HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8084, 24 September 1894, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

! Received September 22, at 10.30 a.m. London, September 21. It is officially announced that the New South Wales loan averaged IilOl Us 8d. Stoddarb's team of cricketers havo sailed for Adelaide. Received September 22, at 11 a.m. London, Sfpbombor 21. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to day, show the total reserve in notoa and bullion to bo L31, 11 6,000, the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 70 f 6G per cent. Consols, 102;}. Three months' bills are discounted at I per cent. New Zealand 4 per conb inscribed stock, 1091 ; 3i per conb ditto, 102J. New South Wales 4 por conb inscribed stock, 1104 ; 3£do, 101i|. Victorian 4 per cenb inscribed stock, J04J; 34 do, 98£. South Australian 4 per cenb inscribed stock, 108J j U do, 100 j. Queensland 4 per cent inscribed , stock, 106|; 3|do, 98'J. Taamanian 3^ inscribed stock, 1 00£, Western Australian 4 per ceub inscribed stock, 111.

Now Zealand frozen mmt— Firsb quality, 3*d per 1b; second quality, 2fd, ' New Zealand lamb— First quality, 5d por lb. New Zealand hemp is vory dull. A fair sample from Wellington realised L15 per tou. Kauri gura is irregular. Clean hard, scraped, sold ab L5 J throo-q-iarter scraped, L4 : fair half-scraped, L2 10s. The Maori King's stove bullocks averaged 3.$d per lb. Now Zealand loug-bomed wheat, ex warehouse, quieb, at 24s 6d j baaU ness restricted. South Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 24a. Victorian wheat, ox warehouse, 24s. Sugar — German beeb, 11s 3d, Bteady ; Java, do, 14s, quiet. At the wool sales prices aro harden* iog. The Americana are buying scoured wools. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clyde, 43s Gd, market quiet. Silver, 2s 5d per oz. Received September 22, at 11.15 a.m. London, September 21. Exports consider that the fish and quail shipped *b Sydney are unsuitable for tho English market. The hares, rabbits, teal, ducks, and turkeys have arrived in One condition, and they believe there would be a good market if shipped in proper soa»on. Experts also consider that a shipmonfc of 1 per cent salted butter would bo a formidable competitor to mild English butter. Received September 22, at 1.30 p.m. London, September 21. Ab iho wool sales there was a good selection, and 14,000 bales were offered. The bidding was less ani* mated, oxcepb for superior lots, which w?*s more spirited. Mr W. H. Morcer, of tho Colonial Ofiico, who acted as secretary to Lord Jersey, British representative at tho Ottawa Conference, and Mr Sandford Fleming, of tho C*nadi*n-Paci(ic Railway Company, have started for Hawaii to negotiate for the landing of tho Pacific cable in tho vicinity.