BRIEF MENTION.

Evening Star, Issue 8613, 5 September 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)

BRIEF MENTION.

In the City Court Patrick J. Foley, M.P. for Connemara, was summoned by the Wandsworth guardians for refusing to pay for the support of his wife, who is in tto> workhouse. The case was adjourned. The Bank of England returns published the 3rd inst. show the total reserve to be Llfi.nS.OOO, being a decrease of L 396.000 as compareA witk ttid pMflOUfl WG6K« TflG proportion of reserve to liabilities is 45 28. Consols, 95 (ex dlv,). Three months’ bills are discounted at Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock firm at 104|; 3£ per cent, do quiet at 94|. New Zealand long-berried wheat firm at 45s 6cL Canterbury mutton, 4d per lb; lemb, 5 Jd; Wellington mntton, 3|d, Beef (hmdquaiters), 4Jd. .... „ - New Zealand hemp declining. hair medium is quoted at L2l 10s per ton. South Australian wheat is steady at 45s od. Victorian firm at 45a. Sugar: German beet, 13a 3d, with the market steady j Java, 15s 3d. _ No. 1 best Scotch pig Iron (f.o.b. ID Clyde), 4?s, steady. A train conveying French troops to the macccavres became derailed at Calmont Cbaldray, near Dijon, and fell over a steep embankment. It is reported that 200 have been killed and many injured, A Constantinople cable states that the Grand Vizier has been dismissed. Interviews are taking place between the Emperors of Germany and Austria and General Von Csprivi (German Chancellor) and Count Kalnoky (Austrian Minister of Foreign Affaire). Highwaymen boarded a train in Samuel. Texas, and, having exploded a dynamite cartridge In the train, plundered the carriages. During the excitement the robbSfe escaped in the direction of Mexico. The amount of their plunder is not known. Rioting has been renewed at Tchang Shai, and the missions and the whole of theforeign property have been horned. No 1 lives were lost. In order to counteract the construction of the Siberian railway by Russia, the Government have decided to extend the-Tientsing-Taeping railway to the northern frontier. ... . ... The jury in the case at Auckland againsv Bind oa were unable to agree after being locked up all night, and were discharged, a new trial being ordered. Sarah Eowo and Mary Henry were sentenced to threw months’ imprisonment for the larceny of hospital Insn. The Walternate County Council have passed a resolution protesting against the provisions in the Slaughter - house Act Amendment Bill restricting country settlers from killiog meat for domestic use and disposing of the residue. They also condemned the proposals of Mr Jackson - Palmer, M.H.8., in the amendments in the Counties Act Amendment Bill, providing for graduated rating on absentees from the province and from the colony. At a meeting of the Sir Donald M’Lean memorial subscribers at Napier yesterday it was reported that L6o€ was In hand. It was decided to erect a statue at a cost of LI ,000, guarantees to that amount being given. Rain began to fall about noon at Christchurch yesterday, and continued till 9 p.m. During the afternoon it was very heavy.