SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7645, 24 May 1886, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION .J QUEENSLAND EXPORT COMPANY. London, May 21. The Queensland Export Company has been registered with a capital of £100,000. They intend to purchase Messrs. Gray, Davies, and Co.'s freezing property. LARGE PURCHASES OF AUSTRALIAN WINES. London, May 21. Messrs. Burgoyne and Co., wine merchants, have made large purchases of Adelaide wines. HANLAN AND BEACH. London, May 21. Hanlan is delighted at the acceptance of his challenge by Beach, and will sail for England early in June. AUSTRALIAN GRAPES IN ENGLAND. London, May 21. i The New South Wales grapes have arrived in splendid condition, and will be exhibited at the Horticultural Society's Show on Tuesday next. A quantity of them have been sent to Windsor as a present to the Queen. j THE ADELAIDE EXHIBITION. London, May 22. Eighteen applications have been 1 received here for space at the Jubilee Exhibition, to be held at Adelaide, South Australia. CONGRESS AND POLYGAMY. London, May 22. The Judiciary Committee of the \ United States Congress has declared i that polygamy is unlawful. QUEENSLAND SEPARATION. London, May 22. Dr. Ahearne believes that the Colonial Office is favourable to the objects ! of the North Queensland Separation League. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. London, May 22. Mr. Anthony Hordern's company, ! established for the construction of a railway from Albany to York, is announced, with £100,000 subscribed. MOUNT ETNA IN ERUPTION. London, May 22. \ Mount Etna is in violent eruption. ! QUEENSLAND INVESTMENT COM- ; PANY. ; London, May 22. The North Queensland Mortgage Investment Company, with a capital of 1 one million, has been registered. [rectbr's cablegrams.] \ LONDON COMMERCIAL NEWS. i London, May 21. > Consols are £101 10s. ; New Zealand securities remain at , last quotations. r Colonial breadstuffs : Adelaide wheat, ■ ex store, 36s ; Adelaide flour, ex store, : 25s ; New Zealand wheat, ex store ,is . 28s to 345, according to grade. Tallow : Australian, fair average ; quality, beef 235, mutton 24s 6d per f cwt. ) The total quantity of wheat afloat, r for the United Kingdom is 1,970,000 1 quarters, being 90,000 quarters more | than reported last Friday. , New Zealand frozen meat is worth , 4d per lb. 1 A Press Association message says :— , The wheat market is dull, and Ameri--3 can cargoes are at lower prices. The 1 shipments are increasing. Australian " warehouse cargoes are quoted at 365. . The nominal values of cargoes direct r for London are 34s lOd. Colonial £ shipments await buyers. 3 ,