TELEGRAPHIC

Evening Star, Issue 5608, 28 February 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

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LONDON, February 25,

Console, C9f A'lolAido w ; .eafc (ox warehouse), 49a Gd, Tiio tutal quantity of wheat a/bat for G-cat EiiUia is 2,220.000i]rf1. Adelaide flour (ox warehouse), 34 >; Now Zi.a;.iis."i (•■x >!:):;), 15:?. AiiPtr&ibn tallow: JL.ts!- b d, S'h ; Lti« muUoa, 375. Bee? leather, llj'd. At the wool rale to-day 8,700 bales wero offered, but iiio tone showed no improvement, Ficeco and ooonrud wools are now fully 1.11 lower Uiaa last bales. February 26,

At tc-day'a auction 7,100 b.'Jea wero r;ftt:do;'«;:d, making a total of 57,800 offered /■•ireo the queuing. There was a fair demand,

BERLIN, February 25,

Tbo of Prince William of Prussia, eldest son of tha Crown Priuce of Germany, wii'H Priiiccna Augunta Victoria of Angustonlv:;:g. Prin'jeaa of Schleswlg Holatein, wa? ckbr-ted horn to-cky. Thoir Royal Highiveaao.s t> e P. incs cf Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, wt les of the bridegroom, wero pj'oatsii.r- at th-3 ceremony, which was one of trroat : rilliancy.

The following ftppoared in the Me]lkv cue :— Th'' «'>n*-tiiued preparations for war being nmh; by Or.oro Turkey have excited a very embirtered feeling at Constantinople, aod the Sultan haa boon pressed to resort to active measures of hostility. The expulsion of Groek residents in Turkey i» now Pew; arc tsying to dissuade the Porta from fairing this stop, and are endeavoring k> i;;ii:<r about an nn'cable settlement of the fr.auifr oll'iouity, but with little hope of

implying to recommendations made by .[.■!> i";ii-.lttU' thfi.t ho illiquid l).wo the oountry i'-,r a time, in crdcr to &vo;d probable arrest ivLo:i '')'• J'.k'h Coercion Bill becomes law, AT.;- had annoanood that it is his de-i:-v:ni;!S;i"n to nmain Itj England, and oou-tii-.no hi? in his duties in Parliar.v^t.

I T;<;- Ua'ocu Government hevo ds- ; oh::-J p.U-;-; ! ..'y i<< on•'■/►'c« the Federal laws ' ;■■<•",!a:L the ii'ioui;] piroliees which »ro mainIt- -iued oy -ho Mormon at Utah, Procecd- • iii!(B hi've boon t»k«n against a son of i 8.-ightm Yoar.g, tho deceased prophet, and j h,-; "has bscii indicted &l tSait Lako lor I !:;i;/ai)7y, i Frederick honoray secretary of i th;; Culuuial inntiiute, will be a caiv j diduto fjr ('isi.tfi'hury, ono of the conatitui C7u;e-f} for which tho member was unseated on I tho ground of corrupt practices, There is a ■ p.>-ii'i,r.ivy, hov.'oVrVr, of ihe city being disI ir.-it-chiaed.

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War btitw.".c.£i Turkey and Grosoo appoaiv: t.vcvy d-vy 'o b,; in ;ro imsrdnoiiV, f»nd iu ;"i----k;ucd thaii ho?-:iu''i;') will inp.virsbly break out in ihd i'pr.'ug. iiotii countries nianiica'-; ii bellicofio K-cling. Turkey has massed IUO.OOO troops on tho Creek frontier. o.\ Fdbruiry 10 Mr Pa»v.cii 1-oit Jjindon fir ; r Dublin iu order to with the Land League. Ho hitervvards purposes proceeding Vfithout loss iii time to Paiis, where it in surmised Trhcsb lie has relations with Sk-phen ; ! and oilier lonian laid ere. The t osin'on of atiaiiß in Affghanlstan i-i reg>:d:d ■with much anxiety by tho Indian lai'-'hwiliiiß, Tho power of Abdur Ilabm&n, vh:. n::v? A nicer, is ooncidered by no mfaui well Citablished, Bisnia of the principal tribes ioiuidu!; vo recognise him. Intelligeuoe has also been received that t. bitter quarrel inr? broken cut between the Ameer's adherents and the Horatees, who »ro inclined to support tho pretensions of Ayonb. Hostilities are likely to ensue. Fr-ißh incursions of Kurdish tribes into Persian territory are feared, and an a precautionary measure the PorM&w forces in the di-',rit'.'>i ii.M-',b-r!.-=;; mi ihe Tur'n.i'h f:<. nticr hr,\\; hi' n stron ly roijforofd, Oivir.q; to th- f».ilnra ci the- h»rvc*t, the iahabitantK of Siirsia, r. provir.o t.-t Pairsiv, have neon reduced to gro;*fc coEtiiutioM. Prompt efforts are being •iiiuh-. •:■;. iiK- lur.jeri.T auuhoritics to relievo tin- u;';s'i"C6S 0/ JiiiC poOpio. The Omciicua--Budget hai boon delivered by th-:; T,eaMit , ';r in the Dominion Parliament at No impcrt-ant change in taxation ir- miM.ip, voo principle of protection of nativo hiduHviy neing faithfully adhered to. Hu;on and Laycock liave both published farewells to tho people of England, in which they acknowledge with gratitude tho appro* ciatlon which has beeo ~hown of tho ctlcrts di-->3L".y;vd by tfv ll '.') in t»»e rarnijetitionfor the rov-'bj': c!:;:Mp-o-*<;'M;>. :>vi each speaks in o'ilo;. 1I;'..i1ol: returns lo C«nu,da imme-

