CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2027, 7 February 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, February 3. Baron Maclny i» boptlal that the Czar will auiee to the colonisation ot New Guinea hy Russia. A thousand omigrnuta are ready to go. The Buddhist Primate, has issued an edict calling on the Burmese to peaoc&bly accept British rule. It concludes by slating that a tree pardon will be granted to those rebels who surrender before the 16th inst. There is a feeling in Germany that unless General Boulanger ceases massing troops on the frontier Bismarck will promptly mobilise the forces of the Empire and demand the disarmauunt of France. The Paris correspondent of tbe Times states that Russia and Austria have arrived at a complete agreement upon tbe Bulgarian question. In tbe recent engagement at Uassowab between the Italian and Abyssinian forces, tbe former lost 480 men and all their guns. A report that Germany has sent au ultimatum to the French Government has sanpended business on tbe Paris Bonne.

It is reported that the impending German loan is for three hundred million marks A firm and active demand is reported for all classes of wool. The total withdrawals to date amount to 6POO bales. Hides are in good demand, prices being from id to id higher. Svdssy, Feb 20. I Wheat is selling at from 2s itd to 4s ; oaH, I from 2s 3d to 3s 7d per bushel; maize, 4a fid I pgC fifilbi, '