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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5991, 28 July 1887, Page 4

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LONDON, Jttit 26. Hessian flies are increasing in tlieir ravages on the wheat crop. . The Pope declines to .condemn the American Kinighta of labopir Society. Obituary— OharlesKome, pfßarcoo (Queensland), suddenly. The report of thp Ppnfejcei^ge has formed the subject of editorials in the leading journals. ' Cricket. Lilly white, Shaw,,and Shrewsbury hold that they are justified in their determination to take 4t team to Australia next season, by the faqt that they are under engagement with the trustees of the 4t£3.ociation Ground to do so, and in case of non-com-pliance the trustees have threatened to engage an English eleven independently. ' The team .will leave by the Iberia. Boxing Championship. Jim Smith, the English champion, and Kilrain, an American pug^ist, have signed^ articles to fight for the championship of the world. They will meet on Jan^S next, at some place within a hundred miles of Madrid. The stakes are £500 a-side. The Langworthy Case. The Court has ordered Mr Lang•worty to deposit security for the payment of .£6OO to the child. Mrs ftangworthy'B and the law costs have been ordered to date from the commencement^ of the proceedings. The House of Commons has had uider discussion a' N Bill to legalise the marriage at Antweip. Consideration of the measure was ad journed for the production of facts in connection with the ceremony. The "Wesleyan Conference have resolved to hold ap. Ecumenical Conference in America in 1891. Jult 27. The Morning Post in an article dealing with the report of the Imperial Conference, demands .the immediate fortification of Thursday Island. The Times is not surprised that the Colonies refused to accept Government proposals to fortify, Albany with obsolete armament. It considers that if the sole' result of tip Conference had been the agreement to increase ihe Australian fleet, itlwould have been worth while convening it. . . • i . . - - ».■ »■■ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) nave received the following cable advice from London, dated July 26 :— "sTheat. — The market for New Zealand sorts is depressed. New Zealand average and long-berried are worth respectively .34s and 35s 6d per" 4961 b. New Zealand, f.a.q., is worth, c.i.f., off coast, Bis 6d per 48Qlb'. Gats.— Market steadier. Preserved Meats.— -The market is depressed. Arrivals are in exqess of tra^de requirements. Boiled mutton and beef in 61b tins, without bone, are worth 4£d and 4|d per lb respectively. Boiled beef, without bone, in 21b tins, 4£d perlb. [Eetjteb's Tjh,^oba,m6.] Shipping. SYDNET, Jclt 27. Arrived— Alameda, from Auckland. Poun<J. The Key Dr Wright, Secretary of the Foreign Bible Society, who was missing for some time, has been discovered. ' ■ The Queensland Budget. BBIBBANEf; Jolt 27. Tbe House of Assembly tg-day passed tbe Appropriation Bill 'for £260,000 on account through all its stages. \ •■ ' [Peb Pbkbs Association ]