SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7719, 18 August 1886, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.! SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION. London, August 15. Twenty thousand socialists paraded the streets of Brussels, demanding universal suffrage. A FEDERAL COUNCIL. London, August 16. Sir Daniel Cooper, in a letter to the Times, urges the establishment of a federal council, consisting of 30 members, each of the colonies and Canada to be represented by four members. THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ADELAIDE. London, August 16. The creditors in the Commercial Bank of Adelaide will, be required to lodge their claims with the liquidators by September 30. THE IRISH POLICY OF REVENGE. London, August 16. Mr. Michael Davitt, addressing 20,000 persons in Chicago, said that he had abandoned the policy of revenge against England. THE S.S. ARAVVA. Rio Janeiro, August 16. Sailed, this morning, for Plymouth : The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamship Arawa. The cargo of meat is in good condition. THE SHIP HERMIONK. [per merchant shipping and underwriters' ASSOCIATION.] London, August 16. Arrived: The ship Hermione, from Auckland on April 25. ( KAURI GUM IN THE LONDON MARKET. [PER N.Z.L. AND M.A. CO., LIMITED.] London, August 13. There was little sold at the public sale to-day, but a portion has since been sold privately. The demand is to satisfy trade requirements only. Good scraped, pale, brownish, and amber, has fallen 2s Gd per cwt. since we last telegraphed.