NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2285, 3 May 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(BY ELEOtIUO TELEQKAI'U—UOPYUIUH'J') Reutkr'b Telegkajib. AUSTRALIAN FItUIT IN LONDON. THE PRINCE OF WA'ES AT THE COLONIAL EXHIBITION. THE MARKET BATES. London, May 1. The shipment of fruit received from Australia by the Austral was examined and found to be in excellent condition, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Sir Philip *Cunliffe Owen, made a detailed inspection today of the whole of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. His Royal Highness was received by the AgentsGeneral and the Executive Commissioners, and he expressed to them his gratification at the completensss of the arrangements, and the hearty support accorded the undertaking by the various Australasian Governments. Consols are at IOOf N.Z. securities are unchanged, The bank market rate of discount is 2 per cent. Colonial breadstuff;) maintain previous quotations. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 188,000 quarters. New Zealand frozen mutton is worth s|d per lb. Australian tallow, fair average quality, is quoted at beef 22s Gd, and mutton 23s6<lper cwfc, The stock of tallow in London is 28,000 casks, Perth, W.A., May 1, Further favorable reports have been received from the as to the richness of the deposits, As the goldtields are three hundred miles inland, intending prospectors are notified that ample means are indispensable, London, April 30.. The average for the South Australian loan should be £99 6s, not £lO2 12s Bd, as previously telegraphed, Athens, May 1. Delzannis disavows the defiant speech recently attributed to him, and

the publication" of his leply to the European; ultimatum shows it was couched in milder terms than was first reported,; ;-The document expresses his willingness to disarm, but suggests that it should be done in maimer, '....'■ Capetown, April 30, The Kaikourasailedyestcrday overling for New Zealand.