NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 131, 4 October 1895, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

THE WO6L MARKET. London, October 1. At the wool sales yesterday a medium selection was offered. Competition was good, and prices were unchanged. The Cheviot Hill brand brought Bd. The total quantity of wool catalogued up_to date is 67,400 bales, of which 196T400 have been sold. The Antwerp sales are fixed for the 22nd October. Sydney, October 1. Owing to the drought it is anticipated that this season's wool clip will be 150,000 bales less than that of last season. A cablegram received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company from London, dated the 27th inst., says respecting the wool market: —Competition is increasing. The market is firmer. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Sydney, October 2. Wilson has been sentenced to death for attempt to murder Hampson. The case is surrounded by peculiar circumstances. "Wilson induced Hampson to insure his life in his favor, Wilson paying the premiums. The latter then enticed Hampson to a lonely spot overlooking the harbor, and after administering a dose of poison pushed his victim over the cliff. The poison proved ineffectual. Hampson's arm was broken by the fall, and he was rescued. London, October 1.

The Consuls at Kucheng propose to bring the enquiry to a termination. They find the opposition of the Chiuese intolerable. The soldiery openly insulted Mr Mansfield. The Standard hints that it is possible Nankin may be occupied by British troops.

Lord Lamington has been appointed Governor of Queensland.. The Times says he has travelled widely, and will be likely to prove a good successor to Sir H. Norman, whose record of able and kindly government it will be difficult to surpass. The Financial News, commenting on Mr Ward's Budget, advises the speedy extinction of the remaining Treasury bills. The British ultimatum, presented to the Court of Pekin regarding the riots in Syechuem, demands, within fourteen days, the issue of an edict degrading the Viceroy of that province otherwise the Admiral on the China Station will be instructed to take action. Seventeen British warships are now assembled at Lemnos, in the iEgean Sea. The Porte is alarmed at this action on the part of the Imperial Government, The English wheat market shows a general advance of sixpence, and the Continental and American are also advancing. A cargo of Victorian wheat, per ship William Mitchell, sold at 28s 9d. Havannah, October 1. The captain of a company of Cuban Volunteers met his own son at the head of a band of insurgents. In the battle which ensued, the son shot his. father dead, and routed the Volunteers. St. Petersburg, October 1. Eighteen additional batteries of artillery are to be added to the Russian military establishment. New Yobk, October 1. The democratic Convention New York has resulted in a victory for the Tammany Party inj the selection of candidates for minor State offices. Shanghai, October 1. JEolus has been ordered to Woo Chang. Four more British warships have been sent to Yang-tse-Kiang. The German squadron has been ordered to Swato, in the province of Quang Tung. Brisbane, October 1. The boiling down works at Barcaldine, to which extensive additions were only recently completed, were destroyed by fire. Damage estimated at £SOOO, and over sixty men thrown out of work. Sydney, October 2. Splendid rains have fallen in the west and the drought is apparently broken up. Heavy • rain is falling in Sydney and along the coast. A serious dispute has arisen between the fat Stock Buyers' Association and the Salesmens' Association, owing to a difficulty with reference to a refund for the stock condemned by the Government inspector. So acute is the matter that buyers yesterday declined to bid. If the friction continues meat is likely to rise rapidly in price. The Herald, in referring to Mr Seddon's reply regarding the fruit duties, says it is pleasing to learn that he desires to cultivate friendly relations, but the duties remain all the same. This way of cultivating friendship seems to have been adopted from Victoria which is never weary of expressing the noblest sentiments .in favor of closer Federal Union, but it keeps the duty on stock and seeks to show a federal spirit by imposing a heavy duty on coal. Perth, October 2. A discovery of diamonds is reported to have been made in North West, and it is believed to be in the vicinity of the Pilbarra goldfields. Specimens incline the Curator of the Museum to the opinion that the stones are equal to the Capo article.