NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3236, 21 June 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

P< ; . The Turf Scandals.re London, June 10. b, It is believed that, in consequence of tho disclosures before tho Court p, now enquiring into the turf scandals, ;h Sherrard, Sir George Chetwynd's ;P trainer, and thp jockey Wood, will be warned off the English turf. Not--10 withstanding the Ascot meeting, an ' immense crowd is attending the i 'Court.- v " V g „ ■ : n Famine in Indiaa . _ Lonron, June 19, 0 The Queen has sent a ujessage to D Lprd soi)Bdowne, Yiperoy of India, ® sympathising with the people in the „ cholera stricken district of Ganjam. j, Madras, Jttuelß, s It is stated that 100,000 persons 1 are needing relief from the famine in 1 the Ganjam district. ; COMMERCIAL. i . .. London, Juno 19. The total ijuantity of and I flour afloat fop the United Kingdom is 1,516,090 ..quarters, and fot tiie , Continent 272,000 quarters, The i American visible wheat supply is 1 17,525,000 bushels. The English wheat market is • firm | Continental market is tins j . changed; market is 1 steady, : " ' ■""" ■ ( The' New Zealand tyfortgage , and Agency Cpmpany-'s sjd-.per ' cent debeiituresiare Quoted at 102. i Dalgety.aiid Coß.'s 4$ percent,'s t are quoted at 11-lf. ' " . / ' 'f Australian. ! . Svdkev, Juno 20. :' The question of ill!? renewal of the 'San Francisco mail contraai isundej; '■ the consideration of the Cabinet. The matter will probably be settled j ( this w ( eek. i June 20. . w ' C; Yictoriap h?iye: bjppn. | ing to get an ■ import, doty of MO (j

placed 011.inferior pictures, but the] Government have declined to- enter-, j tactile propositi, '■;!■ j Bsisbakk, Jane 20. '.[ News. lias. been, received of tbe massaore of Davolle, a cobra dealer, by natives of the Solomon Group. A. native named Santo was also hacked in pieces for practising witchcraft, f . Perth (W.A.J, Juno 20., A rich discovery of tiu'is reported at Blaokwood River, TnuBSDAY Island, June 20. JEastern news. by...steamer from; Houg KongFu Chong .has. been appointed Chinese . Minister .'in: England.—The Emperor of China has ordered the cessation ■ of wovlts • for the construction of the Tung Chow Railway;, and Ims directed the Imperial Board of revenue to provide a million taeis to meet expenses and claims for compensation." ;