BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7412, 1 December 1884, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

i ffir tif.r.i'Tkii' rm.r.(if.Ai‘u~r„rrHtr > Hi . | ——— i [Rkut*«’« Tki.roram#,] i f Bw«4rwt N‘.»v. i'l, Kt 1.1.*, i I PARIS, Nov, I The Chamber of Deputies }, iU , I pwted a resolution requiring ?| i( . i Franco - Chine##? Treaty, con* hid. .} | itf Tientsin in May lost, to ho *( n*-*i v | enforced hy the Government. } ]_ ji*g. ■ f DISAPPROVAL OF THK'bokr j SETTLEMENT, i LONDON. Nov. 2!». | A despatch has V»>en received f r ,, m ! ‘hr Hercnlc# Robin.ton, Governor ! Cape Colony, in reference to ti„. [ recent settlement of llrrhiutuUnd. | His Excellency stated that Cap-? Co’„. 1 oists generally disapprove „f the * aettlcnuml, ami that the action *,f | Ministry in offering favourable f,. rir . ( [ to the Boer rasters is warmly . r t,. [ cised hy the public press, j BERLIN. Nov. { The Congo Conference is still K-.ld- ; iug sittings here. Proceeding* have Wn harmonious throughout, and is expected that a tettlement of th.-> question will shortly Be arrival u the satisfaction of all the Powers *rosoetrned. [Special to Pnmt Association] (SUeeired Due. 1, i.l IiJO A 4». ; LONDON. Nov. 30. In the Oriental Bank case, Ja.vti«> Cbitty has delivered judgment to the effect that the first holders of share* are only liable for fix months after transfer of their shares. An explosion has occurred on board Admiral Courbet’s ironclad, resulting in the death of 14 penons. SHIPPING AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. [Bbctkb’s Telegrams,] 'ltecelfod Not. 2S, a t I. IS jua.j LONDON. Nov. 28. Arrived—At Plymouth, steamsbij Iberia, from Melbourne Oct. 17. [fisceivcd Nor. &, A 3 pja.] Consols remain at 100|. New Zealand securities, colonial I breadstuff#, and tallow are mi- ■ changed. The total quantity cl wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,840,000 quarters. New Zealand mutton, prims quality, has decined to o|d ier poundAnstralian leather, best sides, i* quoted at ll}d. The wool sales close to-morrow. To date 140,000 bales have been sold, and 10,000 held over for 1 the next auction. AU descriptions II of fine and finest wool closed , [ with prices firmly maintained. AH j \ descriptions of faulty and inferior . I wools and scoured wools are a half- ; | penny lower than at the close of the ; I September sales. ! HAMBURG, Nov. *». Arrived —Ship Flora, from Auckland, August 7. NEW YORK. Nov. 29. Arrived—Ship Thames, from Auckland. August 8. [Special to Pssss Association ’ | f Sa». 3M. si ASU p.a.' 1 LONDON. No I s The wheat market is some*hat .e----pressed. Off coast h,o--sold at tkl to Ass; new t .-. ;- i 34s Bd.