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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8336, 12 April 1889, Page 2

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3 (Recelvad April 11, noon.; 3 London, April 10. s The Tasmanian loan of £J.,OOO,<KK 3 (inscribed), bearing interest at the rate o; f 3| per cent, will be offered on Tuesday The minimum is fixed at 97. I Mr Davitt, referring to the arbitratioi which has been arranged in connectioi ! with the Vandeleur estates in Ireland, saic i that he considered it the first step toward! 3 the solution of the land question in the 3 country. ' Obituary— The Rev. B. J. Kennedy, 3 D.D., Regius Professor of Greek at th( ) Cambridge University. (Received April 11, 12.15 p.m.) 1 The American visible supply of wheal | is estimated to-day at 28,750,000 bushels, , The quantity of wheat aud flour afloat f for the United Kingdom is 1,85G,00C f quarters, and for the Continent 340,0(X > quarters. The English wheat market ha? 3 a downward tendency, the Continental i; depressed, and the American declining [ The tone of the latter is weak. s The shares of the National Bank o, i New Zealand are quoted at £2, i i (Received April 11, 8.25 p.m.) f The early retirement of Mr M'Tavi > Morgan us member for Battersea in tin J House of Commons is expected. Negotia 1 . tions are already proceeding in connee , tion with the next election for the seat, I and Sir Charles Dilke, formerly member J for Chelsea, has received a requisition , from the Liberal committee of the district , asking him to contest the seat, bit i Charles, however, has replied that he > was compelled to decline the requisition J in respect to that and all other seats at . present, as his time is fully occupied in i preparing for the press a great work on the British Empire. i Sir Graham Berry has convened a > meeting of the several Agents-General at ' present in London with the view of dis--1 cußsing the position ot the colonies in i relation to the Trust Funds Investment ■■ Bill (which, provides fox investment is

colonial stocks), introduced by Mr *;. 11. Cozens Hardy, M.P. for Norfolk, the second reading of which was agreed to iv the House of Commons and the bill referred to a select committee on the 3rd of April. Sir F. Dillon Bell, AgentGeneral for New Zealand, who is at present in Paris on business connected with the Paris exhibition, replying to Sir Graham Berry's invitation, advised that a deputation of Agents - General shonlp wait upon the Right Hon. Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the "subject. Replying to. the objections urged in the House of Commons to the investment of trust funds in colonial stocks Sir Saul Samuel, Apent-General for New South Wales, suggested that these objections might be easily removed if the colonial Governments allowed trustees to sue them in London in the event of default being made in tho payment of principal or interest. The wool sales to-day had to be postponed owing to a heavy fog which prevailed in the city. In the course of his remarks to-day in continuing his speech for the defence before the Parnell Commission, Sir Clmtles Russell, Q.C., accused Major Le Caron (Thomas Philip Beach) with spending his life in an atmosphere of conspiracy, notwithstanding which he had been unable to give fiW warnings to the Government of any proje^tf dynamite enterprise. Sir Charles said" that Mr Parnell would deny that he ever" 1»U Major Le Caron that physical force wa* ,lhe only means left for the redress of thfl topngs of Ireland. Sir Charles dwelt on tlw utter failure of Major Le Caroa to prove any alliance between the Parnellites and the refll authors of crime in Ireland. It i 3 expected that Sir Charles Kussell will conclude .his opening" speech for the defence to-morrdv/.-In the House of Commons to-doy the bill introduced by Mr Daniel Crilly, M.P. for Mayo, dealing with arrears of«reot in Ireland and providing for the further protection of improvemeflts made by tenants, was rejected by a majority of one. New Zealand meat is firmer, and frozen mntton is now quoted at 4Jd. Leather best sides, 9Jd to lOd. The Tasmanian loan of £1,000,000 (inscribed), bearing interest at 3J per cent, which is to be offered on Tuesday, is already quoted at a premium of 1} per cent. The proposed loan has been very favorably received, and it is expected that the tenders will reach £900,000. The loan will be floated by the London and Westminster Bank. (Received April 12, 1 a.m.) April 11. Sir Charles Russell, continuing to-day his opening speech for the defence before the Parnell Commission, said that the sole fact adduce! by the other side which in any way connectad the central oliice of the Leaeue witli complicity in crime was that cheques signed by Kenney were applied to the assistance of the Castle Island Moonlighters, but it would be shown that the monoy was voted at a time when the League was quite disorganised. The Post denies the truth of the repot t that the Marquis of Londonderry will resign tho Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland. The term of imprisonment for which iMr William O'Brien, M.P., was sentenced has been reduced. He will be liberated on May 22ud. Speaking at a dinner at tho Institute of Naval Architects, Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, said that the courage and skill displayed by Captain Kane and the officers and men of H.M.S. Calliope on the occasion ot the recent hurricane at Samoa was not rare in the British navy, and dii not deserve any special recognition.