NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2324, 18 June 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(BV EIjKOIBW telegraph—oopyeioht)

Hbutek's Teleoramb,

LONDON WOOL SALES,

ADVANCE IN PRICES,

' ondon, Juno 16.

The third series of colonial wool auctions was opened to day linforo a large attendance of home and foreign buyeis, The catalogue comprised 12,400 bules, for which 'good competition was manifested, chiefly ou foreign account. At the closer.of the sale .scoured wools ruled at ihreepence, greasy fully twopence, and crossbreds one halfpenny per pound higher than at tho close ol the previous auctions. The present series of sales close on tho 29th proximo.

An interview took, .place to-day between Graham Berry,f-Agent-Generai' for Victoria, and Osborne Morgan, Under-HecreUry of. State for the Colonies, at which the latter stated, in view of the assurances recently given by the French Government, there waR no cause for alarm at the hoisting-of the 'French flag in tho Hebrides, Graham Berry is preparing a despatch to the Colonial Office on the • suhjeot, and pointing to the ■ absence of any recent outrages in the Hebrides which might have justified the action of the French Government, and urging that the Imperial Government should make enquiry as to the necessity /for.rthe recent action of France-. Berry further states tbat in the opinion of the Victorian Government, the British flag should, in the meantime,; alsd>'be hoisted at the Hebrides'.'

' Sir Alexander iStuart, ex-Premier of New South Wales.died to-day, aged 61. Colonel Walker has been nominated by the Conservative party to contest Midlothia at the general election*

Australian 'mails from Melbourne, May 4,th, were delivered ' in' London today, via Brindisi,

The cricket match Australians v Lancashire was concluded to-day. The home team in their second innings onlysucceeded in scoring 87, the visitors thus .winning the match in one innings with 12 runs to spare.