NEW ZEALAND WHEAT IN LONDON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9192, 21 September 1891, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND WHEAT IN LONDON.

London, September 20. Tho cargo of wheat per barque Hudson, from Lyttelton (May 16), has been sold at 39s 6d. The English wheat market is firmer ; Continental has an upward tendency, and American shows a general advance. WOOL MARKET. The quantity of wool catalogued up to date is 157,000 bales, of which 123,000 have been sold. Prices arc steady at the quoted decline. Foreign buyers have taken 43 per cent, of the quantity sold. SETTLEMENT OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. Mr Hugh Watt, in, a letter to The Time!, supports Lord Kintore's policy for the development of tho Northern Territory "by means of" the Chinese.. BISHOP PARRY'S MONUMENT. The Archbishop of Canterbury will unvoil the memorial to the late Bishop Parry in Canterbury Cathedral. FRENCH PRESS ON EMPEROR GERMANY. Paris, September 20. Le : Debuts, in referring to the" recent speech of the Emperor of Germany, considers that he is posing strictly as the Military Emperor, who is eager to revengo the past. It goes on to say that the French successes urge France to regard tho oratorical slips of tho German monarch with composure. CELEBRATION OF A POET'i BIRTHDAY. Berlin, September 20. The Emperor is anxious that the birthday of Karl Theodore Korner, the eminent German poet and patriot, who, in 1813, incited tho expulsion of the French, shall be celebrated with enthusiasm on Wednesday next. MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN. > AUSTRIA. . ■• " Vienna, September 20. The Austrian Minister of War demands that the peace footing of the Austrian army shall be increased by 29,000, and the erection of a third fortified camp in Galicia. The Minister of Finance is opposed to the increase, and threatens to resign if the proposal is carried out. A split in the Cabinet is likely to result, and the Emperor Francis Joseph will piobably be asked to settle the difference, TUNNEL ACCIDENT AT TRIESTE. The men entombed in the tunnel at Trieste hare been rescued. TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Rome, September 20. The Italia announces that it has been agreed by .the. parties to the Triple Alliance that any hostile diplomatic act constituting a distinct aggression will enable the Powers assailed to seek tho support of the Alliance. COAL ACCIDENT. Beknb, September 20. A coach fell over a precipice in the Engadine, 250 feet" deep, when two English ladies were killed, and four injured. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. . 'St. Petersburg, September 20. • It is alleged the Russian police are secretly propagating the Liberal agitation in Poland and Lithuania, in order to giy? the Government an opportunity of using ' oppressive measures. * The . ovosti declares that the Empire of Russia is already too extensive to desire the conquest of India, and urges the -British Government to renounce its antj Russian policy, and enter into a definite agreement of unity.' FLOODS IN SPAIN. Madrid, September 20. The floods were caused by an overflow of the rivers Guadiana, Tagus, Guadalquiver, Ebro. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been rendered homeless, and,, it_ is reported, are starving. A of anarchy is 'feared. Owing to. the suspension of the railway traffic, both money and provisions, which are available in Madrid, are prevented from reaching those in need. Shocking loss of life has occurred in Übeda, a fertile plain lying between Guadalquiver and Guadiana, through the flood, and the damage is estimated I at 20 million pisetos. In Consuegra 58 j streets have been washed away. The j British residents in Spain have subscribed three hundred thousand francs to tho natural relief fund, which now amounts to £100,000. BOERS GETTING WARLIKE. Capetown, September 20. It is reported that a large number of Boers at Pretoria are preparing'to invade Damaraland. FAILURE OF GERMAN EXPEDITION. Zanzibar, September 20. The northern -portion of German East Africa is in a state of ferment. The natives of the Wadigo tribe are in rebellion, and the Arabs are restless. The Catholic and other religious missions are in a dangorous position.