TELEGRAPHIC

Evening Star, Issue 6775, 15 December 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN, [Br Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.! [Reuter’s Telegrams.] MONETARY AND~COMMERCIAL. LONDON, December 12. (Received December 15, 1864, at 0.35 a.m.) Consols remain at 99g (ex div.). New Zealand securities remain at last quotations. Austraian tallow: Average qnaHty beef at Sis; mutton has advanced by 6d to 34s 61. Colonial breadstuffs are without quotable change. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,700,000 quarters, a decrease of 80,000 during the week. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, is to-day quoted at s|d to s£d. SHIPPING CASUALTY. LONDON, December 13The ship Garnmoney (?), bound from Liverpool for Sydney, has been towed into Falmonth partly dismasted. It Is believed her cargo is undamaged. FIGHTING IN MADAGASCAR. PARIS, December 12. (Received December 13, 1884, at 12.40 p.m.) An official telegram from Madagascar has been published stating that the French forces have captured a fort containing five guns at South Vohemas, and that in the engagement which took place 200 Hovas were killed, THE MIGNONETTE TRAGEDY. LONDON, December 13. (Received December 16,1884, at 11 a.m.) The sentence of death passed upon Captain Stephens and Mate Dudley, of the Mignonette, has been commuted to six months’ imprisonment. A DYNAMITE OUrRAGB. LONDON, December 14T An explosion of dynamite took place tonight under one of the arches of London Bridge. Little damage was caused to the structure, but the sh- ck of the explosion was heard for miles round. THE KHARTOUM EXPEDITION. CAIRO, December 13. Intelligence has been received from Dongola that the Mounted Infantry, Guards, and the Camel Corps, under Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart, are now advancing on Coiti, near Ambukol. - THE NEW VICEROY OP INDIA. CALCUTTA, December 13. Earl Dnfferin, the Viceroy-elect, arrived to-day, and was accorded a most enthusiastic reception. ■ [‘Argos’ Special to Press Association,] LONDON, December 13. (Received December 13,1884, at 5.30 p.m.) The shipments of frozen meat to hand by the steamers Doric and Fotosi have arrived in excellent condition. The wheat market is dull, and quotations are unchanged, LONDON, December 14. (Received December 15, 1884, at 10.50 a.m.) A quantity of dynamite was dropped on to one of the buttresses of London Bridge on the survey side. The shock caused by the explosion was felt as far as Woolwich. No cine at present has been obtained as to the perpetrator of the outrage. Prince Bismarck has been urged to appoint a permanent officer in the islands of New Britain, New Zealand, Awea, and Tonga to conduct German affairs.

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[Bv Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE PARKES LIBEL CASE. SYDNEY, December 13. The second hearing of the criminal libel action brought by Sir Henry Parkes against William Webb, publisher, Campbelltown, was heard and concluded to-day. The jury again were unable to agree upon a verdict. BURNT AT SEA. BRISBANE, December 13. (Received December 14,1884, at 7 p.m.) News has been received hero of the total loss of the barque New Orleans, boond from Hamburg to Apia. The vessel was burnt at sea, and the crew took to the boats. Several of them were rescued by a passing vessel after leaving the ship.

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[Prat United Press Association,] TAURANGA, December 15. The eruption on White Island, which commenced last March and which compelled the workmen to leave, has now diminished, bnt the fire is still visible. GISBORNE, December 15. A man named Sinclair, in charge of Hannah’s boat warehouse, was drowned in the river Waimate yesterday through becoming cramped. The body was recovered. Deceased leaves a wife and four children, WELLINGTON, December 15. A very important exhibition of the present season’s clip of wool will be held in Wellington in connection with the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. One gold medal and two silver medals will be awarded. Mrs Spinks, wife of William Spinks, who died last week, died this morning. The programme of the New Zealand Rifle Association is issued. The shooting commences Monday, March 9. The prizes amount in the aggregate to close on L 750, exclusive of belts and other trophies. The number of shots to be fired for each belt by each competitor is 123.