TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 284, 21 August 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, Aug. 17.

American wheat harvest prospects are favourable. The harvest is estimated at 500,090 bushels.

The third series of wool auctions opened to-day. Th re was a good at tendai.ee of Home and Fop-ign buyers. 69,000 bales were offered. There b ing infer: r and faulty wools of all kinds, the tone ot the bidding was hesitating. The wool auctions wi'l c 1033 on October Ist.

The wool sales opened with prices at from a half-penny to a penny lower than last sales.

Aug. 18.

A report was current to-day that tw.. barrels of gunpowder had been found m a railway tunnel under the Cork barracks, but an enquiry proved the whole thing tc be a hoax. At the wool sales to-day 10,000 bales were offered making a total ot 175,<>00 bales since the opening- T e tone of the market O howed a better demand, an 1 prices were firmly maintained. The Hon V\\ bl. Forster, Chi 'f Secretary for Irelend, has started suddenly for Ireland. His mission, however, at present is unkm wn. Constantinople, Aug. 19. Hefiz Pasha has been dlslms^ed. Calcutta, Aug. 17.

Intelligence, has been received from Afghani-tan tha a large body of Pat heps attack d the British garrison at Kacbmadan, but were repulsed and pursued, cud a severe loss inflicted on tin in. Aug. 18.

News romes to hrn i that the citadel at Can iahar is invested o.i three sides by Ayub Khan's army. Genrial Stewart reports has reached Gundatnak with the British force which was left at Cabul pfter Genet al Kob< rts' departure tor Can lahar, and the evacuation of Cabul is now completed. Sydney Aug. 18.

It is st»ted that a cablet ram was received to-day from Murdoch, one of the Australian Crieketeis, who says that arrangements forpn Ail-England match a.e not jet concluded, hut a reply is expected in a few days.