lATICST INTELLIGENO.-CAB L E ftt'lSSS AGE S.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3226, 13 September 1879, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. CAB L E MESSAGES.

EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS. rbuxir'b tblrgibams^to press association WOOL SALES. London, September 9. At the wool sales to-day 9400 bales were catalogued. Toneof 'uiarkot shows that there is bat . moderate 'enquiry. ~'" " ;.' \ "..", '\,' '. , FAILURE}. OF THE GRAEE CROP. , ; Tho grape orop in the vine districts this year is a failure. RISK IN BRANDY. Brandy Has advanced 6d. per gallon. The market is excited, and an ultimate rise of 38. is expected, • WOOL REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report, under date London, September 9— "The wool market is unchanged. Up to date 180,000 bales have been sold. Wheat — Foreign arrivals are heavy. The French orop is' deficient. Adelaide is worth 595. per quarter, and New Zealand 48s. Tallow is in good, demand ; stocks of all sorts are 11,000 casks. Mutton, 355. ; beef, 32a. per owt. Leather — Market firm ; best sides, 9d. to 9|d." THE St. LEGER, London, September 10. The Doncaster St. Leger was run to.day, and resulted as follows :— Count Lcgrangc's Rayon dOr ... 1 Mr. Holds worthy's Ruprera 2 Mr. Blantin's Exctor 3 PROTEST MADE AGAINST AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION. Constantinople, September 10. The Turkish ootnmander of tho army at Noir Bazar formally protested against Austrian occupation, though he abstained from tho use of forcible measures. MASSAORE AT CABUL. Bombay, September 9. The massacre at Cabul proved to bo due to fanaticism. Hostile signs pro. ceded tho outbreak. GREAT FIRE IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, September 9. A great iiro broke out at Bazima, Proviuce of Smolensk. Two hundred houses were burnt to the ground. RUSSIA WANTS HALF AFGHANISTAN. The Russian press urge partition of Afghanistan between England and Russia.