HOME AND FOREIGN.
[press association.] THE PACIFIC CABLE.
London, August 16. Messrs. Owex Jones and Bandpord Fleming, representing the Paciiic Cable Co., have had a satisfactory interview with Sir J. Macdonald, Premier of Canada.
REINFORCEMENTS FOR SIKKDI.
SIK.KIM, August 10. Further reinforcements of British troops have been ordered here.
AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS.
London, August IG. Messrs. Thomson and Co., of Clyde Bank, have obtained the contract for building two cruisers for the Australian squadron.
THE SUGAR BOUNTIES CONFER
ENCE.
London, August 16. The plenipotentiaries at the Sugar Bounties Conference, after a prolonged sitting, have adjourned until the 27th instant, and in the meantime the question's raised will be referred to the respective Governments. LONDON WHEAT MARKET.
London, August IG. An Australian wheat cargo of August shipment has been sold, at 37s 3d.
THE FREIGHT RING AND NEW ZEALAND.
London, August IG. Mr. Tyser, of Tyser and Co., has joined the Board cf Directors of the shipping ring, and will undertake the management of the New Zealand shipping. THE CHAMPION MINE.
Loxdon, August 16. Shares are now being allotted in the Champion Gold and Silver Mining Company.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
London - , August 16. The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-day, show the total reserve in notes and bullion to. be £11.011,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 40 per cent.
SHIPPING. London, August 17. Arrived : The ship Blengfell, from Lyttelton, April 30.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9137, 20 August 1888, Page 5
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