CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2038, 4 March 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

AFFAIRS IN ALS'.CE. Tjonoos, March 1. A numbir ol private choral aocietiaa in Alsace have been dissolved by the authorities on the suspicion that they have French con. Nec turns. News has arrived from Silistria, on the Danube, that the garrison at that town has openly revolted, and declared itselt againat the Bulgarian Regency. The news has created great excitement here. Extensive preparations are being mad* /or fortifying the various ports on the mat Thames. New Zealand wheat, lowest, 33s Od ; best qualities, 37s 6d ; Australian beef tallow, 26i Cd : mutton tallow, 80s. The Emperor William is now rarely visible, and it is feared he is seriously ill. March 2. Uanlan will probably leave for Australia in August. ~ „ In the House of Commons, Mr George Howell, member for Bethnal Green, haa brought forward a distinct charge of corrupt expenditure on the part of the Corporation of the City of London, with the view of defeating the London Government Bill, introduced under the Gladstone regime, Several startling disclosures have been made. It is asserted tbat a sum of £20,000 was spent in hiring audiences and feeing speakers. Sir B. NFowler, ex-Lerd Mayor, h-.a courted a full inquiry into the question, whilst Messrs H. Labouchere and Ch&s. Bradlaugh have stated that they are prepared to prove the allegations. The Government are now considering the question of appointing a special committee to inquire into the whole matter. Calcutta, March 1. Two Bengal regiments have been ordered to Burmah.

Later advices from Silisttia report that the garrison which has revolted numbers several thousand men, and it is feared that the rising against the Regency will extend to Widdin, Troops have been despatched to Silistrfa from Varna and Sbumla. All the towns in the Danubian province have been declared in a state of siege, owing to the inadequacy of the police recruits. Melbourne, March 1. The manager of the National Mortgega and Agency Company of New Zealand report aa follows of the local market : —Wheat, 3s lid to 3s lUd, moderate inquiry ; barley. 3s Gd to 4s 3d, quiet ; oa»s, feed sorts, 2s 8d to 2s lid, prices barely maintained; oats, milling, 3s to 3a Id, no material change, if anything weaker ; New Zealand oats, under bond, 2s 1 d to 2s 3d, weak.