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North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 6945, 26 February 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLE. By Electric Telegraph.-Copyright. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Received February 26, at 1.0 ».n. Sydney, February 25. Sailed— Waihora, for Wellington. The Government statist estimate! the wheat crop of the colony at 6,460,000 bushels, giving an average of 15.86 bushels per acre. The average of the pant 28 years is 12 88 bushels. After making allowance for seed he estimates that 1,486,000 bushels will have to be imlocal

ported by requirements. Loicdon, February 25. The colonial Agents-Genoral have been nominated presidents of the Mining Exhibition to be held in July. Sir James Fergusson stated in the House of Commons thab the Berne conference had been abandoned. England has replied sympathetically to the German Emperor's invitation to take part in the Berlin Labor Oouftrenoo wnto month* " Thd Address-in-Reply was agreed to without a division. LUtli of the New Zealand 9| pir cent low btfr VO9OV 090 uirifr dilWcnurt-

Lord Tennyson ig again seriously ill. The wool sales have dosed. Merino good scoured is Id, inferior Id to tyd, good greasy $d, and inferior greasy Id cheaper than the closing rates of the December sales. Lambs sod crossbred* are uuchanged.

Behlik, February 25. The results of the elections to date show that 84 members of the Carte Paity and 90 of the Centre have bee a returned. The others are unchanged. There will be IDI second ballots.

Paris, February 25. The Duke of Orleans has been removed to Clarevaux

prison. Washikotoic, February 25. The House of Representatives, by a Urge majority, voted in favor of the Exhibition being held in Chicago, in place of New York. The members of the Clan-na-Gael are from 2o.

being expelled Camp Zanzibar, February 25. It is reported that a German expedition is to be sent to reconquer Wadelai from the Mahdista.