CABLEGRAMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1937, 12 March 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

BY IMCIR'O TBIEORAPH—UOPYKIOHT. ReUTKR'h TiaKGHAMB, London, March 10. Mr Edmund Yates, proprietor of the World, haa been released from Holloway gaol. In t)ie House of Lords to-day Earl Granyilk jn jonly to questions, stated that tlie (Werflnfetit; foaye no information regarding the reported lowering flf the British flag at Victoria, on the Cameroon's, by the Germans, and that. he. was convinced that Prince Bismarck's present attitude would prevent any trouble in West Africa. 'London, March 11. Parleying js ssl proceeding between England and, Russia qn the Afghan, question, but, so far as.it known, hp. progress has been made'towai'dsanamjcablpsettlement. The Times to-day states that a qollision is imminent, a frosh Russian advanpe having taken plaoo in the direction of Herat, and that Sir Peter Lumsden, the BritishCommissioner, has consequently been directed by the Government to organise the defensive measures to be pursued by the Afghans against the Russian advance. London, March 10. Consols have declined to 98. New Zealand securities are unchanged,

The, marketMl) of discount remains at 3|pprcQii * tfqlow tlio bank rate. ■■■'. ; Colonial Me'adstffs romain at-last bftotatitois 1 , ex Btore, viz:—Adelaide mIU 365; Adelaide flour 255: New Zealand whoat, 28s to 345. ■■' Australian tallow, average quality—' Beef, 32s Gd; mutton, 33a Od. "' ' .