CABLE NEWS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9109, 9 March 1898, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Eeoeivfld March S, 9 p.m.) London, March 7. *,° arri ™ls of wool to date ara «02,0U0 bales, of tvhich 99,000 have been forwarded direct to the manufactunng centres. There are 228,000 *"* bales available for the ensuing sales. The death is announced of Edmund Tattersall, head of the great firm of horse auchoneers and proprietor of the famous sporting room at Knightsbridge. s

The disturbing news which has recently been published from many quarters of the globe has had a depressing effect on the Stock Exchange. The Board of Trade returns'for February show that the imports decreased to the value of £1,474,290, and that the exports decreased £222,833 as compared with the same month last year.

Dr. Calmette, of Saigon, a pupil of the late JVI. Pasteur, has discovered a care for snake-bite by means of * chloride of gold. Dawson, who stands third on the V list of English billiard players, hag arranged a match with Weiss, the Australian champion, to be played on the 20th instant, 18,000 np, Weis3 receiving 10,000. The stake is £100 a side. Vienna, March 7. Prmcess Stephanie, widow of the Crown Prince of Austria, is suffering from inflammation of the lungs, and is in a critical condition. Washington, March 7. Congress has passed a bill making it binding that the privilege to use the the Stickeen route to the Klondike goldfields is conditional on Canada granting America a concession in fishing rights. There is an angry feeling in Canada at this arbitrary action, and it is expected that that country will choose a route which America cannot have any influence over. * -v