ; seed, 2s to 2s 3d. Bran, 8d to B Ad. Pollard, 9d id. Barley, Cape. 3s; English, 4 s Gel. Butter, 8d to lOd, steady. Cheese, 3d to -id. Beef, 5d per 1b ; bacon, 9d to 9kl ; ham, Is to 10|d ; maize, new, 2s 5d to 2s 6d. Wheat, fowl, 2s 7d to 2s 9d. The Shenard Osborne, cable steamer, leaves Singapore to-morrow for Welling-

tonviaSydney, under arrangement with the New Zealand Government to repair the Cook's Strait cable.