CABLEGEAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1457, 17 August 1883, Page 2

CABLEGEAMS.

REUTEtt'sTELEGRAMS,

IIY EI/KCTItIO TELEGRAPH—COPVIttG lIT

•LONDON;

, August 16. Lord Roseby, "who is ' about to visit the Australian colonies, will' leave England on the 25th hist. MADRID, ... A u P st 15, .- Telegrams are to ftimd from. Barcelona reporting that a railway train has been stopped, and plundered by a body of armed men. .* • VIENNA,, - "August 15, A fly-sheet, promulgating Socialist principles of a violent .and seditious character, has been distributed broadest through all parts of this city; The event has caused great popular excitement, and the civil authorities are .endeavoring to. ascertain,, the source from which-, the publication emanated, but as yet no arrests have been made. •' CAPETOWN.

; '' x 'August 15. Intelligence is fa" liaud from Zululand reporting that another great battle has taken place between . the followers of Cetewayo'■ and those'of Usibepu, resulting- ; in great slaughter on; both were defeated, and' the chief escaped with difficulty.' Cetewayo is still in retirement, but is reported to be recovering from the wounds ho received' at the battle of Uluhdi,, ' : . . Sydney;' ' August 16. . ret Merchant Shipping and Under.,writers Association: -London, August 15. Arrived—Ships Hans Gude,from Lyttelton (May ; 2) ' tjgglan, from I Titrjatu (May and .Alexander, from lyttelton (May White, the Melbourne,: absconder,' who was arrested here -to-day, was ; on board the steamer Lady. Bowen, and had taken a passage for Brisbane. He. was subsequently brought up. at the Police Oou t, snd was remanded-for a week. :

.HBLBOURNE,. Augut'k 16. In the L gißlative Assembly tonight, the Railpy Biljj pending, inter alia, for the epj of tijree co'mtnis: sioners in addition to the Minister, was passed through all ite stages! Mr Redmond, the Home Jlnler, det

Hvpred his farewell lecture here this eveiiing, prior to his departure for New Zealand.

English; commercial.

Per Loan and Mercantile Agenty. Company (Limited). Copy..of produce telegram, dated London, August 14,1883 j Wool.—Market unchanged. Up to date .424,000-bales have arrived. Wheat,—Adelaide is worth. 48s 6d per 4961b. New Zealand is worth 46s per 4961b, c.i.'f., Now Zealand, f.a.q., is worth c.i.f. off.coast 44s per 4801b. Now the weSther is favorable for the crops here. Unfavorable in France and Germany, , .Tallow.—-Market firm. Mutton is worth 41s per cwt; beof, 40s per cwt. ' Leather.—Market firm. Best sides. 11 Jd per lb. ; :

•New Zealand Hemp.-Market unchanged. i