TELEGRAPHIC

Evening Star, Issue 6842, 4 March 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(Be Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) [Reuter’s Telegrams.]

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON, March 2.

Tenders are invited on behalf of the city of Melbourne for a lean of L 150,000 at 4 per cent. The minimum is fixed at 100, and tenders will close on March 10. Consols arc £ lower, at 100 i.

The Bank rate remains at 2 per cent. ; the market rate being 1 -f, or below the Bank rate.

New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan is quoted (ex div.) at LIO2 Ids; do 41 per cent. 1870-1004 loan, LlO2 ss.

Adelaide .wheat, 30s Gd (cx store); New Zealand, 23a to 34s (id.

Australian beef tallow, average quality, 23s Gd per cwt; do mutton, 24s Cd.

THE ROUM ELIAN DIFFICULTY SETTLED AT LAST. CONSTANTINOPLE, March .3. (Received March I, ISSB, at noon.) The negotiations which have been proceeding at Bucharest have at length ended in tho signing of a treaty of peace between Bulgaria and Sorvia. The treaty consists of a single article simply declaring the restoration of peace between the two countries.

THE SOCIALIST LEADERS. LONDON, March 3. (Received March 1,1880, at 1.5 p.m.)

The Socialist leaders, who have been committed for trial, have been admitted to ball.

A SUGGESTED CONFERENCE. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 3. A Conference composed of the Ambassadors of the various Powers represented at the Porte will be held here shortly. Their deliberations will be restricted to tho consideration of the Romnelian question.

GOVERNOR ROBINSON. CAPE TOWN, Maiwii 3,

Sir Hercules Robinson is in bad health, 1 ami has been ordered Home by hie medical advisers. *

[‘ Argus ’ Special to Press Association.}

LONDON, Marcii S,

(Received March 8, ISSO, at 10.45 pm) The diamonds stolen some time ago from Lady Hill Tudor, of Brynkinalh Chirk, Denbighshire, have been recovered. Lord Cnpell, heir to the Earl of Essex, who has been appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Carington, has sailed for Sydney. The University of Cambridge will confer tho. degree of Master of Arts on Mr Charles, Todd, Postmaster-General of South Australia. In tho House of Commons Mr Thomas Sexton has given noliec of a motion requesting the Government to open up negotiations with the view of establishing a universal penny postage. Mr John Morlcy, M.P., considers another' general election probable shortly. LONDON. March 3. (Received March 4, I'-SO, at 11-45 a.m.) Victoria has been promised 4,000 ft of space in the court originally allotted to Tasmania which that Colony gave up.

INTERCOLONIAL,

[By Electkio Telegraph—Copyright.] [Reuter’s Telegrams.]

THE COMMERCI AL BANK FAILURE. ADELAIDE, March 3. (Received March 3,1880, at 10.30 p.m.l

Crooks, late manager of the Commercial Bank of South Australia, has addressed a letter to the chairman of the Board of Directors, in which he confesses that he obtained sums of money by way of overdraft without the knowledge of customers, whose accounts were debited by him with the overdrafts. Ho admits that ho had reduced the overdrafts by transferring various amounts from loan account without the knowledge of the directors.

INTSRPEO VINCI AL.

[Per United Press Association.]

AUCKLAND, March 4. Sir George Grey, who intended going South by tho Walrarapa to-day, remains behind, and has agreed to address a public meeting to morrow night on railway expenditure and his new scheme for tho resumption and cutting up of large estates. Ito will probably go South by tho mail steamer on Saturday or Sunday. NAPIER, March 4.

At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council, Mr S. J. Jago, Chief Postmaster, was presented by the Mayor with an illuminated address from the citizens of Hokitika.

The Rivcrslca hop crop is turning out a ton to the acre.

WELLINGTON, March 4,

No less than five meetings are being held in Wellington to-day in connection with the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. A Cabinet meeting was held last night. CHRISTCHURCH, March 4.

One hundred and eighty-seven unemployed have applied for work. They will probably he employed in levelling and planting reserves on the sandhills, at 3s fid and 4s a dav.