LATE CABLE NEWS.
♦ : London, July 24. Captain Seymour Hughes, Aide- dcCamp to Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Victoria, and who is at present on a visit to England, is seriously ill. July 26. Sir Saul Samuel has written a letter to the "Economist," in answer to the criticisms of that paper that New South Wales was over-borrowing. The Football Association invites matches with an Australian team. The liquidator of the Oriental Bank estate proposes to pay a further dividend of 7s in the £. Most of the creditors are accepting 17s in the £ as a settlement in full. A day has been set apart for national mourning for the death of Genera] Grant. The body, which has been embalmed and is lying in state, will be interred at New York on August the Bth. In the House of Lords Earl Granville stated thatiie considered Lord Salisbury's treatment. of the Afghan and Egyptian affairs was entitled to the support of the Liberals. The Blues. (Royal .Horse Guards) have entertained Lord Carrington at a banquet, at which the Prince of Wales was present. The wheat market is more active, and off-coast cargoes are in better demand, at from 34s 3d to 34s Gd. No business has been transacted in forward shipments. The weather is favorable for the crops. Messrs Cuff and Graham have received the following cable, dated Sydney, July 24th : — " Triumph arrived Thursday evening. Horses in splendid condition. Advertised to sail Ist August." [age specials.] London, July 16. The situation with Russia is regarded as moat critical, and it is believed that the object of General Alikanhoff on the Afghan frontier is to try to provoke a war with Great Britain. A deadlock has occurred in the negotiations which were proceeding between the British and Russian Governments with regard to the occupation of Zulfikar, and the outlook is regarded as so serious that a panic has occurred on the London Stock Exchange and on the Paris Bourse.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5256, 30 July 1885, Page 2
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