Commercial.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 212, 7 September 1891, Page 2

Commercial.

L dsd on, September 5, Tallow— medium is quoted at, mutton, 275 ; beef, 25s 3d. The English wheat market has a downward tendency, the Continental is declining, and the Aroerioan is changing a little for the worse. Forward business in Australian shipments shown a decline in values. The foreign arrivals are moderate. There are thre9 vessels off ooast, bat suoh cargoes are not met with ready sale. Colonial oats, fine quality, average 275, and beans 353 6j. Antimony is quoted at from £41 to £42.

(Specials to Press Association). London, September 3. Tom Mann is urging upon the Trade Unionists that it is a waste of energy to send their beat organisers into Parliament, and that the movement is premature. The strike of engineers in the Thames Ironworks has ended in the directors con* ceding the mea's demands. The Lizzie Horton, of Sydney, was wrecked in a hurricane on the Gullinare shoals, and sank, but tho crew were saved. The barque Geestemunde, from Newcastle to Penang, is posted as missing. In speaking on the question of a commercial union between England and her colonies at the Dublin Conference, Sir A. Rollit admitted it would involve some sacrifice of Freetrado, but he argued that Federation upon a fiscal basis would strengthen the Empire. The time had arrived when they must protect their own interests. He denied the motion was merely veiled Protection. The fiscal union of the Empire was the problem of the day. Cheapness was no longer the chief object. Madrid, September 4, The collision between the Medina Campo and Madrid expross was due to negligence on the part of tho pointsman. Sofia, September 3. It is rumours 1 M. Stambouloff, Premier of Bulgaria, has been murdered, and that the fact is being kept quiet by the Government ol that country. Washington, September 3. It is reported that a district Governor in Nicaragua and six of his men were killed in frustrating an attempt to release some prißoaers. | Berlin, Sept. 3. The German Government is secretly purchasing immense quantities of coal. The anniversary of the surrender of Napoleon at Sedan was observed throughuot Germany with unusual fervour. The Russian military authorities are sending troop 3 belonging to the famine stricken districts back to their homes, in order fco afsist in lightsning the burden of their destitute relatives. The Russian Government will probably limit the rate of interest. WASHmaxoN, September 3. Mr Egan, Amerioan Minister to Chili, will probably be recalled. September 4. Sixteen blooks in Dal is city, Oregon, have been burned. The lose is estimated at a million dolars.