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New Zealand Mail, Issue 810, 9 September 1887, Page 17

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By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. (SPECIAL TO EXITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, September 5. The wool sales opened to-day. Messrs Charles Balme and Co. and Jacomb and Sons’ joint catalogue comprised 8280 bales, chiefly New South Wales, New Zealand, and the uape. There was a full attendance of buyers and the bidding was spirited, the last series’ prices being generally mam tained. Crossbreds are very firm, but Australian faulty, scoured, and Cape wools are slightly lower The .. -total available for the series is 280,000 London, September 6. Mr Higginson is intriguing with , Trance on behalf of the New Hebrides - Company. He asserts that the French . occupation is intended to be perma--33 The International Medical Congress <was opened at Washington by President Cleveland. Five thousand physi-,-cians were present. Fanny Dicken--son, the first female delegate to the ;Congress, was in attendance. It is reported that the Bulgarian c£,xmy has revolted from Prince FerdiThe North German Gazette attacks SPrince Ferdinand. ■The Manchester Chamber of Commerce intend to discuss the idea of having a Manchester section at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. Messrs Huddart, Parker apd Cos new .vsteamer Elingamite, 3500 tons, built by Messrs C. W. Swan and Hunter,” of Newcastle-on-Tyne, has made ,a trial trip, averaging over 14 knots. London, toeptember 7. In the House of Commons, Mr Campbell complained that New Guinea had been basely surrendered to Queensland, a .colony which was deeply dved with slavery. Sir H. Holland stated that England had kept New Guinea .entirely in her own hands. The great -cause of trouble in Samoa between .the Germans and English ■was owing to the non-registration of land. Mr .Robert Webster referred to the missionary grievances in the New Hebrides. Mr L- Courtney (Chairman <of Committee) then stopped the debateAdmiral Ommaney explains that the British Association is in accord with the desire of the colonies for an .Antarctic expedition., but can take no action. Mr Thurston has arrived. It is reported that large shipments of.gold have been made-from Australia to New Tork direct. The French preee declares that the ..rapidity with which mobilisation •operations at Toulouse were carried out proves the readiness of the country for war. An extensive military revolt is . feared in Bulgaria. Persistent reports are in circulation that Prince Ferdinand intends to return to Hungary. The prospectus of the Landowners and Land Bond Company of Australia, capital one million, will be issued shortly. Two hundred thousand has been subscribed privately, and three hundred thousand will be offered to the public. The London Australian directors are Mr J. M, Highest, the Hop J. Wallace, and Doctor Moore.-

• (reuter’s telegrams, ) San Feancisco, September 6. Mr Stauranghi (sic), formerly of the TJnion Bank, Melbourne, has been arrested here. London, September 6. The fourth series o; colonial wool sales for the current year commenced to-day before a good attendance of Home and foreign buyers. The catalogue for the day comprised 8300 bales, for which there was fair competition. Prices ruled about the same as the closing rates of last sales. The series will close on the Bth October. The total quantity available for the present auctions amounts to 287,000 bales. Calcutta, September 6. News to hand from Cabul to the 24-th ultimo states that Ayoub Khan and Plushak (sic) Khan are there endeavoring to obtain the support of the Jamshedis tribe, and it is feared that they will obtain complete ascendancy, in Afghanistan. Melbouene, September 7. The manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand reports as follows of the local grain market : —Shipping wheat, 3s Qd to 3s lOd, prices in favor of buyers; malting barley shows no improvement, 5s to 6s; New Zealand oats, feeding sorts, quieter, 2s lOd to 2s lid.; milling sorts show no material • change, but are, if anything, weaker, at 2s lid to 3s ; New Zealand oats, under bond, 2s Id to 2s 2d. Sydney, September 7. The office hours of Civil servants have been fixed at 9 a.m. to 4.40 p.m., not 5 p.m. as previously announced. Sydney, September 8. The steamship Mariposa sailed yesterday for Auckland and San Francisco. She takes a large quantity of gold for the latter port. Hobaet, September 8. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s R.M.S. Aorangi arrived at 8.30 a.m. to-day, en route for Wellington. Calcutta, September 7. Further news is to hand from Cabul to the effect that Ayoub Khan had • entered Afghanistan, but was immediately repulsed by the tribes. He is -stated to be now again in Persian territory, and his early capture is expected. Sofia, September 7. Prince Ferdinand is leaving Bulgaria •£or his estate in Hungary, where he will spend several weeks, remaining until the elections to the Sobranje are completed. London, September 7. In the House of Commons to-day, in the course of a debate on the eolonial estimates, the Secretary of State for the Colonies said he was convinced that the proclamation of British sovereignty over New Guinea would result in the greatest benefit to the Natives. He denied that it was intended to cede the New Guinea territory to Queensland.