SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7650, 29 May 1886, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

—*— [press association.! THE ANGLO-SPANISH CONVENTION. London, May 28. The Spanish Convention does not compel the colonies to modify their wine duties. DEPARTURE OF A GERMAN CRUISER ' FOR AUSTRALIA, i London, May 28. The German cruiser Adler has sailed for Australia. MR. STRANG WAYS. London, May 27. Mr. H. B. T. Strangways, formerly Attorney-General for South Australia, will visit Adelaide at the end of the year. : AUSTRALIAN BALL* London, May 27. It is proposed to invite the Prince and Princess of Wales to the Australian ball to be held in the Guildhall. THE EXPULSION OF FRENCH PRINCES. Paris, May 27. The French Government have introduced a Bill into the Chamber of Deputies empowering them to expel the Princes from French territory. THE P. AND 0. COMPANY. London, May 28. The report of the P. and 0. Steam Navigation Company shows a dimunition of the freight revenue at the rate of £100,000 per annum. [REUTER'S TELEQBAHS.] LONDON COMMERCIAL NEWS. London, May 27. Consols are £101 7s 6d. New Zealand securities:—s per cent, is unchanged ; 4£ per cent., £101 10s; 4 per cent., £97 10s. The bank rate is 3 per cent., and the market rate 1 11-16 th. . The weekly report of the Bank of England, published to-day, shows the total reserve in notes and bullion to be £11,000,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 38 per cent. SHIPPING. London, May 27. Arrived: The Oriental R.M.a. Liguria, from Melbourne on April 16.