CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1835, 23 January 1888, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

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t . „• .. LONDON, January 21. tij Obituary — Hector McLean, one of the '(Oxford oarstrien. ~ lf ihe English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank have deolared a dividend ♦oflO per cent.

The Western Australian Land Company are offering £300,000 worth of debentures. Already halt the amount has been applied for. hzcpty Nationalist members, speaking at Tullamore and Dublin, declare that Mr. A..2.'tß(dfovnr, Irish Seoretary, intends to ;ftidrder the leaders of the league by iqjprj'eopment. ' A mining company to work the Blue Spur field will shortly be placed on the "ttw'rket with a capital of £130,000. ••' Messrs. P. O'Brien and Monagban have fceen arrested in Dublin on charges of inciting the crowd to riot.

'Seventy-one bags and 600 mats of Qjoeensland sugar have been sold at auotion at prices ranging from 13s 6d to $6s 6d. 1600 cases of kauri gum have bflen disposed of, selected brought from £8 to £10 *, good hard amber, £4 to £5 12s ; scratched, £8. The wheat market is firmer with upward tendency owing to the continued cold weather, ex warehouse remains at 84s 6d to 355 ; off coast cargoes are quoted at 84s to 34s 6d. The number of quarters afloat for the United Kingdom are 1,430,000, and for the continent 190,000. The flour market is doll ; New Zealand, ex store, is is quoted at 28s ; mutton tallow is quoted at 26s Bd, and best beef at 26s per cwt. An increased demand is likely, owing to a •peealative movement for a rise. In sugar there is a general deoline ; German is quoted at 15s.

[Eeceived January 23, 12.20 p m.]

....... j LONDON, January 22. .¥b,e Qtwen, on her impending visit to Florence, will receive President Carnot *t the embassy in Paris. SAN BEMO, January 21.

The Crown Prince of Germany's health is improving, and be is now able to go out driving.

MELBOURNE, January 23.

The Bendigo Hospital receives a legaoy of £40,000 from a late resident oi Sandhurst.

ADELAIDE, January 23. , The Broken Hill shares have reached JEBOO a-piece.

HOME, January 20. M. Firarel, the Premier, refuses to sanction the Panama Canal to lottery.

The consular dispute at Florence has been settled, and both the magistrate and $t»aeh consul have been oensured.

SYDNEY, January 21. 4h6 celebration of the centenary was Amndenced here to-day by the laying of tbe new wing of the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital by Lady Carrington. Among those present were his Eminence Cardinal Moran, His Graoe the Archbishop of Sydney, and other church dignitaries. A ' most elaborate programme has been arranged for this week, and amuiemento of all kind take place each day. A larje number of the members of the Opposition have declared against the proposed Centennial banquet, on the grounds that it appears unseemly to spend a BOH) of money in this manner, while the Government propose retrenchment, and also while there is so much distress in the city. .