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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2471, 26 September 1891, Page 2

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NEW.STEAMEK., : :t^; - , •. sr LoNnpN, ,B«pt#«^er"24. r ; r * ThtfNs>w Zealarm ■tTjrion^SteamsSip Company's new vessel Upolu wa«] launched at Paisley to-day. ■• BANQUET TO MR EDDY. ! ,A] banquet is to be given" At the Junior Carlton Club by colonists and leading engineers to Mr Eddy, Phief Commissioner of the New South Wales railways, Who is on a visit to England.' Sill F. D. BELL. : . Sir ,F. D. Bell declined a.farewell banquet ' which the Agent-Generals wished to offer him on the occasion of his retirement. THE RUSSIANS IN ASTA. Professor Vambery, an Eastern traveller and an authority upon questions connected with Central Asia, declares that Russia is advancing her frontier in Asia despite the RussoAfghau treaty. Tt was only Captain | Younghusband^ promptness that prevented their occupying Gilhit. THE FOREIGN SECRETARYSHIP. I ;1 "* TBarori De to tilelDblonial Office, br Sir Johji E. Gofe.; Political "Secretary to the India , Office, are mentioned as likely tojsuc- ! ceed Sir" Jas. F^rgussoh (who has been' appointed Postmaster-General), ; as Political Secretary to the Foreign Office. i BISHOP SELWYN. Bishop Selwyn is improving in health, and will probably recover the use of his legs, ii j LORD SHEFFIELD'S CRICKET r;?'-'-;- :;...::;;;TBAja[:: ''■-■'■•■■ - . ■ Robinson, denies that he has joined Lord Sheffield's Cricket team, RATE OF DISCOUNT. | The bank rate of discount is 3 per cent. EVICTED TENANTS. Mr Parnell and his party are appealing to the Irish throughout the world for money to assist the evicted tenants. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. The Ne'v Zealand Shipping Company will declare a dividend of G per cent CHINA AND AUSTRALIA. The « Daily Telegraph "' says that the huge hive of China is swarming, aud the ' Australian colonies are menaced. THE MAY BRICK CASE. . The names of New York residents figure largely in the petition for the release of Mrs Maybrick. Mr R. Lincoln, the United States Minister in London, will present the petition to the Queen. . . COMMERCIAL. ; Foreign buyers are active at the wool sales, but it is believed that the McKinley tariff is responsible for the fall in prices. There is a revival in the iron trade.