CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1902, 30 January 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BY ELECTS',d TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.J

Reuter's Telegrams,

Melbourne, Jan. 30. Arrived, this , morning Wairarapa, ironv the' Bluff. :

London, January 29.

The cßrgo of frozen mutton, ex Lusitania, has been landed in good condition, and realised 4|d per lb. The bank rate of discount has been reduced from 5 to 4 per cent, .' "" Cairo, January 28.

Latest reports from ElMetemneh show that the enemy numbers seven thousand •meii v .'Their loss at'the-recent engagement is estimated at. 2000, and that of the British-twenty-one killed and about one hundred wounded. Sir H. Stewart has been raised to the rank of Major-General. General Earle■' telegraphs that it is doubtful; whether any fighting will occur before his column reaches Berber. He reports that Sulieman, by whose orders Colonel Stewart and party were murdered has submitted to him. ■

Later telegrams received here report that the Arabs made an attack upon General Earle's column, but were repulsed by the cavalry. The latter subsequently attacked : the rebels and forced them to retreat to Berti.

London, Januaiy 28,

- Wheat exchange.—Adelaide, ex store, 375; New . Zealand ditto, 19s to 355. Adelaide flour,- ex. warehouse, -26s Gd; Australian tallow, average quality, beef 345; ditto mutton, 34s Gd, The wool market continues firm, at tordays. auction sale. 8900 balea are offered.

Cape Town. January 28th,

Telegrams, from Transvaal state that Colonel Warren commanding, the expeditionial force to Bechuanaland, has informed President Kouger that no white men will he allowed to;remain in the Land of Goshen, which the Boer Raiders attempted' to occupy, without permission from British authorities. Berlin, January 28th, The Sub-Committeein Reichstag, appointed to consider the proposals to subsidise certain lines of mail steamers trading from German ports, recommended the adoption of the projected line to Australia; but rejected the one to Samoa,