CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1705, 7 June 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[N KLECTIUC TiiLEQIIAPiI—COPYftIQHT,] : ; I'LEUTER'S TELEQIUMS. V : LONDON, . ■ June 4. Received June Gth, 1.20 p.m.—Consols have,advanced j, and are now quoted at par (ex dividend). New ;Zealand securities.continue firm at last ((notations, viz., 5 per cent. •] 0.40 loan, 104; 5 per cent 1889 loan, 10'2£; 4J per cent 1879-1904 loan, 102|; 4 per cent inscribed stock, 100 J. Colonial breadstuffs remain dull, with prices unchanged, The following are the quotations, ex granary Adelaide wheat 41s; New Zealand 35s to

:0s j Adelaide flour. 28s, Australian tallow—Average quality >eef, 365; mutton, 38s Gd.'

Wool sales resumed to-day, when a catalogue of 11,300 bales was submitmitted. A good demand was experienced for the various lots offered. LONDON, - June 4. Received sune 5, 4.25 p.m.i-An Anglo-Russian commission is about to be appointed to settle the demarcation of the northern frontier of Afghanistan. A disastrous fire occurred to-day in Slioreditch, resulting in; tlio total destruction of a menagerie and -all the animals contained in it. ! SYDNEY, .June 5. Received June 6, 1.25 n.m.—The, New Zealand Football team played a match to-day against the representatives of the Northern districts at Newcastle, and scored another victory by nineteen points to nil. The ground was wet and sloppy, heavy rains having fallen during the day, and con-

tinued until a late hour in the forenoon. The visitors were subsequently entertained at a banquet by the local club. " . ADELAIDE, ■• . June 5. . Recived Juno 6, 1.25 a.m.—The South Australian Parliament was opened to-day by His Excellency the Governor, who referred in his speech,, to the deeply regretted death of Prince Leopold, and stated that a telegram had been sent to the Queen, for which Her Majesty's thanks had been received. The speech expressed regret tit the low prices of wheat in London, ■through which the .colony had suffered, although the harvest had been abundant. A Bill to amend the.land laws was of a land tax and an income tax, to meet the deficiency - iii'the. l'avenue, wasproposed, -The,necessity .was .pointed out of Imperial legislation to/authprise the establishment of a Federal Council, for which, however, a plan would shortly be submitted ,to Parliament. It was also announced that the' Government intended to make arrangements for holding an International Exhibition' in 1887. ' i:

MELBOURNE, ' June 5. Sailed, this morning—Union steamship Tarawera, for tho bluff. MELBOURNE, >! Friday, Received June G, 1.20 p.m.—Mr Service, the Premuir, has received a .telegram from the Agent-General in London, stating that the report of the committee of the French Senate recently issued in no way removes the objections entertained by the colonies to the Recidivistes Bill, the provisions of svhieh are not materially altered. LONDON*, June sth.'

Eeceivod June 6th 2.35 p.m.—The funeral of (lie late Sir Bartle Edward Frere took place to-day at St Paul's Cathedral. Tho ceremony was grand and impressive and was witnessed by a large assemblage including the Duke of Cambridge, General Lord Wolseley,, and a number of other distinguished people. '