CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2011, 9 June 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

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Reuter's Teleguams, London, June 8. It js Qurren% ported that an agreement on tlie'Russo-Afglmn frontier question has been virtually arrived at betfe Great Britain and Russia, the latter power having yielded in her ■ deininds for the Zulfiear pass. The statement published in a Russian journal to the effect that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been murdered by some members, of his suite has not been endorse! fvjjm' ! .ahy other source, and the iiews here. LpNpoN,- June 6. Throe per cent. Oqiisqls are § lower, 97§. Theinarketra'tp'gf ctisgouijfc has risen |, and is now J per gent., or JL per cent below the bank rate, The orop of beetroot for thjs season is estimated at 2,170,000 tons, New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, is realising from 6jd to s|d per lb in the Smithfield market. Per Merchant .Shipping and Underwriters' Association :-London, June 6fch —Arrived—Trevelyan, from Napier. The ship Collingrove, from London toAdelaide, has put back to Falmouth, after coljjsjpn with a steamer, the name of 'Which is unknown, T!) e . exammafipn ,9? s<f prisonous in custody fpr the Sinipsoif^rpa'd' 1 bank robbery. W9S Concluded yesterday, when tho whole'] number- waji remanded, bail being refused, The police have been taking active steps to prevent the disposal of the plunder by any confederates, Four of the prisoners have been identified by witnesses as the same who were seen to leave the bank and drive off in the cart, and subsequently to enter Studley Park! Further sejtrch in the park yesterday, :k the discovery of £2OO in ijajijojwi'g.ftnl'ijpjtea, and a bag of silver buried in shje ground."'"" '"'«