CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 10 November 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

Reuter's Telegrams. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. MELBOURNE, ' : this day, Received November Bth, 1,40 p,m,— Private telograma have been reoeived here announcing considerable advance in kerosene in America, It has boen ascertained that the value of the contents 'of ..registered mail bag stolen on Monday : flight from the Post Office was £IOO. ,The,: polios are still without any. clue - to the perpetrators of the robbery. - : Advertisements appear in" Melbourne papers to-day conditions of tenders for direct sleamVervioe. ..i Tho weekly report l of tlio Now' Zealand Loan and Mercantile' Agency. : Company 'shows that during thti week'the wool catalogues have been fair, comprising 1700 bales . principally small lot's; though there hafc been a large attendance '' of buyersj with brisk competition and 1500 bales* have'been' sold, Sound merinoes 'and fine'' crossbreda been very firm, but lower grades were slightely irregular 114 bales of well-grown combing merino wool from 1 Western district realised 12| pence, 15 bales from Murray fetched 13d, while 12|d was bid for 82 bales of fine crossbrcds from western district. For 24 bales of scoured superior combing, 22Jd was obtained, :.

•NEW YORK, November 9th. Received November 10,11.30 a.m.— : In the State elections the Democrats have achieved triumphant; successes in Now York and New Englanl States. The Democratic Party has now an assured majority in Congress, ALEXANDRIA, . : : Intelligence is '.to j hand ,from Soudan that fighting between the Egyptian troops and the followers .of the false prophet has been . proceeding for some days past. On the'"whole'engagements have resulted adversely to the' Egyptians, but according to latest reports' ' the latter are gov fttpeying their recint losses. : PAIRO, • • "

: ' Ifayembor 8, Preliminary hearing. o/ evideb'oe again st ktihi and' his fellow'prisoners is now closed. Taking of evidence' fop - defence begiha next month/'- >! ! •} ' / LONDOjN, /'! "I NoVeraborD, A note has been'addressed ' to ; the Poyers by t)ie Egyptian Government in which it is s j that l o v e n ch' control •in Egypt l "'hW been'"abolished because -it was found that the dual and; political- ,oharacter.l6f ithe' En'glißh ■fah'd French Controller-General had the effect of creating trouble in the government of tfia nnnrtf.ro.