SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(PBESS ASSOCIATION.] THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETEKS. London, May 18. At the request of Mr. Bosito (of Victoria) and Sir Saul Samuel, the Prince of Wales will visit the Oval on the occasion of the cricket match, Australian v. Surrey, next week. THE WOOL SALES'. London, May 15. All the wool shipments which have arrived up to the present will be available for the third series of salee.
[reuter's telegrams.] THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE ON THE COLOMIES. London, May 16. The Executive Commissioners of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition were entertained at a banquet by the Fishmongers Company last night. The Duke of Cambridge, who was among the guests who spoke, expressed his opinion that the feeling of unity between the mother country and her colonies was never more strongly marked than at the present time. His Highness also announced himself as an advocate of federation of the Empire. LONDON MARKETS. London, May 14. New Zealand securities:—s per cent. 10-10 loan, £101 10s; ih per cent. 5-30 ioan, £101 ; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, £99 10s. Colonial breadstuffs and tallow are unchanged. New Zealand mutton is worth 5d per lb. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,880,000 quarters being 10,000 quarters more than reported last Thursday.
[.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, May 15. The wheat market is inanimate, but prices are unchanged. The cargo by the Anna has been sold at 35s 6d. The weather is colder and the crops are backward. BEACH, THE OARSMAN. London, May 15. William Beach, the New South Wales oarsman, has arrived from Australia. FLOODS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES. London, May 14. Heavy rains have fallen in the Midland Counties. Large tracts of country are flooded. Serious damage to property is being occasioned in many districts. THE lONIC. Plymouth, May 14. The s.s. lonic arrived last night from New Zealand. Her frozen meat is in good condition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7639, 17 May 1886, Page 5
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