CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1490, 22 September 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

Reuter's Telegrams, by eleotrio telegraph—copyright LONDON, September 20. ■ The total amount of wool catalogued since the opening of the present 'series is 29,900 bales. ''"' September 21. Mr Gladstone arrived at Gravesend yesterday from his yachting cruise in the Baltic. SYDNEY, September 21. Severe shocks of earthquake have again been experienced in the south of this colony. The shocks were most severely felt at Bungendore and Braidwood, and lasted from ten to twenty seconds, SYDNEY, September 21, New Zealand wheat remains at 4s 3d, and New Zealand oats at 2s 4d, Maize has advanced to 3s Id. Company's No 1 pieces, per ton, £35 ADELAIDE, September 21. Wheat is quoted at 4s 9d to 4s lOd, ft slight decline as compared with last week'B price. The market ia steady, Flour has fallen 5s ,to 13s ..per. ton. Town brands are now quoted <SIO 5s to £U; country ditto, iID to ss. The market for freights is without quotable change. COOKTOWN,

May. Received September 21,3 p.m. The steamship Roma, from London, via Batavia, brings later details regarding the Sunda disaster, which fully confirm the previous news that a tidal wave a hundred feet high swept several large vessels fully three miles inward, where they remained high and dry. Tho crew* were all saved. Tho Roma found the sea around Java covered with pumice, and the.engines became choked. All familiar landmarks had disappeared. The loss of life is set down at 75,000, but it is not possible to estimate the amount of damage done to. property. ADELAIDE, Friday. Reports are to hand that red rust has shown itself among the wheat crop 3 in tho northern districts of this colony. The statement is not, howevor, fully confirmed.