TELEGRAPHIC.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6028, 3 October 1889, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

(Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) 1 (Received 7.30 p.m., Oct. 2nd.) ADVANCE IN WOOL. London, Oct. 1. Compared with the prices obtained at tho July sales, fine crossbreds show an advance of id per lb. In other sorts prices are unchanged. In merinos, fleece remain unchanged, but scoured show Id advance; middling, Id to lid; good greasy, Id ; medium, vrd ; greasy lambs, Id ; scoured, I^-d. (Received 1.10 p.m., Oct. 2nd. THE LONDON DOCKMEN. London, Oct. 2. Lord Mayor Whitehead has declined to agree to the proposal made by the London duckmen to bo allowed to walk in the Lord Mayor’s procession as a mark of gratitude for his mediation. DECLINED. The Congregational Union have declined to agree to the conference on the reunion proposal carried at the Lambeth Conference. LOAN CONVERSION. Rio Janeiro, Oct. 2. The Brazilian Government has issued £20,000,000 of tho Conversion Loan. QUEEN NATALIE. Belgrade, Oct, 2. Ex-Queon Natalie firmly refuses to surrender her maternal and civil rights and the populace show an inclination to violently support her if tho coercion of her son continues, (Special to the Press Association.) (Received noon, Oct. 2nd.) THE PARNELL DEFENCE FUND. London, Oct. 1. Tho Parnell defence fund which has reached £41,000 is now closed. BURNS AND THE STRIKES. Burns will contest tho Battersea seat. He denies that there is any considerable surplus from tho strike fund, and expresses himself in favour of consulting the donors as to its disposal. Burns has subscribed in aid of tho tailors on strike in return for tho assistance they rendered the dockmen. SAD DEATH. Mr Darby Shelley, who was once nominated to the Governorship of South Australia, has died insane at the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.