CABLE MESSAGES.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5183, 2 June 1885, Page 3

CABLE MESSAGES.

j [Reuter's Telegrams.] ,! (Received • June 2, 1.45 a,m.) j THE AFGHAN PRONTIEK ! ■■ mmoulty; I ;-■. : v London, June 1. I A letter = has : been> published -from Earl Granville to the eftecfc that the statement's recently made that a settle' ment had/ been arrived ! at between England and, 'Russia \yas,ihcofrecti' The'qvieatiori of the Afghan.'frontier delimitation is still the .subjeot of ;the two | " Paris, June V l A decree .has beon publishedforbid. 1 ding theuaeof flags by Obraraunistsdt .funeralfl'in"tlie'oit7. ! ' "V'';'."::'!'-;.;..'";>\ = : tl ":, !

j The '* apebiala ?' to the Press | Association havo been'.'; published :—'" | General Graham; in hisi despatches; ciommehds the general order maintained by; the New, SotttK Wales contingent,' and says that by their action a bright example has been shown of the latent military strength of the Empire, and that the soldierly spirit shown by them was a theme of universal admiration. j "The various Agents-General and a number of merohanta have -waited upon.the Government and urged them tjd modify the existing duty on colonial ;■'■ '■:'■:■!': V;:} r')'ar

!;■=•.■•;■> ■■■■:.■ ,:-.■_=.•.,•,: May2?V. | f'A part; of the, Kuapetiii's frozen 1 meat is soffcond spotted, and is flellingiat from 3£d to 5d per lb.V The meat ; by ■ the :; Tainui is selling at o|d per lb. ■.-.'.."': '..,,.,;,'■ !' The shipments of grapes -by' the steamers Orient and Pekin are in good condition)v The; pears by the;safiie jeßsels are excellent. < ■ ■■;: li/itA j The New. Zealand Shipping Company's ~E,M. SiS.' A'orahgi left ; tnis morning fop New Zealand ports, ' The wheat market, is inactive, and quotations are unchanged. The weather is now much warmer, and the harvest has been delayed a fortnight.