Last Night's Cables.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5565, 1 July 1889, Page 2

Last Night's Cables.

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London, Juno 29. New Zealand hemp is telling at £29 15s to £30.

Carlotta Fatti, sister to Adelina Patti, died to-day. In a cricket match between Lancashire and Surrey teams, the latter were defeated by one innings and 48 runs. Tho Surrey I County was tho senior last year, and this is j the second occasion this season in which it has been defeated by an innings. A great indignation meeting of Delagoa | Bay railway shareholders held in London I demanded that the (Government should j insist that Portugal be compelled to repay the old £3,000,000 debt. It is considered i that the present dispute will lead to Portu- : gueso stock being strusk off tho Stock Exchange quotation list. Tho Hierarchy of Ireland aro unanimous jin expressing regret that Archibishop I Walsh's suggestion for arbitration on tho i land question was not adopted. S In the House of Commons the Right | Hon. Mr. Goschon has introduced a bill i providing for the withdrawal of all light sovereigns whioh were issued prior to Her Majesty's ascension to the throne. Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has written a letter to Sir F. N. Broome, Governor of Western Australia, objecting to}; fixing tho division in respect to tho land regulations at the Tropic of Capricorn. Information has reached hero that tho Portuguese Government have torn up a i portion of tho permanent way of tho Delagoa Bay railway, and that an Englishman driver of a locomotive has been fired at. Tho English residents Remand that assistance should be sent. ■ The Marquis of Salisbury in tho House of Lords this afternoon said that the Government wero not in possession of any information as to the rumored rising in Novi-Bazar, and therefore ho thought tho rumor had no foundation. At the wool auctions to-day medium inferior greasy merinos and coarso crossbreds fully maintained tho prices ruling in May. Foreigners are buying freely. Fully two-thirds have been taken for export. j Tho American wheat crop is estimated at over 500,000,000 bushels. The French Chamber of Deputies has by an immense majority authorised the liquidators of the old Panama Canal Company to raise sufficient capital to ensure the preservation of tho work already done in connection with tho Canal. In tho Italian Senate to-day Signor Crispi, tho Premier, said that tho Vatican ought to recognise that the temporal power of the Pope has perished for ever, instead of hoping for the intervention of foreign powers. Eight thousand dervishes are threatening Wady Haifa, and in consequence strong reinforcements havo beon despatched. Sydney, Juno 30. Tho owner of tho schooner Colonist declares that tho vossel sailed on a legitimate courso, and asserts that Weaver's yam of a treasure island in tho Pacific is a pure fabrication. Tho Australian Champion Coursing Stakes was won by Flageolet, tho runner-up being Bcu Hind. Melbotjene, June 30. The Nautical Court have found that tho Waitoraata wos responsible for the collision, aud tho master lias been fined £25. Kerr's timber yards were destroyed by fire this evening. Tho damage is estimated at £26,000, and thoro is not a penny of insurance. Tho revenue for tho financial year just ended amounts to £8,074,700, being an increase of £1,007,000. Tho principal increases aro in Customs £526,000, and railways £372,000.