TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 408, 5 July 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June SO.

At the wool auction to-day 8300 bales were offered. The firm tone of the market was again maintained. Prices generally for greasy wools are now |d to Id higher than prices at the close of last sales. The total number of bales withdrawn from the sale since the commencement of. the present series is 17.000. Tho next series will open on the 23rd August. The arrivals to date for auctions amount to 290,000 bales, and the total probable quantity to be offered, including that to be held over from the present sales, is 400,000 bales. July 1. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, has fallen to 48s 6d ; New Zealand wheat is unchanged, 47s ex ship. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse,34s. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Biitain is 2,060,000 quarters Australian tallow, best beef, per cwt, 365; best mutton, 38s. The total stock of tallow this day is 12,400 casks. The wool sales closed to-day, The tone of the market was maintained to the conclusion. The total quantity sold during the series was 310, bales, and the quantity held over for the next sales is 40,000Paris, June 30. Telegrams are to hand from Tuni 3 announcing that hostilities hare occurrred at Sfax, a seaport town on the Tunisian coast, between a detachment of French troops had been despatched to quell the rising of the tribes which recently broke out in the Sfax district, and on their landing at the port they were fired upon by Arab*, who had gathered in force to oppose their debarkation. The troops returned the (ire, which was kept up for some time, but the Arabs were finally driven back. Several on both sides were wounded, including the French Consul, who was landing with the troops. Washington, July 1.

A daring attempt was made to-day at the railway station npon the life of the President by Charles Gintean, an attorney ot Chicago, an unsuccessful office hunter. As Mr Garfield, was leaving by train for the north, Gintean. fired at him with a revolver. The shots took effect, and wounded the President in the arm and hip. He was at once conveyed to the White House for medical attendance. The surgeons report that the wounds are not necessarily fatal, but that his condition is critical, intense hemorrhage having set in. Gintean was arrested at the station before he could escape. Great excitement has been caused in the city, and throughout the States, by the occurrence apd much anxiety is manifested at the President’s state.