Last Night's Cables.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5940, 19 September 1890, Page 2

Last Night's Cables.

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Londc-i, September 18. The reported fouuderinsr of the Austrian warship Taurus in the Black Sea, and the drowning of a number of the crew, was a oanard, as the vessel is safe at Constantinople.

Tho Scotch ironmastere threaten to close eighty of their furnaces if the workmen insist upon their demands for an increase of wages.

Tho Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company have declared a dividend of 5 per cent. Senhor H. de Barros Gomez, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, has resigned owing to tho hostility displayed by membor. of tho Chamber of Deputies to tho AngloPortuguese convention.

_, . , Late*. Owing to the action of the Opposition in the Cortes in connection with the AngloPortugal convention the whole of the Cabinet havo resigned. The German officials at Bagamayo deny the truth of the statement that a decree has been issued by Germany allowing free trade iv slaves.

Cholera is on tho increase in Spain, and 4000 cases havo boon reported lately. Sydney, September 18. '' he steamer Naomi, which is laid up in the harbor, was discovered to be on fire this morning. The flames wore not extinguished before tho saloon was burut out. The damage is estimated at £3000. Tho origin of the fire is at present unknown. The following are tho current quotations for tho principal silver mining shares • — Broken Hill Proprietary, £12 ,-,s; Centrals, £o 1 is Od : North, £1 is ; South, £_ Ss Cd ; Block 11, ,£_ 3s; Block 10, £12 12s; Juno- j tions, £1 17s Gd-

Melbourne, September IS. The ___v Turner, who was arrested and -tih-equently committed for trial for tho murder of Mrs Jubb with whom ho boarded, has been acquitted at the Supreme Court