SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7552, 3 February 1886, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

fB?EOIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE VICTORIAM LOAN. London, February 1. The success of the Victorian loan is practically assured at £106. London, February 2. The Standard states that prodigious applications have been made for the Victorian loan, for which tendere close to-day, two brokers alone having applied for the whole of it. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE. London, February 1. Tenders for the conveyance of mails to Australia will be received up to the 30 th of April. THE LABOUR TRAFFIC IN QUEENS*iiuI LAND. London, February 2. Mr. F. J. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, has answered the statemenu made by the Duke'of Manchester regarding" the labour traffic in that colony. THE FEDERAL POSTAL SCHEME. London, February 2. The Times praises Mr. Baker's Federal Postal scheme, and considers it will accomplish a great deal without encroaching on local freedom, THE SCOTTISH AMICABLE LIFE ASSUKANCKJ SOCIETY. London, February 2. The Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society, established at Glasgow in 1826, are making business advances to Australia, and Messrs, Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of 93, Pitt-street, Sydney, have been appointed agents for the company. SERVIAN RESERVES DISBANDED. London, February 2. The Servian Government have at length decided to disband the reserves called out during the recent difficulty with Bulgaria. [kecter's telegram]. WRECK OF A BARQUE. Perth, February 2. The German barque Mire Flore, 500 tons, bound from London to Freemantle, struck on a reef to the northward of Rottenest Island, and became a total wreck. LONDON MARKETS. London, February 1. Consols 100£. New Zealand securities:—4 per cent, inscribed stock is unchanged; 4h per cent. 1879-1904 loan is quoted at 102£, ex. div. The bank rate is 3 per cent, and the market rate If. Colonial breadstuff's: Flour maintains previous quotations, but wheat shows a decline of Is. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is 365; New Zealand wheat, ex store, is 28s to 345, accord' ing to grade. Tallow is steady at last quotations. Stock of tallow in London is 20,000 casks. THE SUEZ MAIL. London, February 1. Arrived : The P, and O. Kaiser-i-Hind, from Melbourne on December 17.