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New Zealand Mail, Issue 877, 21 December 1888, Page 17

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(per press association.) (Received December 20, 12.45 p.m.) London, December 19. Sir C. Warren has -resumed active duty with the Boyal Engineers. Sir T. Esmond aud Mr Denay, Irish M.P.'s, have sailed for Australia on their lecturing tour. r v A large steamer belonging to Workington, in Cumberland, foundered in Solway Frith, and /eleven persons were drowned. Sir J. Fergusson stated in the House of Commons that the Government believe Osman Digna’s letter to be a ruse, because it was impossible to travel from Lado to Khartoum in the space of time in which it is asserted. The now® oS the eapture reached the Mahdi, It was an ignoble proposal to make that English, troops should retire before the insolent vapourings of the besiegers of Suakim. St. Petersburg, December 18. “ The statement that Russia baa sent a threatening note to. the Persian Government is denied. It. is further stated that Bussia has resolved- to avoid all complications in the East. Sydney, December 20. Two policemen named Bliss and Devine were drowned in the harbour yesterday by a boat capsizing. Mr Spreckles has agreed that if the ban on his vessels is removed, he Jwill undertake to employ only Europeans.

The Maritime Council has assented to his proposal. Hob aet, December 20. The Champion Bifle Match was won by Captain Hunt, with a Bcore of 201. London, December 19. There is a general decline in the English wheat market. Continental market steady; American market changing a little for worse. The American visible wheat supply is 4 thirty-seven and a quarter million bushels. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for*the United Kingdom is 2,456,000 quarters; for the Continent, 580,000 quarters. The money market is changing for the better, owing to the importation of large quantities of gold. Three months’ bills are quoted in open market at an average or 4£ per cent. Fencing wire (Warrington brand), L 7 5s per ton, . Sydney, December 20. Arrived—Schooners Waitemata and Ika Vuka and brigantine Sarah Pile, from Auckland ; Bchooner Wild Wave, from Wanganui; Ganymede, from Timaru ; brigantine Pendle Hill, from Napier., Newcastle, December 20. Arrived—Orpheus, from Auckland. Sailed—Barque Lurline, for Lyttelton. Melbourne, December 20. Arrived—-Schooner Kentish Lass, from Wellington ; schooner Bride and barquentine Syren, from Kaipara. Sailed—Ship Thor and brigantine Sarah and Mary, for Bluff. (Received December 20, 1.30 p.m.) Sydney, December 20. One hundred and sixty-five thousand feet dressed kauri for the Kauri Timber Company has been sold ; 6by £ and 4 by 9-Btb, tongued and grooved, realised 18s; 5j by 16s 9d ; 6 by 1,19 s9d;4 by %, 18s. 53,000 ft of rusticated weather boards, 15s 9d ; doorß, 10s 6d to 11b 6d. Ex Excelsior—l27,oooft of first quality sawn kauri, 4£ by to 4 by 3,15 s 3d ; 6 by 1 to 9by 1, Iss ; 6 by l£in, 14b 6d. 42,000 ft of second quality, 3 by l and 4by 1,10 s; 4| by liin, 10s 6d; 3 .by 2,9 s 9d. Kauri—Glazed doors, 19s 6d. (Received December 20, 2.10 p.m.) Sydney, December 20. Wheat, milling, 5s to 5s 2d; New Zealand, 5s to 5s 2d j colonial wheat, 5s 6d ; chick, 3s 6d to 3s lOd ; oats, 3s lOd to 4s 3d ; maize, 3s 6d to 3s 9d j Bran, lOd ; Pollard, Is Id ; oaten chaff, L 5 to L 6; bay, L 6 to L 8; potatoes, Lll to Ll2 ; barley, Gape, 3s 9d; butter, imported, lOd to Is Id ; local, Is 3d ; cheese,'6gd to B£d ; bacon, New Zealand, to 9d ; local, 6d to 7d; hams, New Zealand, Is to Is Id; English hams, Is to Is Id. Melbourne, December 20. Arrived—Wairarapa,from the Bluff. Wheat, 4s lOd, with market quiet ; flour, stone made, LlO 10s ; oats, Calcutta, 3s 9d ; stout, 4s 6d; barley, quiet; maize, 4s 4d; bran, Is 3d to Is 3£d. Adelaide, December 20. Wheat, 4s 6d at Port Adelaide, 4s 4d for outports; flour, roller-made, Ll2 12s ; flour, stone-made, Lll 5s ; bran, Is 3d to Is 2^d; old potatoes, L 8 10s: new do, Lll 10s.