CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1846, 18 June 1886, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

FATAL FEVER RAVAGES AT ASSOUAN CAPTAIN WEBBER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER STUART. THE LONDON WOOL SALES. London, June 15. Tbe Marquis of Salisbury states that the party will not oppose the re-election of Unionists. There is great mortality amongst the British troops stationed at Assouan from fever. Jane 16. Obituary Sir Alexander Stuart, formerly Premier of New South Wales, and who was acting ag Executive Commissioner for that colony at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, aged 61. The wool soles opened to-day. The joint catalogue of Messrs C. Balms and Jacorab and Co. comprise 12,700 bales, J ol which are New Zealand wools, and one-third from New South Wales. There was a large attendance of bidden and tbe bidding was exciting. Merinos show an advance upon last sales of 20 to 25 per cent., and crossbreds range from sto 15 per cent. Foreign buyers aie making large purchases. In view of the approaching general election the Conservative party have decided to nominate a candidate for Midlothian in opposition to Mr.Gladstone. Sydney, June 15

Captain Webber, of the Ly ee-Moon, which vessel was recently wrecked at the Green Cape, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The third officer, Mr Fotberingham, was discharged from custody at the request of the Crown Prosecutor. Melboubne, June 15.

The funeral ol Archbishop Gould took place to-day. The obsequies were ol a most imposing character, and the Cathedral was crowded with spectators.