CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2826, 18 February 1888, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

; The Crown Prince, San Rejio, February 15, The latest bulletins published givi ■ a less hopeful account of the conditioi > of the Crown Prince. The Wool Sales, London,-February 15. At to day's wool auction the cata logue submitted comprised some 18,80( bales; 160,700 have been catalogue) since the commencementof the proseu i series, of which number 10,000 liavi been withdrawn. Tho bulk of tin merinos, with tho exception of the bes brands, have relapsed to prices realiset at last December sales. Crossbred: remain firm, with a slight improved tendency. The length of the series will probably be curtailed. The European Situation, Constantinople, February 15, It is feared that Russia meditates an early seizure of Erzeroum, in Armenia. St Petersburg, February 15, Over half a million Russian troops, with 2000 guns, are stationed on the western bank of the river Dnieper, The sanitary arrangements at the camps are extremely bad, and large numbers of the men ai'o stricken down with disease. London, February 15. The army estimates include the sum of .-£450,000 as an instalment toward providing an auxiliary squadron. Paris, .February 16. M. Flourens, in a speech in tho Chamber of Deputies "last evening, strongly advocated the necessity of immediately strengthening both the army and the navy.