CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1395, 4 June 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

Reuter's Teoegkams, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT LONDON,'. June 2. : Received .June 4, 12,40 p.m—At the wool sale to-day, 11,400 bales were catalogued, and the tone of the sale was firm. \ LONDON, June 2. Received-June '4, 0.40 a.m.—Earl Detby, Secretary of State for the Colonics, in replying to a deputation of tho Council .of the Colonial Institute which waited upon him to urge tho annexation of New Guinea, stated that

ne was in favor of the annexation, and ;liat the mattor would be dcoided by :he Cabinet as aoon as Sir Arthur Kennedy's despatches had been re- 1 ieived.ivA.ny : statement which ; had ! oeeii- circulated to the; contrary, Lord ( Derby; added, was purely imaginary. Bir : Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for , South ; Australia, ! and - the : Hon, Sir i Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New i South Wales, spoke •in favor of the annexation, Mr Thomas Archer, the Queensland Agent-General; stated that his Government only desired the annexation of the unclaimed' portions of the island. LONDON, : . June 2.

. It is announced that Chief Justice Wrensfordsley has been created a Knight Bachelor.: . Thotnas Caffrey, one of the Phoenix Park murderers, was hanged at Dublin to-dav. ; ■ It is rumored that the naval fleets in Chinese waters are about to be increased by the'various Powers. The report is, however, unconfirmed. LONDON, June 1. At to-day's wool' sale 10,000 bales were catalogued. An activo demand .was experienced for all descriptions. The breadstuffs market is dull. Adelaide wheat, ex store,: 48s; New, Zealand, ditto, 44s to 479.; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 33s 6d. The total quantity of wheat afloat. has risen to 2,250,000 quarters, Australian tallow is dull at 41s for best beef, and 4256 d for best mutton,: | The Homeward mails, per Orient steamship Potosi, from Melbourne (April 25) were delivered via Naples to-day, SYDNEY, Monduy. : Received June 4,12.40 p.m.—Sailed on Saturday evening—Whakatipu for Wellington. The Lighthouses at South Head have been lighted with electric light with great success, Parliament has been prorogued. MELBOURNE, Monday. Arrived, yesterdavafternooti—Orient steamship Chiuiborazo from Plymouth, April 31. Entries for next Melbourne Cup will be posted to-day;

• PAliiS, June 3. The race for the Grand Prix. De Paris was.run to-day and resulted as follows: —Fro ten 1, St, Blaise 2, Farfadefc 3.