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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8395, 19 January 1889, Page 2

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THE WOOL SALES. London, January 17. (Reetuvatt January 18, at 12.30 p.m.) At the Antwerp wool sales two-thirds of the Australian shipment was sold and prices fully maintained. The London wool market is quiet. STANLEY AND EMIN BEY. Letters received from the Congo state that Tippo Tibb had refused to accompany the Stanley expedition on their return march to Emm Bey. THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET. (Received January 18, at 8.15 p.m.) Mutton is unchanged. Beef shows an advance of Jd per Vs. THE NATIVE FOOTBALLERS. At Warrington (Lancashire) the Maori football team defeated the local club by two goals and a try to a try. FOUNDERING OF A STEAMER. (Received January 18, at 12.30 p.m.) Intelligence has been received from Singapore that the steamer Shayapeket had sprung a leak, and the vessel had commenced to settle down, ultimately foundering. Forty of the crew were drowned. DEATH OF CELEBRITIES.

January 18. (Received January 20, at 1.20 a.m.) The death is announced of Lupton Bey, of Khartoum celebrity. lima dc Murska, the vocalist, died yesterday at Munich in great poverty. Her daughter succumbed immediately after the death of her mother, her mind being unhinged with grief. COMMERCIAL. Tallow is firm. Mutton is at P>6s Gd • beef 31s Ud.

THE GEFFCKEN I'ROSECUTION. Berlin, January 17, (Received January 18, at 12.15 p.m.)

With the view of justifying the prosecution against. Professor Geffckcn, Emperor William has commanded the publication of the indictment. It is reported that Prince Bismarck has expressed the opinion that the diary of Emperor William was exploited and the facts distorted by the foes of the empire and of himself personally. He also asserts that the proclamation of Emperor Frederick, issued on his accession to the throne, was written by Professor GeiTcken in 1885, when Emperor William was supposed to be in a critical condition. (Received January 18, at S.-15 p.m.) DrFriedberg, Prussian Minister of Justice, lias resigned iv consequence of the Geffcken prosecution. MURDER OF EIGHT MISSIONARIES. Zanzibar, January 10. (Received January IS, at 8.-15 p.m.) The rebels have murdered eight German missionaries at Ruga, on the Pangani river, and recaptured a largo number of freed slaves who were sheltering at tho mission station. THE POSITION OF SUAKIN. Suaicin, January 17. (Received January IS, at 12.-15 p.m.) The rebels continue to make night attacks on tho town.

DEVELOPING THE MEAT TRADE. Buenos Ayrks, January 1(5. (Received January 18, at 5.45 p.m.) The National Congress of the Argentine Republic has passed a bill guaranteeing the payment of a bonus at the rate of 5 per cent, for 10 years on tho capital invested in factories employed in preserving and exporting beef. The capital thus invested amounts to 10,000,000d01.