LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 913, 30 August 1889, Page 17

LATE CABLE NEWS.

By Electric! Telegraph.—Copyright, (per press-association.) London, August 27. The house of a tenant at Woodford who had paid his rent was fired in revenge, and the owner burned to death, along with a servant. It is Mrs, not Lady Tyron, who is dead. The Antwerp wool sales opened firm. There, was a large attendance, and the bidding showed an advance of 5 centimes for good River Plate. Medium qualities and lambs are unchanged ; inferior descriptions very irregular. The market rate of discount is 3J per cent ; bank rate, 3 per cent. New Zealand mutton, 6|d. Con tracts have been made with tho French Government for a large supply. Mr Gladstone writes to the Daily News enclosing a long list of horrors committed in Armenia, and demands that a searching inquiry should be made. London, August 28. The Calliope has been recommissioned for the Australian Station. New York, August 27. Arrived—Barquentine Abiel Abbot, from Lyttelton (May 24). Calcutta, August 28. The Indian Native Press emphatically condemns the policy of the Government of Cashmere, which ib declares to be a policy of thiniv veiled annexation. ~ Sydney, August 28. The wheat market is quiet. Chick feed, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; New Zealand milling, 3s lOd to 4s 3d ; CaliforniaD, 4s 4d to 4s 7<l; Adelaide, 5s 3d.

Flour —New Zealand, slope made, L 9 10s to L 9 15s ; roller made, Liu Sa to LlO 15s. Oats (feeding), 2s 9d to 3s, market glutted ; seed, 3s Id to 8s 2d; maize, 3s to 3s Id, in plenliful supply ; barley (Cape), 2s 8d to 3s, nominal. Bran, quiet, with declining market. ; pollard, dull, 9d ; chaff (New Zealand), L 5 10s to L 6. Potatoes ( N ew Zealand), lo ; Cireular Heads* L 5 10s. Onions, slow of sale, L 29 to LSO. Butter, imported dairy made, 8d to 9d; separator made, lOd to Is; Cheese, market glutted, 4d to <d. Bacon, steady; haud cmed, 6Jd to 7£d ; New Zealand cured, 9d to 9|d ; hamp, Is. The Premier says he has no objection to .joint representation being made by the’, colonies asking England to annei the New Hebrides Giro dp. The Divoree Extension Bill and Ministerial Eleciion Bill have passed the House of Assembly'. Sir Henry Pnrkes, Premier, is con eidering the advisableness of sending delegates to the Maritime Conference, which meets in Washington in October. At the inquiry into the loss of the steamer Centennial, the captain of the Kanahooka stated that the Centennial was on the Wrong side, and that it was in such a position that it must have either struck the rocks or collided with the Kanahooka.

Arrived—Northern Chief, from Wanganui ; Mariner, from Auckland. The action of the Government in appointing a Commissioner for the Dunedin Exhibition was under discussion in the General Assembly to night. Sir Henry Parkes said it seemed shabby not to take notice of it after what- had been done by the other colonies. The appointment was a compliment to New Zealand. The Freetrade Conference, now sitting here, has approved a land-tax levied irrespective of improvements. The Marine Board find that tho collision between the Kanahooka and the Centennial was caused by the neglect of the captain of the latter in keeping on the wrong side. He has accordingly been cited to appear on Monday to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or suspended. Melbourne. August 28. In the House of Assembly Mr McLean’s motion, which the Government accepted as one of want of con fidence, was defeated by a majority of 31.

Wheat, firm, at 5a 6d ; oats, New Zealand, stout, 4s Id ; barley, Cape, 3s 10f d ; peas, 5s 2d. Sailed—W. F. WitzmaDn, for Kaipara ; Sarah arid Mary.

The body of Sherlock, civil engineer, has been fouud at. Kmgwood. Ho had apparently been dead a month, and from the appearances it is evidently a case of murder. Adelaide, August 2S.

There is little animation in the wheat market, as a fall of Is 6d is expected as soon as the new season’s crop is available. Present quotations are from 4s lOd to 4s 11|<1. Flour— Stone made, LlO 15s; roller, Lll 15a lo Ll2. Oats, 4s 4d , barley, malting, 4s 6J to 5s ; bran, 8f d; pollard, Is Id. The Government express willingness to act with the other colonies in the direction of restricting French encroachment in the Pacific. Brisbane, August 28. A riot raised at Geraldton by 80 Javanese has been quelled, and 11 of the ringleaders arreßted. Perth, August 28.

Sir J. G. Lee Steere, Speaker of llie Legislative Council, suggests a compromise as the solution of the land difficulty. He proposes that the colony be divided from north to south along the 120th degree of longitude ; that to the westward to be vested in the local Legislature, that to the eastward to be under Imperial control. The proposal is generally approved. Newcastle, August 28. Arrived —Antofagasta, from Napier. Sailed—Grecian Bend, for Auckland. Maryborough, August 28. Arrived —Lily, from Lyttelton. SPECIAL. f San Francisco, August 27. The charge against Judge Field, of complicity in the shooting of Terry by Deputy-Marshal Nagle, lias been dismissed. London, August 28. Dr McLaurin, of Sydney, is preparing a paper on “ The British Race in Australia ” for the next meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. <

New York, August 28. Kilrain, the pugilist, has been released bit bails