The '\V«i':tr-.00 Cup—the threat coursiog tvont of the r>e!j6Gii, w\;3 on the 19th Pohrwary. The r.-in;u/ \v,»s Mr Posfcle's tv.-bd. b i.virje.T'.s Dammar, by Ptarmigan—('J.s.ll.iat I'V". 'ibe iijinio of the runner-up ivr-3 Bir.h;^i, Thu.o ;:H!j been a ckcHno in the sugar ivin:..-/;;, :i tur'vhoi- w!i of (i.l pr cwt having U>UVI ItijifO,

diateiy. The 'W.i'tr-.00 Cup—tho

ROO'LONi AL.

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IvjELBOURNJ-b, F>;bi:va::y 28. TJv; this? c.i;h.r of •■-• ov fc f-r i.-co';! and ■■■.h..--ii9 iu-vo ii'-vftrdiid to Allan,

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AUCKLAND, February 26.

Hemi Natana, who fired the Mongonui police-station, has been committed on a charge of sraon. Ttpana Pavui-t hnn been committed on a obarga of forging and utterirg a valueleac cilH]'JO. Dc Purebaa deMvsß a Rwal Commiasion on the Grr.mraar Scho-'i, and requested the Board of Governors to ye 6 the Government to appoint; a coramJesiocer $f inquiry to ?Uininori and enforce the attendance of wituesseb j also, to take evidence on the matter. The Board paused a resolution in conformity with the request.

Garrard, the unemployed agitator, clwtrgsd hi« wife at the Police Court to-day with illusiog and threatening to poison him. Mrß Garrard taid bor husband was a loafer ; he would talk, but ?,ot wtrk. The magistrate tliM;iin-«>d tin wd advised them to SC'-ii'e rt-nicstio amicably.

M •■ 11 icfcefort, the barrister, has advlfie3 T.iiari a thai h-) is atill a member of the L.giela'uve Council, and, therefore, ineligible o hold ft Bnao if elected for a Maori eltc»cral diatriofr in the Hcuse of Represontativ3B.

February 28.

Thy Cambridge Land Court tc-day conseated to '• "another adj.urnment of the Palate re ca&e, M:;ngahia and the Association having given Judge Symonds an assuranoj that there waa a probability of settling their differences. Mr Mackay protested agains it, and said that he ready to go on. The City 'f Sydney Lffc San Francisco with th j inward -nail on February 14, two days late, and may be expected here on Tuesday or Wednesday week,

Pip'.kiki, who hasht.ou o.mmii.ta'l for trial for a mr-doroua en a 'mlf-csfcts at was a sorL <.t Maori n; : ssion*ry, 3!.il was of a very prJeus dr/position. WELLINGTON, February 2(5,

The twenty-four hours' match, Smith v. Croft, for LSO a-side, was wen ea&ily by iiho latter, wha ooded ten miks to Smith,

FEBRUARY 23.

Mr Wnitalaw, superintendent of the A'yium, hsa boon relieved of his duties, pending the completion of the inquiry into ti?« management of that institution. The ram fair aiCtrtorton on Saturday was a gre:t sheers, The purchases were in excess of tho quantity yarded, and the priccn up to ten guineas bi/?J>ejr than was aatici\rSci for {lie stock oft.?ro-i.

OIIRTSTCnUIICH, Ffbruaky 23

A cott.-!p;n belonging '-o C. Liptham, printer, of i?Apauui, near Chrißtchurch, was burnt down at fear oVieck this morning. J ! ; vras Uu.ured for L2OO in the Victoria OfThe. The crglu of the fire is unknown. A ir/'j] i« to b.r, R*7-ted at Amberly to nr<:uarc ilax pu'p for <.xpor ati-jn to Austral.

The petition for openhig tho public libiary ov\ Snudsyfl hay been very largely signed by the leading citizens and otheru. Messrs T. S. Weston (Christohurch) and Allau Holuus (Duuedin) have been appointed <cx7-minora in h.\v of r*t>didat<s for aflmiu.jnji l:i tLob;-,v t■•' ?-\\v Zos.li.ud, and hell ilio fi at examination at the end of Mwch,

Fairbn/nk's ouwml'.-: &■"? «n tOg'i e&eit was brok&n iu*X) on Saturday idght ard the cash-box r«ud til! containing a considerable amount of money stolen, An attempt was aI?o made to break into Lcave/i tailcr'a Bhop next door.

OAMARU, FiiiißurjAßY 20

Aa average yield of over sixty bnshels of wheat to the acre was obtained off one Elderslie farm.] INVERCARGILL, February 28.

Mr Pratt resigned the chairmanship of, th 9 Harbor Beard and applied for the socretaryship. There were seventeen other applicants. Mr Pratt was elected. TIMARU, Februaby 28.

The Peknpo Hotel, occupied by Stephen Wheeler, was burned down on Saturday night. Everything was lost-, except Mrs Wheeler's effects, which had been placed in a stable, aa the hotel was about to change Lands. The house of Divid M'Ksnzie, settler, as Geraldine, was burned last night. The owner had left a Ut.tls girl at homo who Went npetairs with a lighted candio, and immediately afterwards the place took fire. The loss is estimated at L4OO.