NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1676, 20 February 1885, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

THE .SOUDAN RELIEF EXPEDITION. THE MASSACRE AT KHARTOUM DENIED. EXTRA WAR VOTE FOR THE SOUDAN. MELBOURNE MARKETS. London, February 17. Her Majesty the Qtie-en is progressing favourably, the seventy of the cold from .-lie is suffering Raving considerably ■"••aseued. 'flic Times states that England will adhere to ’he extension of her annexation boundaries

in New Guinea. The Government will ask for a fm;h>r vote of two millions for the Soudan expedition. Cairo, February IT. An eye witness of Abe capture of Khartoum by the rc-bels states that after the dc ith < f General Guidon and his party no fighting took piaee, and that no women or chil lu-n were billed, but that the Muhdites sacked Kiiartaum. Sydney. February 17. The intercolonial cricket match, Victoria rer.-as New South Wales, was concluded today, aud resulted in a victory fur the Victorians by three wickets. The Governor received a telegram to-day from General Wolselev, dated the Soudan, IStb February, in which his Lordship says : —•• Please inform the troops coming here that I Rob forward with pride to the honour of having Australian soldiers uudet my Command in the fie d’’ The arrangements fur tne despatch of the troops are progressing favourably. In addition to the Iberia, the steamer Australian will probably be chartered as a transport. The enrolment of the foice is nearly completed. It will consist in all of 731 ofiioc-ts and men, and 200 h-rses. MkIeoCBXE, February 17. The Victorian Government has offered 700 mm, consisting of a Naval Brigade and mounted infantry, for service in the Soudan. If tin; Imperial Government accepts the offer, Parliament will be summoned to ratify u. February IS. The Notional Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand report of the local gram market as follow;- : —Shipping wheat qumt, 3s . d to ?s ;d Malting barley, slightly improved tendency, 4s to 4s Od. New Z-alaud eats are sluggish—feeding, 7s 0.1 to 3s 2.1 ; milling 3s 2d to 3s 5,1. New Zealand oats in bond. 2s 6 I to 2s bd. Rye grass, 3s ;*d to 4s 3d, with rather mure •□■p-iiry at l-,tr c r pi ices. Adelaide, February 17. The .South Au.-tr.ihaii Government has offered 250 men for service in the Soudan.