TELEGRAPHIC

Evening Star, Issue 6895, 6 May 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, ] [Bedteb’s Telegrams.]

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON, May 4.

(Received Uay 6, 1886, at 1.80 am.)

New Zealand securities are quoted as follows Five per cents., L 102; 4| per cents., LlOl 10s; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, L 99 10s.

THE ARABS AGAIN TROUBLESOME, CAIRO, May 6. (Received May 6, 1889, at nooo.)

Advices from the frontier state that the Mahdist Arabs are massing in large numbers in the vicinity of Dongola,

THE FEDERAL MAIL SERVICE. LONDON, May 5. (Received May 6, l c ß6, at 2.80 p.m.)

Mr R. C. Baker leaves for South Australia to-morrow. The tenders which he has received for the federal mail service have not been made public.

ANOTHER GREAT FIRE AT MANDALAY. CALCUTTA, May 5. A force of Sikh police, consisting of 2,000 men, has started for Mandalay,

Despite the vigilance of the British troops, another immense fire has occurred at Mandalay.

[‘ Argus ’ Special to Press Association.]

LONDON, May 5. (Received May 6.1886. at 0.80 a.m.)

Captain La Cascade has been appointed Governor of Tahiti; and Captain A. Le Boucher, Governor of New Caledonia, has been removed to Guadeloupe. Prince Alexander of Roumelia will pay a visit to the Sultan of Turkey shortly. The question of Home Rule for Ireland Is now under discussion in the Canadian Parliament.

LONDON, Mat 4. (Received May 6,1888, at 11 a.m.)

The Queen did not wear her crown or the Royal robes at the opening of the Exhibition. Mr Murray, of Sydney, has gained Chancellor Gainsiord’s prizes for Latin and Greek verses.