CABLE MESSAGES.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1698, 14 June 1884, Page 3

CABLE MESSAGES.

[eeuter's cablegrams.]

BY ELECTRIC TEIiEGKiVPfT — COeTR T M IC 1 LONDON. June 11. Turkey will abstain from sending a delegate to the European Conference unless the discussion on Egyptian affairs be unlimited, or unless a previous entente be come to with England as to the basis of settlement to be arrived at by the Powers. Consols remain at par. New Zealand securities are quoted to-day as follows : — 5 per cent. 10-40 loan, 103£; 5 per cent. 1879 loan, 103£; 4£ per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 102£ ; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 100£. Adelaide wheat, ex store, remains at 41s ; New Zealand ditto, 35s to 40s. The wool market continues firm. The catalogue at to-day's auction comprised 9,800 bales. ; . June 12. The massacre of the Governor of Berber, and also of the garrison and all the Europeans in the town, is now confirmed. Abyssinia is sending troops to relieve Kassala, which, is invested by the rebels. The Daily Telegraph's Paris correspondent is of opinion that the speech recently made by Sir H. B. Loch, Governor of "Victoria, indicates a much less aggressive Colonial feeling. The National asserts that the diplomacy of the • present Senate is settling the recidiviste ' question quickly. M. Courmaux recommends the annexation of the New Hebrides by Erance. The fast passage recently made by the New Zealand Steamship Company's Huapehu has been beaten by the Tongariro by eight minutes. The person who assassinated Colonel Sudeikin, Chief of the Russian Police, has been arrested in Germany. The 'wool sales closed -firmly tonight, there having been 350,000 bales catalogued. Upwards of half were taken for export, and 37,000 were withdrawn. Good superfine Merino and greasy fleece show an improvement on the March closing prices ; orossbreds have recovered from £d to Id on opening rates ; scoured wools are slightly lower than at last sales ; faulty Victorian * and Sydney ship.ments show a decline of -A-d to Id.

BRUSSELS, June 11. In the elections to the Chamber of Representatives' now proceeding 1 , the Liberal candidates / have been everywhere defeated by, the clerical. The success of the clerical party at the recent election has been ill received in this city. Serious anti-clerical riots ocqurred-to-dayrbtit" were suppressed by the police: ' il J

. ; , r NEWj YOBK, June 11. ' The forthcoming election to the Presidency of the United States continues to excite considerable interest in all parts of the country. The Hon. Samuel Tilden has been asked to contest the election, but has deolined.