CABLEGRAMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2187, 7 January 1886, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

(BV ELECWC TELHQHAI'II- COPYRIGHT)

Uecter's Telegrams,

' London, January E. A complimentary banquet wits given last night to Sir John Macfyjnald, Brenner of Canada. Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent, General for South Australia, made a speech on the occasion, in which he said the Colonies had proved their loyalty to the Mother Country by thoiv doeds, and that loyalty, ho added, would never fail.

The Greek Government Ims issued a Joint Note to tho Powers claiming tho delimitation of the boundaries of Greece in accordance with the Treaty of Berlin. Memouhne, This day. . Intense heat has prevailed during {hp past two. <%s in Victory inc( Tasmania, and no' less' than" eight deaths from sunstroke have ocourred°in Adelaide.

Seriqus bush fires are reported in various lqcalitjej in Yictority, anct in' tlie Otivay ranges in the Western district a tract of county, 45 miles in extent, is in flames.

The aspect of the wharf laborers' strike is unchanged. Mr Mcllwraith, the owner of the steamer Norkoowa, has yielded to the demands of the men, but the other shipowners remain firm. In tho case of vessels from England, the crews are loading and discharging the ships. Sixty men have bsen engaged in Adelaide, and will go to work shortly. Cairo, January (j. The, recent defeat of tho Soudanese Arabs by t|eU]) troops intimidated the vebelpi'wlibliaye'retiredbeyoiid Daibar, the British forces vofcurninsf to their head quarters at Roshay. ' Calcutta, January 0. The Pecoifa are still tronhleppm? lu Upper Burmah,'and'intelligence is to hand stating that they have killed three Europeans .who were returning from timber cutting at Palsit, twenty-four miles from Mandalay. Shipowners are fencing in their wharves to prevent intimidation of their men by laborers on strike, and the police 1 are strictly enforcing the clause in the city bye-laws compelling persons to move on and not obstruct footways, wOKdon, January 8. Tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Oo.'s lonic, from Lyttelton (November 21st), arrived at Plymouth last night. Her meat cargo is in good condition,-(Note, —The above item wasdelayed owing to the mutilation of the message by the telegraplf department.) Melbourne, January I Messrs and Co, Limited, held their usual weekly wool sale at their rooms this afternoon. There was a large jM»ce of buyers, and a catalogue of 2000 bales was submitted, which elicited animated competition. One thousand five hundred bales wore disposed of at satisfactory prices, the market ruling veiy firm at rate!;. Light grossbrecis and heavy scoured wools were in good "demand': greasy merino sold up to BJd, while scoured wool realised as much as Is