CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2069, 19 October 1893, Page 36

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (PER PBBS3 ASSOCIATION.) London, October 10.

Mr Valentine, recently appointed dairy 'expert for New Zealand, has gone to Chicago, whete he believes a market can be found for a large quantity of butter. Mr Valentine expects that Denmark will improve the quality of her butter, fearing Australian livery. He thinks that a large market can be found at Hamburg for frcz-m m r -at. Mr Huddart has directed his steamers not to cali at Queensland pome, and is asking Canada to p?rmit them to take in Fiji. The police authorities have abandoned the proposal t j hypnotise De Jongb, the Dutchman in custody on a charge of murdering his •wife and other women. The report that the body of MissScbmiiz, one of his victims, was fouad floating in the river Anistel is untrue. Owing t ) the loss of the Victoria, Admiral Seymour declined the festivities tendered to the Britis-h fleet at Italian ports. L'eirenant Ilcff minster, a Bavarian officer, is being tried lor violation of milirary honour by becoming a Socialist. October 11. The annual meeting of shareholders in the New Zea'and Shipping Company was held to-day. Tee direc or&' report and balance sheet were adopted, and tbe retiiing directors re-elected. Shares in the New Zealand Snipping Company, L3ss ; Shaw, Sdviil, and Aloio i Company, L(5. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,890,000 quarters, and for the Continent 948,000. A cargo of Adelaide wheat tff cLe coast has been sold at 215 > G }. Victorian butter avora^es 10is. It has been decided to hold six series of •wool sales in 189-1 The Vienna correspondent of The Times say 3 th-it a profouud sensation has been created in Austria by tbe rumour :hat Count Taafe intends to grant the demir.ds of the Socialists. Russia is bui'ding three ironclads and several torpedo &"hips in the Black Sea,. October 12. The American visible supply of wheat is 74,800,000 bushel?. L ;rd E'gin succeeds the Marquis of Lansdowne as Viceroy and G-overnor-geaeral ot India. The announcement of tbe appointment has been fairly well received. Lord Cnarles Beresford's rtsidenc3 wes erit.;red by a burglar to day. He wa* detected and shot in the leg by Lord Cnarles. Fr. z=-n mutton, first quality, 3§d per lb ; second quali'.y, 37}3 7 } 1 New Zealand hemp, dull ; 300 bales of New Z-aland were withdrawn from and ion. Diuith butter, 126s ; best Victorian, HGs to 120s. New Z-aland loner-berried wheat (ex ■warehouse), quiet at 29*; South Austral an •wheat (ex warehouse), flat, 30s ; Victorian do, restricted, 29s 61. There are 48 Senators in favour of repealing the Sherman Act, and 37 against. The for nit r are tiying continuous sittings in order to break down the stonewall. Messrs Weddel and Turner are sending 150 tons of frczen meat to Germany, where, it is believed, a laige market can be found for it. The news has leaked out that a French cruiser which was conveying the Siamese indemnity of three million f races (L 120.000) to Saigon was caught in a storm and sank. The treasure was not insux-ed. Mr Thomas Bldridgp, formerly of New Zealand, has left property to the value of L9G.000. His New Z-almd esfa'e is bequeathed to hi-j son Arthur Ernest. An association, nnde' the title of the National League, has been formed in London and the provinces, with the object of aboiishir g the House of Lords. The press approve of the appointment of Lord E'gin as Viceroy of India. The Kirg of Italy, fearing that M-irthai MacMahon was dying, sent him a telegram expressing tho grutitude el the lalians for his services in the war of 1559 against Austria. It is reported that the Finance Committee of the Canadian Parliament have decided to recommend the exemption of wool from duty. Mr Joseph Chamberlain expressed the opinion in a political address that it was now impossible for the Liberals and Unionists to reunite. He was certain the Tories would return with such a majori'y after the next election that they would be enabled to act independently of the Irish section.

October 13. Mrßairy, M.P. for Wexford, has resigned. Nel-on Brothers report that the market is not prepared for sudden htavy shipments of beef. It is impossible to s\y at present whether such shipments cou'd ev-ntua'ly be absoil)L'<i.

O3tober 14. Probate has been granted in the estate of Philip Oliphanr, formerly of New Zealand, at L 21.000. The French Government have ordered tbe construction of three ironclads, the arrnainentof which will be formidable and unique. Sir J. 0. Bray, Agent-general for Smh Australia, denies the rumour that South Australia intended to place a loan on the market. One hundred and fifty inmates of. Green■wich Workhouse are suffering from gastric cholera, and three deaths are recorded. The Oriental Bank declares a dividend of 'Si in the pound, payable in January, The remaining assets are estimated to yield 5s in the pound. The Tiust Agency of Australasia has declared a dividend of 20 per cent. A company for establishing colonial cooperative store 3is being formed, with a ■capital of a qu:r er of a million sterling. The company is under Australasian auspices. Numerous schemes for the reconstruction oi the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency have been submitted, but no decision has > et been arrived at. Tho unallotted portion of the lest West Australian loan has been issued at a minimum of 07i. Tenders are to be opened on Friday.

