CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2133, 30 October 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT) Reuter's Telegrams. New York, October 28. News is to hand of a severe storm on tlje coast of Labrador, which has wrecked eighty fishing boats. The loss was very great, no less than seventy men being known to have been drowned. London, October 28. Tenders are invited by the Gisborne Harbor Board for a loan of £200,000 at 5 per cent, The minimum has been fixed at 95, and the tenders will be opened on November 5. Oamvtta, Oetoßer 28 ; The reported revolution in Mandalay and death of King Theebaw has not been confirmed, and the rumor is believed to be devoid of all truth. London, October 28. Three per cent Consols have declined to 100J; New Zealand securities are unaltered. October 29. King Milan of Servia has addressed a diplomatic note to tlje European Powers, in which he states that he is anxious to uphold the integrity of the Treaty of Berlin, and that lie has 110 intention of breaking the peace. Sydney, October 29. The weather lately has been very hot but no ill effects are as yet .reported. The smallpox outbreak has subsided, and at present there is only one patient remaining at the quarantine station. , Melbourne, October 29. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) held their weekly sale this afternoon, when there was the usual large attendance of biiyers, A r p prepentative catalogue of 4000 bales was submitted, pd tj)e biddings were spirited throughout, the bulk of the catalogue being disposed of at satisfactory prices, There js no special change in the tone of the market, All the better sorts of wool are in good demand, while faulty and inferior lots continue depressed, The highest price attained during the sale for greasy merinos was ll|d, while the scoured wool sold up to 16d.