NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2367, 7 August 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

[BY RLECtR'CTELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT)

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, .Sydney, August 6 tlj. '/, Two steamers Hailed to-day, t ak'itig 400 diggers bound for'Kimberleyy. : -

' The contract betwHen the Governments of Ne.w South Wales and New;Zealand, and the Union Steamship' Company for the conveyance «f ; -thv San Francisco mails has been ratified by the Legislative Assembly. 'LoHDoK,'.-A'iignst-5. •''' Breadstuff's—Tallow maintains last quotations, The'-weekly returns of the Bank of England published today show the total reserve in noti-s" and bullion to be £11,600,000, or £400,000. less than last week. The proportion, of reserve to liabilities is 41 per cent, . Sydney, August 6, New Zealand (wheat is one penny lower, 4s 2d; New Zealand .oats, 2h' 6d per-biishel, a.decliue of .one penny; maize, 561bs, 6s 3d; sugar unchanged. i (Received 7'-h,.l a.m.) . ..London, August 6. :

A large party of colonials are on. ji. tour in the' north of England. The colonists mot with a hearty welcome at Nfcwcastle-ou-Tyue, Durham and Leeds The party proceeds to-Bradford to-day, The announcement published in, .ili'r newspapers that an understanding had been arrived at between the British and Russian Governments, relative to the difficulty which arose between their commissioners on,the. Afghan frontier, Premature negotiations; are still proceeding between Great Britain and. "Russia with a view to settling theclaim ;of' the latter country, to 'the. territory along the river Oxus. Adelaide, August 6th.

Shipping wheat, 5s Id t0,.5.s 2d- ..per bushe. Adelaide town flour, ill; to £lllos per ton.; .country braods, £lO 10a to £10.158. v : .: