Last Night's Cables.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5911, 16 August 1890, Page 2

Last Night's Cables.

[FEB PEESS ASSOCIATION.—OOPYEIGHT.]

London, August 14. Of the August shipment of Australian wheat 5500 quarters have been sold at 38s. New Zealand hemp, steady ; 2300 bales were sold at auction to-day; fair Auckland brought £20 ss, good Wellington £21 ICs. New Zealand beef, hind-quarters 4d_ fore-quarters 2Jd. Mutton unchanged. The strikes in South Wales have been settled.

Another firm of lawyers have declined to act in Mrs O'Shea's divorce ease.

The Board of Trade returns show that there wore 01 strikes during July, a'worse stato of things than a year ago. The Gaiety Company will leave for Australia in June next.

A Chemical Union has been formed with a capital of eighty millions sterling. A hundred and fifty of the Grenadier Guards reserves have been ordered to Bermuda. The War Office states that they have been sent to infuse loyalty into the younger soldiers.

There are indications that a silver ring will be formed in America heforo Christmas.

Cholora has made its appearance at Nicolaieff, in Southern Russia.

August 15. Under tho terms of arrangement with tho railway men of South Wales the week's work generally is to consist of 60 hours, but for signalmen will be 12 hours per day for six days a week.

Tho London Trades Council has instructed its delegates to vote in favor of an eight hours working day being made legal at the Liverpool Trades Union Conference. Henry George statos that Imperial federation is quite out of the thoughts of Australian. , aud that their loyalty would not be worth sixpence if subjeoted to a strain. -he Cardiff Dock Company haye given the unionists notice to leave unless they choose to work with non-unionists.

At a fire in a Kentucky distillery 25,000 barrels of whisky were burned.

Sydney, August 15. The shipping companies are withdrawing their advertisements and time-tables on the ground that they are unable to regulate the movements of their steamers owing to impending labor difficulties.

Adelaide, August 15. The Government were defeated by a majority of five, and Mr Playford has been summoned to form a Ministry. Beisbane, August 15. Sir S. Griffith and Sir T. M'Hwraitlhave both been returned unopposed.