CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1882, 7 January 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[BY ELECTMO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] , Ueuter's Telegrams. Melbourne, January 6. The deadlock in the boot trade is still maintained, t)i9 negotiations between masters and men liayiug proved fruitless. The manufacturers are now considering a'proposal to import a thousand operatives from Fjngland. Sydney, January- 6. .. Government have received a 'telegram-'from London stating that Germany. • made no arrangement,',with England tor occupying a portion of New Guinea, and acted without any reference to England, '' .. Cairo, January 5-...

Colonel-Sir H. Stewart has returned to. Korti' with the mounted infantry. ;and -;ha»gnge camels wnich conveyed ■storeft'to foi;.;. theiiae -of the troops on their advance to Khartoum. The Guards remain at Gakdul, .which has been strengthened by fortifications, '.Colonel 1 Stewart reports that a few of the Mahdi's-adherents had been, taken prisoners near Gakdul when he, left there on. his return to.Korti, .. ... . -A telegram hasten,'received from : Lord-'Wolseley stating that, the 'ihfari-' try. 1 .'detailedtto punish the, Arabs "for■thtf nwrderof Colonel StewdtVai Wad. el Hhomar will shortly Hiimdab,,- *"! - .. '.'Capetown, January 5. . Intelligence has been -received- here -that the-Gosheunes (sic) are collecting arms, and it is believed that they intend to forcibly oppose Colonel Warren's advance into Bechuanaland, and that fighting will take place between the Gosheuries and the British troops. London, January 6.

Tenders for the Auckland loan of £25,000 were opened yesterday. The tenders amounted to £] 17,000. Tenders at £IOB I7s 6d will receive 21 per cent, Tenders above that amount will be allotted in full, The Admiralty deny that any orders have been given to the Channel Squadron out of the ordinary bourse. Melbourne, January 6, ; Tho Melbourne manager of Ithe National Mortgage and Agency Com? pany of New Zealand (Limited) reports of the local grain market'as'Mows':— Wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 7d'; the market is improving, Malting.barley is firm at 4s 3d to 4s 9d, New Zealand oats, feeding sorts, are steady at 3s 4d to 3s 64; milling ditto are firm at 3s 6d to 3s 8d j New Zealand oats under bond 2s 7d to 2s. Jod. The market is quiet.