CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 369, 18 May 1889, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS.

London, May 13. It is denied that the Earl of Ormond has accepted the position of Viceroy of Ireland. Sir Dillon Bell becomes trustee in j London in connection with the Midland Railway debenture holders. Messrs OBrien and Harrington, the Irish prisoners who have been biought to London to give evidence at the Parnell inquiry, have been serenaded. Five thousand sovereigns which were shipped on the Thevia at Sydney prove to have been stolen on the passage. It is believed that they were taken during the ship's stay at Melbourne. A defence fund is being raised in connection with the charges of Ritualism being heard against the Bi.«hop of Lincoln. Already it amounts to £2,000. The Bishop has expressed his thanks to the Anglicans of Australia and iN'ew Zealand for their letters of sympathy. i The "Times'' says that the delegates of the three Powers have agreed to restrict the importation and sale of firearms and liquors to Samoa. Equal commercial rights have been conceded to all the Powers. The Committee have decided to recommend a tripartite administraiioti in the municipal district of Apia. The natives will be allowed to elect their king. England assumed a neutral attitude with respect to these decisions. The Conference is expected to conclude in a fortnight.

London, May 14. It has been suggested that a fund should be raised for the purpose of establishiug' a memorial to the late Father Damien, who gave up his life in order to ameliorate ihe condition of ihe lepers in the Hawaiian Islands. Sir J. Fergusson, replying; to a question in the House of Commons, said that no reports had been received relative to the supposed persecution of Protestant natives at Mare.

Berlin, May 13. King Humbert of Italy is expected in this city on the 2isr, and will stay fur six days. A neutral zone has been created at Apia, and the Powers have equal rights with respect to the import and export duties. On Sunday morning, fifty policemen raided the Baccarat Club in Park Place, London. Fifteen of the inmates were arrested, including Lords Dudley, Lurgan, and Paulet, and Messrs Merry and Benzoo. The sum of ;£ 18,000 in cash i\ as seized. Forty-seven persons were also arrested at the Adelphi Club. The Paik Place prisoners were bailed out, but those arrested at the Adelphi have not been bailed. The threatened strike of Durham colliers has been averted. It has been arranged that the Czar shall visit the Emperor William at Kiel in August.

Paris, May 13. The visitors to the Exhibition number ico 000 daily. The Government propose to ask the Chamber to authorise the issue of bonds to the amount of a million and a half pounds in order that the works may be proceeded with, pending the formation of a new company.

St. Pktersburg, May 15. Durnovo, a member of the Russian Ministry, sjcceeds the late Count Tolstoi as Minister of the Interior.

Co>*STA>"TixorL7<:, May 13. The Porie is inquiring into the reported Armenian ahotities, but it is asserted that they have been magnified.

Mkluoukne, May 15. During the voyage of the Oroya Mr P. S. Smith, a saloon passenger for Auckland, died of phthisis.

Adehidk, May 15. Owing to the fall in the pice of copper, the wages of miners at the Monita mine have been reduced, and a strike is threatened which will involve a thousand men and boy?.

Sydney, May 15. \ The steamer Riverina has arrived at Aden with her cargo on fire. The fire has been extinguished ; it included a quantity of fj^.x The origin is unstated.

THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydnkv, May 15. Christchurch wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; New Zealand, 4s 6d to 4s gd ; Adelaide, 5s 3d to 5s sd ; potatoes, New Zealand, -£4 10s to £4. 15-. ; ! Circulars, £$ ss; onions, £i4V\ maize, inferior, 2s o.d ; best, 3s 5d j ' oats, dull, best, 3s 3d ; seed tartarian, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; bran, is to is id ; po - lard, scarce, is 26; bluepeas, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; butter, New Zealand dairy, o.d to is; separator, is to is 2d ; local dairy, lod to is 3d : separator, is 3d to is 6d ; off sorts, 6d ; cheese, 7<l to 8d ; bacon, 8d ; New Zealand hams, is.

Melbourne, May 15. There is more demand for wheat ; milling, 5s 6d to 5s gd ; flour, stone, 10s ; roller, Oats: Victorian and Danish, 3s yd ; stout, New Zealand, 3s iod to 3s io^d. Barley : Cape, 3s 4d ; malting, 5s s^d ; maize, 4s 5d to 4s 6<i. China sugars, 10s ; Queensland, grey, 15s to £26 ss.

Adelaide, May 15. Wheat, quiet ; farmers' lots at out" ports, 4s 8d ; Port Adelaide, 4s lod ', shipping parcels, 5^ Flour, stone, ;£n ; roller, £12 ; bran, nd ; pollard, is id ; New Zealand oats, 4s 4d, quiet.