CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3435, 4 January 1886, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

&O|PE ANJD FQffll|K. ReceifapJonimy 2, dy2.50 p. to. Of 1 Caiko, January 1. General Stephenson telegraphs that ho is advancing along the Nile as faßt as the cavalry have now reached Sayd, while the aborit 16X) Silesiouth of Wady Haifa. The 9&imated at fully; - ' .", . r?; i Received' January 4, at noon, .<=:£ Mr William Grantham, Q.0 V M.P. for Croydon, has Deen.eleyaW,tf;to the Judicial Bench.--. ;•' .-■j.-vx'.-'"-' - .<'s : .v T * .-.'■ /> .5 v Oafmowit,- January 2<v,» ; , Intelligence froi^^^'^rioai*** li»ft^^rpi^ T ganda, la? arr&led!Dr Hanhington, Missionary Bishop of Mombassa, 4jirli;it is reported, fifs'ezecu-, tioil. ,•,-.-'. :-.■{.; :-.•;' -•<- ~.i-: / I-.■ .. .;; -*.■■, January 3. : In spite of the warning of the-Powersy warlike preparations* are' still being continued by Greece, and she is massing considerable quantities of troops on her frontier. Received Jannar'yl,\.\& p.m. ;,:t ,:: i■•■■" London, January 2. Three per consols are £- higher—99J. The'malrkef' rate of discount haslalsojadvanced J and ,is now 3£» °*. « belojrthV bank rate. ,<! .... ■. ~-.., ■,.-- i :' : ,i : ..V*

The total quantity 'ofs-wheafafloat for ! ters, an increase during .the week of 7O,(W0O quarters., : ."s" J " : " :: ' i?P»e : Btbck of .talloW in London is 14,900 ris-?',.'; ;•■»;• ■•■.■:.• *••■.*;;.•>■ firmer and is quoted'at to 4'£d. (SPECIAL IaTHE'EBESSi ASSOCIAIiON'.)" ' Re"eiyed January 2i-atli2o a m. '• : ',^'...*~'Z :^-: SiL, , posal to establish.anlrish Parliament. -;*Bxfiibits are ■npw'b'eirig' reraived. for the ladiattand : oolonial Exhibition. ....^.„;

The stocks of frozen mutton are unusually low, and prices have' improved a per lb.; - : ''*■' '■-•,■'; i- ;• oil- January!...*

■' Sir Saul Samuel and Mr Murray Smith, Agents.(|en6rai for. New South Wiles and Victoria, will revise the conditions under which ; raaits are at present I ;conveyed to Australia before fresh tenders are called. ■ '.- are;,preparing to. negotiate .with the Soudanese 15 for a P^ifi{a~^ ( Ue^'e4t(''.,of Igpiidan culty.; ;:'-^ f ',,'-'' * " ■■■■ •■.■:.■-.. 7 - :•■' ■.■■-•:'>:-- Received January S, at 10:45 (K'ni.'- ' ■'> T '■'

,^x... Lonbon, January 2 r . The< wheat ; market risi stagnant. Ex warehouse is quoted at 37s.'' No sales are reported in off-coast cargoes. Shippers of the new crops are waiting for higher prices.. The.flour market is unchanged. Received January Ji-, at 12,55 p.m. London, December 31.

It is reported that Prince Bismarck has withdrawn his opposition to the proposed marriage, .between., Prince Alexander of Bulgaria and Princess Victoria, the'eldest daughter -pfjthe Crown Prince of Ger> many. V

The Servians complain that' this 'Bulgarians have'not evacuated Bregovo, a frontier town north of IWiddin.

(KBUTER'S TBLKGRAMS.) •Received January % aJ'12.15 p.m. \':-.iw ,:.:■'■< •' '■', Sydney, January 2. . ', Fine weather prevailed throughout the, holiday, and the excursions and amusements were well-patronised. The .only fataT aocidepi.. repqrtedi s 'occurred;, yester'day, when a l»6at capsized in the harbor and four ..drowned. The bodies have not yet' been Tecovered.' "*" ■" ' ; Received January %'itt i ll.2o'a.m. '

Flemington Racecourse, January 1. Victoria Raciug Clob's New Sear's Day meeting-passed, off very successfully. The racingwas" of a good description, arid' the attendance of the public'larger' The results were as follow :—Bagot Plate : Loughlin's Sheet Anchor, 1 ;§, Martin's O'Shannassy'siFirst XjjMiMKy 3* ; Mtdsummerflaridicap: Crfpps*Ti)'uratiorif Huxtabie, 2;Camerlne, : 3. [The above telegram was delayed in transmission on the Australian lines.]. Rfaii^JdnMry^atß.4s piniv i ?. f '";' Randwick Racecourse, January 2. : .

The second day's races of the Sydney Tatteraairs- meeting .came off -.to-day, \ ,The pHncipai event was the Garringt'on Stakes, of 1000 sovs, 700 to the first horse, 200 to the second, and 100 to the third; distance 1 mile and' 3. furlongs. A field of nirieteen 1 horaes fsuied.Jthe but of these .only.twp'^fiQrsfeXjwere"placed,. Ben Bolt being first and' Temp] e gecondl The third place was not" awarded. Ben Bolt won an exciting finish on -the post by a neclresr ; <i ml ;- "us 1

Received l JS)i}iary r 4,.' uf^nomu ; _ % . ;: *T;*"^■. "Melbourne, January"4*'

j,.Arriyedj ValettW, with London mails to rthe 27 th November. : x Heceived January 4, at 1.15 p.ms $ :;•■,. ,Vj.-.:c- :::■•■;? ft-??f:svsssSYDNE*, ( jßnuajry:4i;:-"i

Owing to thefsheavyJrains' which have been'; falling, railway v line was washed away nearcloseVto where "the disastrous accident' bccarred last January., The railway officials, arid.' the o.nlyp'resuft'^Mha'delay.'of several hours in consequence of the damage tooths line. Melbourne, January 4.;-,-i v.: The • wharf laborers' strike is exciting sympathy araongatdraymenand yardmen. They refuse to. place cargo aboard ship. In consequence of~the ilispuftf several small vessels have been temporarily laid up and the,departure-oJ3.othera is being greatly rdeiayedt-; -, The agitation.has spread to GeeloDg, and 75 laborers hare struck work there. . i-.-.;iu<.;l so* sl;:^;>