CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2055, 15 April 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, April 12. The Irish Bishops have received instruo* lions from the I’upe not to take part in the Nationalist agitation. Volunteer tuancouvres on an extensive scab took i-,..cc yesterday (Easter Monday) ai 1 1 v i and Eastbourne. Large forces ■•ivr,- in the held, and the manoeuvres are oionouucad t > Lave been an uuusu&i sueoess. lUt J'uke of Cambridge (Commander-in* chil i) has i.i.-iUc i an order I the day in which he warmly praises the ~pp. aranoe ol the men and the evolutions performed. The news from Afghanistan ia producing a fooling of uneasiness. Many reports are current which cannot be relied upon ; but the activity ol the itussiaus is well assured. They are reported to he collecting stores on the Afghan iroutier with a view to making a descent upon Herat. Sydney, April 13, Extraordinary rain has fallen here during the night and this mormng. Tele streets of the city are flooded in low lying parts, and traffic is thereby impeded. Melbocbne, April 13. The manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand reports a* follows on the local market Wheat, 3e lOd to 3s 10) d, steady ; barley, 4s Gd to 5s Gd, quiet; oats, (feed soils), 2s 7d to 2s lOd, prices barely maintained ; oats ( tolling sorts), 2s 10d to Its, rather weaker ; New Zealand outs, under bond, Is lid to 2s 2J, alow ol sale. April 13. Overtures were recently made to Turkey to join the triple alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy, and a reply has been reoeived intimating the willingness of the Porte te accept the proposal. The British and Bussian Governments have now arrived at an agreement in principle regarding the Busao-Afguau boundary. Ituaaia’s claims to the Oxus have been allowed, and Bussia will compensate the Afghans by the rectification of toe frontier; The Anglo Bussian commission will arrange the details. The English Board of Trade are endeavoring to have a select committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the question ol the best appliances for preventing toss ol life at sea.