HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 8118, 18 January 1890, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[By EIkoTKO TkIKGRaPH. COPYBIOH?.] [Pkb Pbess Assooiatiok.] MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON, January 17. (Received January 18,1890, at 12.30 p.m.) The weekly returns of ths Bank of England sh»w the total reserve in notes aDd bullion to be L 10,702,000. The proportion of reser/e to liabilities is 35£ per cent. Consols active at 97£. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, active a; 107. Australian wheat (ex warehouse) is quiet at 39s ; Nsw Zealand long-berried wheat (ex store) quiet at 37s 6d. Sugar: Best German beet, llsCd; Java, 15s. THE CZAR PRAYS FOR PEACE, ST. PETERSBURG; January 17. r" (Received January 18, 1890.at12.15p.ru.) The Czar, in replying to the New Year greeting from Moscow, says he prays that the development of the resources of the country may continue undisturbed amidst profound peace, which is desired by all the Great Powers. EARTHQUAKE IN AUSTRIA. VIENNA, January 17. A severe earthquake throughout the Province of Carnithia caused a panic in the theatre at Klagenfurt, the capital of the province, but no serious damage was done by the shock. AN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. LONDON, January 17. Baron Von Nordenskjold, the well-known Swedish polar explorer, proposes to lead an extensive expedition to the south pole. The Baron will ask the Australian colonies to contribute towards the cost of the expedition.