CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1785, 11 September 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

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Reuter's Telegrams,

Loudon, September 10,

! Received' September ll'th, 11.15 a.m.—Arrived at Plymouth—New Zealand Shipping Company's steamship Ruapehu, from Lyttelton July 26th,

Tenders are invited up to the 18th inst, for a loan of £258,000 for the oity of Sydney, bearing interest at the rato of 5 per cent,, minimum fixed at 107} (sic). ■ ■ The St. Ledger was run to-day, and .resulted as follows:—The Lambkin, 1; Sandiway, 2; Superba, 3. It is authoritatively announced that Earl Dufferin will succeed the'JMarquiH of Ripon as Viceroy General Governor of India, Naples, September 10. Fully eight hundred fresh cases of cholera occurred yesterday, and over three hundred deaths have taken place during the past twenty-four hours. Cairo, September 10. I Earl Northbrock waited upon the Khedive to-day, and preseuted his credentials as British commissioner.' The. Khedive received his Lordship very cordially. Hongkong, September 10.

Operations are now proceeding on' the part of the Chinese with a view to effectually blocking the bar at the' entrance to the Woosung river. ' Paris, September 10.

The newspaper Le National publishes a statement to-day to the effect that that Government contemplates issuing, a formal declaration of war against China, andfurtherconvoking the!ronch Chambers, to obtain sanction for prosecution of important operations in China.

; London, September 9, , Consols have advanced to 101 \. New Zealand securities remain at the following quotations: 5 per cent. 10-40 loan, 103|;5 percent. 1889 loan, 105|; 4 percent, 1879-1904 loan, 100; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 103|. There are no changes to report in the markets for colonial breadstuff's and tallow.

At to-day's wool sale .12,000 bales were catalogued. Prices were . firmly maintained.

. Melbourne, September 10, Sailed, this afternoon-Steamship Waihora, for the Bluff. San Francisco, September 9. The steamship' Zealandia, with the inward mails, dated Auckland, August 19, arrived here yesterday,

Naples, September 9. King Humbert paid a visit to the city to-day, and spent several hours in visiting *he sick and investigating thestate' of nfiaira, His Majeaty was everywhere received with enthusiastic acclamation. Sydney, Thursday. Eeeeived September 11th 12.30 p.m. —Sailed, on Tuesday afternoon,— Steamship Wakatipu for Wellington. Brisbane, Thursday, The Colonial Treasurer made a Financial Statement in the legislative Assembly last evening, It showed the revenue for the past financial year amounted to £2,370,000; tlio estimated revenue for the current year, as £2,760,000, and the expenditure as £2,700,000,. It was announced thatit is proposed to' raise a new loan of a million sterlling. ~

Sydney, Wednesday, 1 Final arrangements have been concluded for the sculling match between Hanlan and. Clifford to take place in February next. The stakes are £SOO a-side. Deeble has, on behalf of Beach, stated that the latter would not now" agree to row the proposed match with Hanlan in May next, but would row the winner of February's match.