CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1689, 19 May 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[by electric telegraph—copyright.] II euter's Telegrams, LONDON, V ; May 16. i The cricket match, Australians vorsus Oxford University,'was resumed, to day at Oxford, The Home team, with four wickets down for 106, continued their first innings, which closed for a total of 209, 51 rims ahead of the Australians. O'Brien ... ... 92 Page ... ... ... 33 were amongst the top scorers, The Australians went in for their second innings, and succeeded in putting together 168. ■' McDonnell, stumped ... 3G ; I Midwinter, caught ... ■45 j

wo tho highest scorers, Tho fielding of the Home team was very good. The Oxford men now require to make IQB runs to win the match, Great interest jis being taken in the contest, . LONDON,

I ' .:. . May 17. : I .The match Australians versus Oxford University, was resumed at Oxford to day, and resulted in the defeat of the visitors. The Home team requiring 108 runs to win the match .wont in for their second innings, and put together that number with the loss of only three wickets, Kemp (not out) was the highest scorer, with 63. LONDON, ■:.;

May 17. ■'. Received May 19, 11.15 a.m.— Consols have declined to 1011 ;• market rate discount has risen to seventeeneigths, and is now | below bank rate. There are no changes to report in New Zealand securities, colonial breadstuffs, or tallow. '■■ A good demand prevailed at to-day's wool.sales.- Tho catalogue comprised [12,500. bales. . j LONDON,. ■. ;.■'..■ May 17.' i It now transpires that it is the Turcoman tribes on the Afghan frontier who have tendered submission to Russia and not the tribes at Hevat as stated in yesterday's telegrams from St. Petersburg. NEW YORK, -':' I V May 17.!•J The panic on stock exchange has now subsided,'the banks having comb ned to act together for their mutual assistance/. - Enormous purchases' of American, slocks have been made duriig the past fow days on the European' aicount. ■■ BERLIN, ..'■ '■.'■■ May 17. : [The .North German Lloyd Royal' Mail Steamship Co, have, proposed to the: Government to undertake the sub. sidised mail service, to; Australia and the East, '' v M ; " SYDNEY, ' ; i: " Jy ;. • - May 19. Beach has challenged Hanlon to row

onthe Pari'fltaatta river for any sum Ironript^OO aside. ,: ■ S''sS : ADELAIDE, 'j-/%-< ; : Recoiled May.l 9, 0.35 a.m.-Mau. ritiusto'the 22nd inst., are to hand per M.M.; H.B. Melbourne. Messrs Ireland, I Fraser* and Co. report of tihe sugar market as follows; Clearances for "the- month "for Christmas amount to 600 tons, for Dunedin, 900 tons. .. Freights- to. Australia, Ids to 20s; ditto to New, Zealand,. 32s 6c? to 355. Exchange at 60 day's bank credits on New Zealand, 13 per cent 1 ; ditto on Australia,. 15 per cent.,(sic.) , The The stock of sugar in hand was 19,000 tons; the exports to New Zealand this season, 10/OOOJ '••' : ; LONDON, May 16. Consols remain at lOlf. New Zealand securities: —s per cent. 1040 loan, 104; 5 percent, 1889 loan, 102J, ex div.j 4| per, cent 1879-1904 loan, 1024'; 4 per cent,' inscribed stock, lOOf.exdiy. v Colonial breadstuffs, ex store—Adelaide wheat, 41s 6d; Adelaide flour, 28s; New Zealand wheat,' 35s to 40s; Total, quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom, 2,030,000 quarters. Tallow, average. Australian—Beef, 365; mutton, Wool-At today's auction 16,400 bale's were, catalogued. -The selection was a poor 0ne...,, -. '." Copra—Best Sydney, sun-dried is quoted at'Xlß ss, a decline of 10s per ton.' '■-■'■'•'" •'■'■;'.' Leather—Best sides of Australian, llji Mutton—Prime New Zealand, is realising s|d,