Sporting.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5944, 14 June 1886, Page 4

Sporting.

[SpsciAi to I'eess Association.] LONDON, June 12. Wheat Is still dropping. Quotations are : — Ex warehouse, 35s ; off coast cargoes, 35s 6d. The quality of recent arrivals has been somewhat inferior to previous shipments. One cargo has been sold for 365. The -weather is favourable for the harvest. The wool market is firm ; 18,000 bales have been sold since the last auction. These bales are chiefly for export to France. There is a prospect of a slight advance in prices at next sales, Matterson and Perkins have ai*ranged for another match, to be rowed on August 16, for .£45 a side. The Spectator, in discussing the New Hebrides question, is of opinion that the terms of the Pacific Convention must be maintained. There is a growing official opinion that the wisest course would be for Great Britain to exchange the Falkland Islands for New Caledonia. JOHE 13. * A manifesto, which ha 3 been issued, crushingly criticises Mr Gladstone's action on his Irish proposals. The Spanish budget shows a surplus of sixteen million pesetas. In the French Chamber of Deputies, the majority against the expulsion of the Orleanist Princes was 89. Sir Charles Dilke is of opinion that a large measure dealing with autonomy for Ireland is necessary. In the race for the Hardwict Stakes, at the Ascot Meeting to-.iay, the Duke of "Westminster's Ormonde easily beat Lord Hastings' M elton.