BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7386, 31 October 1884, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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[Reuter's Telegrams.]

[Received Oct. »>. l-- v BERLIN. Oct. 29.

Ia the election of Deputies to the Reichstag. just concluded, the Liberals have lost ..while the socialists have gained ground.

LONDON, Oct. 29.

The report which was current that Lord Wolseley had been empowered to appoint the Mndir of Dongola temporary Governor of a new pro* vince in the Soudan, is authoritatively

denied. > [Rewired Oct. [JO, at 10.10 p.m.J

In the House oi* Commons to-day the Hon Evelyn* Ashley, Undersecretary for the Colonies, replying to a question, stattfd that Gener Smythe, commander of til* vßritis forces in South Africa, had Preen m strncted to refusei to recognise to® Amm of the Transvaal Government w protect Montaioa, paramount ch»e 0

Bguaaaknd, over which British stored. I' [Received Out.at 1.30 a,mj £ CAIRO. Oct. 29. JTelcgranis have been received here jwting the arrival at Ambukol of !** Wolseley and his staff. The ***** contingent and camel corps iaro reached Assouan, and will proSed towards Bongola at an early tote. I I HONGKONG, Oct. 29. I Late intelligence from Tonquin that tho French troops are Mermg severely from the effects of climate. A large proportion of |mea are unfit to take the field, and | the number on the sick list is rapidlv I increasing, | — —- J [Smcui to Pbbss AsSv/oiation.] | [Received Oci. 50. »111.45 «wm.) I LONDON, Oct. 29. I It has been decided that the bills | accepted from the Oriental Bank, at | Mauritius, before the stoppage of payment by the Bank was known there, shall bo paid in full. The Agcuts-Qeneral are urging Lord Derby to press the French Government for the exclusion of Beddivistes from New Caledonia. i li.weH'd Oct. *l, at 12.5 a.m.j LONDON, Oct. 30. Five new Peers have been created. Small-pox is raging at Merowe, a town a short distance below the Fourth Cataract of tho Nile. England intends to punish the murderers of Bethel, and to expel all marauders from Bechuanaland. [Mr Bethel was an Englishman who had held several official posts in South Africa- He was murdered by the Boers after an encounter with Montsioo’a men.] SHIPPING AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. [Rkotke’s Telsobams.] fS*oeir«i Oct. 3C. at 10.10 p.ja.( SYDNEY. Oct. 29. Consols have fallen £, and are quoted to-day at loo|. New Zealand securities remain at yesterday’s quotations. The market rate of discount has risen to 3 per cent, and is now equal to the Bank rate. Wheat is unchanged; Adelaide, ex •tore, 365; New Zealand ditto, 31s to 34a; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 25e. Australian tallow, average quality, beef. 345; ditto mutton, 34« 6d. The Homeward mails, ex steamship Cusco from Melbourne (Sept. 19), •were delivered via Brindisi to-day. Arrived —Ship Sotikar, from Lyttelton (July 9). COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram: LONDON, Oct. 28. Wheat. —Market flat. New Zealand is worth 31 1> 6d per 4961 b.