SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7649, 28 May 1886, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

NEW ORGAN FOR BATHURST. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.! London, May 26. The organ built for the Bathurst Cathedral has been tested, and is a great success. ANGLO-COLONIAL PARCEL POST. London, May 26. The rate for the parcel post of Australia will be, for the first pound, 2s; for every subsequent pound, Is ; of which England will receive 3d, the conveying companies 4d, and the colonies sd. Sir Julius Yogelhas stopped the extension of this service to New Zealand. ' THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. London, May 26. The Australian team will be entertained at a banquet by the Oxford Eleven. [reuter's cablegrams.] NEW ZEALAND FROZEN MEAT. London, May 26. Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co.'s ship Wellington, from Lyttelton, March 9, arrived yesterday morning with her cargo of frozen meat in good order. THE ,TEA MARKET. Foochow, May 27. The tea market shows a good demand for export to London, the quality of the new crop being generally better than last season. Australasian buyers, however, are holding off to a great extent, owing to the demands for th» London market. Freights from Foochow to Sydney are quoted at 40s per ton. THE COPTIC. Rio de Janeiro, May 26. The steamer Coptic left here yesterday morning for Plymouth, with her frozen meat cargo in good condition. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING. [rER MERCHANT SHIPPING AND UNDERWRITERS 1 ASSOCIATION.] London, May 27. Arrived : Rakaia, from Port Chalmers (February IS); Taranaki, fro» Port Chalmers (February 11).