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New Zealand Mail, Issue 680, 13 March 1885, Page 13

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(REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.)

London, March 10. Mr Edmund Yates, proprietor of the World, has been released from Holloway gaol. . In the House of Lords to-day Earl Granville, in reply to questions, stated that the Government have no information regarding the reported lowering of the British flag at Victoria, on the Cameroons, by the Germans, and that he was convinced that Prince Bismarck’s present, attitude would prevent any trouble in "West Africa. London, March 10. Consols have declined to 98. New Zealand securities are unchanged. The market rate of discount remains At 3-f per cent., -5 below the bank rate * - , 1 . Colonial breadstuffs remain at last quotations, ex store, viz.:—Adelaide wheat, 36s ; Adelaide flour, 25s ; New 'Zealand wheat, 28s to 345. Australian tallow, average quality— Beef, 32s 6d; mutton, 33s 6d.

(Received March 12, 2.45 p.m.) London, March 11.

A proposal made in Parliament to grant £20,000 to the family of the late General Gordon is being opposed by the Government. Mr Benjamin St. John .Ackers, a Conservative, has been elected to the House of Commons for West Gloucestershire, vice Colonel Robert Nigel Kingscote, C. 8., a Liberal, resigned.

(SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

London, March 10.

A number of the creditors in the Oriental Bank are accepting 17s in the £, as full satisfaction of their demands. They are now receiving 10s of that amount, and will receive the remaining 7s in September. It is believed that at least half of the creditors will accept these terms. It has been suggested that Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, should be appointed as joint commissioner for that colony at the forthcoming Colonial Exhibition. It is considered unlikely that Sir Philip Cunlifle Owen will act on the London committee.

The Press generally are unanimous as to the popularity of the appointment of Lord Carington as Governor of New South Wales.

London, March 11. Mr George Anderson, M.P. for Glasgow, who has been appointed Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint at Melbourne, has been presented with a testimonial by his constituents and friends.

The Times trusts that the loyal enthusiasm displayed by the colonies in regard to assistance for the Soudan will induce an adhesion to the further offers made in case of their, being required for other foreign service. It is improbable that any reduction in the present bank rate will now take place.