CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1898, 26 January 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[BV ELECTS \0 TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT,

Keuter's Telegrams.

•London, January 24. The Daily News- to-day states' -that England intends to annex the wholoof the southern part of New Guinea. A sharp rise has taken place in nearly all colonial corporate stocks, Hongkong, January 24. :

•Tiro. French forces recently. made an attack on the Chinese 'at Kelung, aiii were repulsed with, severe loss,. . -. . Berlin, January 24, • A convention has been concluded between the Russian and German Governments, providing for the mutual extradition of Anarchists,

Perth (West Aus,), Jan. 5. ' A reward of £SOO is offered for information leading to the conviction of the perpetrators of tho recent murders at the Union Bank, Eoebume. Capetown, January 24. ' The advance of the, British expedition to Bechuanaland has commenced. ■London, January 23.

• Consols remain at 99 J. New ..Zealand Government securities .are' unchanged, Colonial breadstuffs.—Adelaide wheat rex sta,'3BsNew Zealand ditto, 30s to 365; Adelaide flour 265. The.total quantity of wheat" afloat for Kingdom iB 2,2lo,oooquarters.' > Australian' tallow.—Average quality beef,-345.; mutton; 34s 6d, ' "Wool.—To-day 1 * auction priceq \ferq

steady, but tho demand was not active. Tho catalogue comprised 7900 bales. New Zealand mutton, prime quality, is quoted at.sd to s|d, - - '•••:■ -.LoifDOSj'January2s. Lord Wolseley telegraphs to the Government that' General Earle's column has reached Hanidab and started for Berber via Abuhamed.. Earlehadcollec--ted hisr forces''ati-jiomt thirty-five miles beyond;&in,dltb/\The;; absence :.6f any ; news •£row^ldp^s^i^ ; 'iij»ce the battlo with the enemy-near Abukela is causing Bome anxiety. Wash'lKSton, January 24. A Bill has been presented to the Senate to prpvide-' tJierpiuiiahmeiifc of explosive crimes hatched or committed'iii America lor elsewhere! ' -

.. Rome, January 24, The annexation by Italy of Behulbany in the - Red Sea is said to bo imminent.

" ' SilSto, Monday. ■ A terrible accident occurred 1 to'the mail train last night at Cootamundra on the southern line. Owing to tho heavy rain the embankment had given way and the train rushed into the gap in the darkness and was completely wrecked. Many carriages were telescoped and seVoral passengers were, killed and wounded, The scene was one of. intense horror, Assistance'has been'senty