NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2349, 17 July 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(BY ELEOTRWTBIEGKAPII—OOPVRIdHT)

Reuter's Tbleokasis,

THE WOOL SALRS.

CLOSING RATES,

London, July 15. The present series of wool auctions will terminate on the 17th inst. The total quantity sold to date is 350,000 bales, and only 5000 bales have been held over. The closing rates for the various descriptions, compared with tbe closing rates for the previous sales aie as follows:—Greasy wools generally, ljd to 2d higher; Port Philip and Sydney greasy, 2d to 1\ higher;' fleece, medium quality, 3d to 3Jd higher ; scoured, 4d.to 5d higher; crossbreds, fine, Id to ljd higher; coarse orossbreds, Jd to Id higher. SvDNEvJuly 1.6. Received July 17th, at 1.30. a.m. New Zealand wheat 4s 3d per bushel N.Z. oats 2s 6d,. maize 561bs 3s 4d, sugar unchanged. Adelaide, July 16.

Shipping wheat fiitn 5s per bushel, Adelaidotown flour £llss to £lllos, country brands,£lo 10s to J5lO-15*. -'. ' -Stpnet, July 16, The harbor steamer Prince of Wales was sunk to-day, two persons'on board being drowned. , '■ London, loth. Negotiation are proceeding between the English and' United. States Governments for the coiielusion of an extradition treaty applicable to dynamiters. By their scores in ihe first stage at Wimbledon firing, Liuiitenant Golding, of Tasmania, ami Sergeant Guinea, of Queensland, are eligible for entry for the second stage of the Queen's prize. Paris, 15th. During the debate in the Senate today regarding the removal of the Due D' Auroale from the army, an altercation took place between General Bouluger, Minister of War, which rosulted in the former challenging the latter to a duel.