CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2032, 18 February 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, February 14. Most of the military and naval schools ot Russia are involved in the recent conspiracy detected there, and numerous arrests ol officers have been made. It is reported that 3000 Chinese troops have entered Upper Burmah to coerce the Shans. The wool market shows a firmer tendency. At the sales today 10,600 bales were oatalogued. February 16. It is announced that Lord Balfour ot Buri leigh will succeed Lord Duuraven as Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. The action of the Fope in seeking to influence the elections to the Reichstag has caused a split among the members of the Centre Parliamentary party. Heavy military credits have been asked for in the Austrian Reiohsrath and the Huns garian Parliament, in anticipation ol additional demands by the Delegations. At Ballyear, in the County ol Clare, Ireland, a bailiff and two constables were shot and mortally wounded. The assassins, who were in ambush, succeeded in escaping from the police.

Melbourne, February 15. The manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand reports as follows ol the local market There is no material change to report in the wheat market ;if anything, prices are slightly weaker, 3s lOd to 3s lid. Malting barley is quiet, 3s fid to 4s 3d ; New Zealand oats, feed sorts, are steady, but not in active demand, 2s lOd to 3s ; New Zealand oats, quieter, 3s to 3s Id ; New Zealand oats, under bond, are slow of sale at from 2s Id to 2s 3d. Adelaidk, February 15. Messrs Chafiey Bros. Lave signed an agreement for the carrying out of an extensive irrigation scheme for the South Australian Government. It is understood that they have abandoned their intention of tendering for the Victorian irrigation works.