CABLEGRAMS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 2714, 28 January 1892, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association. —Copyright)

(by submarine cable.)

LONDON, January 26

Ten steamers, with 4100 members of the Salvation Army on board, will meet “ General ” Booth on his return from the Australian colonies and India. On the Sunday after his arrival the “General” will review ten thousand of the Army in Hyde Park. , . The death-rate at Oxford is fifty-nine per thousand. The Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of five per cent. The Globe commends the action of the directors. January 27 The total arrivals of wool up to date amount to 39,600 bales. The Arawa has been admitted to pratique. The wheat market is hardening. _ The market for Scotch pig iron is flat, and quotations have fallen to 42s owing to a full market on the Continent. Latest arrival of Victorian butter, factory made, is realising 116 s to 120 s per cwt. A few choice parcels have brought 1245. Dairy made is selling at ms? The City financiers support Mr Lidderdalein his dispute with the Queensland Government, and the credit of that colony is si fferiug. Tie Queensland Treasury bills have been issued at 4 percent, at the minimum of 99. The Lancet describes the new remedy for influenza. It consists of 30 grains of potassium bicarbonate, to be taken every three hours.

The death is announced of the mother of the Empress of Austria. About 311,000 bales, including 3700 bales from the Cape, are available at the present series of wool sales. Competition is quiet as compared with the last sales. Good meriQO greasy is steady, but all other sorts show a decline of 2£ to 5 per cent. Crossbreds are unchanged. Robert Campbell and Sous, Limited, have declared a dividend and carried forward £2OOO. LISBON, Jannary 26 The Minister of Marine declared that the Government have decided to maintain the integrity of the Portuguese colonies. BERLIN, January 26 A baby farmer in this city has been arrested on a charge of murder. In his house the bodies of fifteen children have been found. VALPARAISO, January 26 The Chilian Government has withdrawn the request for a recall of the United States Minister., The circular issued by the Government requests that the Baltimore dispute be referred to arbitration. January 27. The Chilian Government have purchased a new cruiser, and are also hastening the completion of the ironclads Arturoprat and Presidents Pinto, which are being built in Europe. It has been ascertained that the United States cruiser Philadelphia has been sent |to Gibraltar to intercept the Arturoprat on her way out. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 A bill has been introduced into the [Senate to authorise the construction of three new battleships and fifteen other I warships.