October 15

The cause of the accident at Jackson, United State?, was that the air-brake upon the rear train failed to act. The list of casualties is reduced to 18 killed and GO iniured

The Peace Cor gross has asked Mr Gladstone to invite tbe nations of the aarth to conclude treaties binding them to have recourse toarbifration in di-putes.

The large arrivals of American meat are causing a depression in the market.

Talluw : Medium mutton, 27s 6J ; beef, 275.

The English wheat market is dull, the Continental is changing a little for the worse, and the AmeriCiU shows a general decline. October 1G The race for the America's Cup will cost each of the competitors L 25.000.

Eight deaths have occurred at Greenwich Workhcuse, and 200 innntes are ill.

Princess Marie of Rouraania (daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh) ha* been delivertd of a son.

Messrs Huddart-, Parker, and Co.'s agents at Vjncouver, believe that the delay ia the Miowera's arrival — sbe is now a week overdue — is caused by a breakdown in the machinery, and that she is sailing into Sin Fiancisco.

City men would prefer to see Qjeensland float a loan rj.!': er than issue Treasury bi'ls Tne Agerit-^t-Leral states that he has not rtct-ived any information on Lho subject officially

Mes-rs Brooks, M-Giasban, and M'Harg, deal rs in feathers, fljweiF, and lices, hive call d a meeting of their creditois Toeir liabilities are t>tt down at L 40.000. An effer of If)-, in the p^und was accepted.

Melbourne buUer is selling at 108s to 11(5*. I"s cinditi -n U excellent, the season beirg voiy mild.

A butter and cheese exchange is biing formed in Tooley street,.

Australian and New Zealand wheat i:-. bteady. O.her sorts have declined Gf.

New Z -nland wheat, <.ff the coast, is quoted at 28s.

Henry Holder, alias Henry Keancdy, pleaded not guilty to t^e charge of forgeiy preferred against him. He will be tried on Wednesday. Holder is believed to have been connected with the Lcavy forgeries in Sjdney a uhorfc tin_e ago.

Oc'ober 17.

Jt is sta'ed that during the Siamese crisis a Fiench gunboat firtd on H M.S. Pdlla?. Lt>l Ro-ebery is making inquiries into the truth i f the report.

A forcn of 10,000 Spaniards, with 3G guns, bvh preparing to attack the Moors at Melilla. The latter are entrenched, and preparing for night salUes.

Pakis, October IG. Gounod, the composer, is sulferiyg lrom apoplexy, aud is in a cri'icil state.

Beklin, Oc'ober 12.

A man was arrested in Berlin in the act of murdering a girl. He is believed to be tbu perpetrator of another murder and mutilation case at Neiss, in Silesia, on Sunday.

'Vienna, October 11.

Tbe Austrian Government, to the amazement of all polirical parties, has suddenly proposed a Universal Suffrage Bill. The Socialises clamour for an increastd number of elect ora'es.

Rome, October 13. Au Italian aeronaut and bis bride attempted to cro&s ihe Alps, but the balloon nollapscd. The man was k'lUd and his bride injured. Brussels, October 14. Tbe Ostend mail steamer ran down a Dani:-h barque, an.3 five lives were lost.

Calcutta, October 14.

The criticisms of the Indian press are hostile to the appointment of Lord Elgin as Viceroy of India.

Washington, October 12.

The Chinese Government have requested the &u=p^nsion of tbe Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States.

October 14. A receiver has been appointed for the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Tne third beat for tbe America's Cup was r^saiied to-day. Lord Dunraven's yacht, the Valktiie, led for (fie first half of the rac, when she split a sail, and the Vigilant closed up. The Valkyrie, however, was only delayed a couple of minute*, and, crowding on her canvas, got home in advance of her opponent by 40aec.

A collision took place to-day between an excursion and ordinary train at Jackson, on the Michigan Cential railway. It is believed that 150 persons were killed or injured.

October 16

During a violent storm on the east coast of the United States, the lightning set fire to the Baltimore Gaol. Five hundred and forty-four prisoners were rescued, but 20 were killed or injured in escaping from the burning building

Many deaths and much damage of property aie re pci ted from elsewhere.

Oc'ober 12.

In the t'oir.l he it for the A.mer"ci's Cup while the href z 8 was light tho VaUyrie ltd, but as it freshened the Vigilant improved h< r position anri gained ha f a roi'e. The race was not fioisted fcr want of time. A sensational incident occurred during the k.cv». A yacht owned by the Asters twice collided with a crowded ferry boat, and the latter was injured to such an extent that she had to be teached.

New Yotuc, Odober 1(5

The Vigilant, not the Valkjrie, won the last heat for the Amprica's Cup, and has therefore won three cv*" of the five contests. Chicago, October li.

The Exhibition Commissioners have assigned New Sou'h Wales 20 awards for bituminous coal.

Ottawa, Oc'ober 13.

The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company are negotiating for a direct line of steamers between Halifax and England.

Good opals, embedded in limestone, have been found close to Broken Hill.

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