NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1748, 19 October 1885, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

EARTHQUAKE AT PALERMO, EIGHT PERSONS KILLED. SERVIANS INVADING BULGARIA. Lont October 15. A Servian attack upon Bulgaria is imminent. I: is reporter that iJO.OOo Austrian troops will reinforce L- snin and Herzegovina. The envoys of the varDus Power= iiave informed th» Porte that their respective Governments ccs.icmn the recent violation of \ the Treaty of Berlin, and that they approve pacific attitude taken by Turkey. October 15. The fr. Zen meat from Sydney by the fcte.-m.! Poio.-i is telling at lijJper lh. Tiic it -mi-oi'iicial Journal de St Petersburg states that if the warnings cf the Great I iWers are unheeded by Bulgaria, a formal Internationa! Conference must be held in oilier to deviee a settlement of tbe difficulty, Nailes, October lb. A sharp shock of eciilLiiuake took place at I’aleiiuo yesterday. A house was thrown down by tbe concussion, and eight persons were killed. Vienna, Octol« Hi. A report is curmit Lete tlm considetaUe nuc.Lets of Seivians are entering Lulgamn territory. CoNsiamini-ple, October HI. From further infoiinaiion to hand wdih regard to the reperuni advance cd Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria upon Adiiauople, it a| i-ats that hie presence at the Lead uf the army was merely for purposes of inspection. Melsocrse, October 15. The New Zealand Loan arid Mercantile Agency C. mpany (Limited) ueld their open irgwo-ol sales lor ihe coming season this afternoon, when the salerooms were crowded with huyeiß, including, as well as colorful Lu.vera. representatives from Great Britain, the Continent, and the United States. The catalogue, which comprised tilOo bales (01 wbu:h lijMj were s-.lii;. elicited spirited biddiiva ll.rcut’hout. and the prices compare fttVt rally with those obtained at the recent Lciioh n .-Ait-. Greasy metiuos Mjow an average detune, as compared with last year's prints, of from id to 2o per cent., accojding to quality, inferior and faulty goits suffering tho greatest diminution. CxoeaLrtaa had La*, little inquiry, and were generally about a penny lower than lust year, while acme qualities had ik-cUneJ 2jd. Greasy wools, 1.-iti merino ana crossbred, euid up to pjd, whi.e scoured wools fetched as high as 2s 2d per pound. iSvonky, October 16. dhe ic.uilt of the city and suburban elec* tio;;, has been made public to-dav. Fen M I.r-uUaKis—Sii Henry Paikes and Mr Ives vveie elected, defeating Mr Hills ; Mr Wright, Minister ci Public Y\orks, has also lost Lis eeat. For the city electorates, the fol.owing luembem were returned : Messrs John I'aviea, iuMiey, Giitfe, Herd, Forsythe, Barton, Cope-land Buuiekm, Abigail, U:toniiur, Ytung. and Bethel. For Newcastle Me«ia L;o}u ana Fletcher were returned, defeating Mr Ellis, due net result c i the t ectii j s so far is decidediy in iuvui ol the Opposition. Mr liickett his his seat for Paddington, but Mr Eu.-ct uibe Las 1 ceu deflated for Northumberland county. dbe advocates of local option have a majority < f among the new members returned.