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New Zealand Mail, Issue 705, 4 September 1885, Page 13

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BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. (REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.) London, September 1. The mails ex Orient R.M.S. Iberia were delivered to-day, via Naples. London, September 1. Three per cent. Consols, 100 f, an advance of i. New Zealand securities:—s per cent. 10-40 loan, 106 ; 4-| per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 108 ; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 100. The market rate of discount is 1-jL per cent., and the Bank’s rate 2 per cent. Colonial breadstuffs are unaltered. Australian tallow of fair average quality —Beef, 27s per cwt; mutton, 295. The stock of tallow in London is 19,500 casks. Wool. —The fourth series of colonial wool auctions this year opened to-day. There was but a small attendance of foreign buyers. 11,900 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market was flat. Australian merinos ruled about one penny lower than last sales, and crossbreds generally were rather weaker. London, September 2. Mr Parnell, addressing a public meeting at Dublin yesterday, depre. cated the outrages which have recently taken place, as damaging to'the Irish cause. Mr Gladstone returned to town to-day from his voyage to Norway. His health seems to be re-established and. he is quite robust. (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, September 1, The wool sales opened to-day. Messrs Balme and Sons and Jacomb and Company’s joint catalogue comprised 12,000 bales and upwards, half of which were from New Zealand and the Cape. The attendance of Home buyers was good, but that of foreign rather thin, and bidding was reserved. Merinos, to Id below last closing rates: crossbreds weak. The total number of bales available is 240,000. London, September 2. The freedom of the City of Dublin has been conferred upon Dr K. J. O’Doherty, a member of the Queensland Legislative Council, in recognition of the support given by him to the Irish cause in the colonies. In connection with the Caroline Islands difficulty, it is rumored that the German squadron, at present stationed at Zanzibar, has been ordered to proceed to those islands. Acute excitement is being manifested in Spain over the affair.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Melbourne, September 2. Correspondence extending over a period of 18 months, between the Hon Mr Sargood and Colonel Disney, Commander of the Victorian Eorces, was laid upon the table in the Legislative Assembly last night. The letters gave evidence of a complete want of harmony which has existed for some time between them. Mr Sargood objected to Colonel Desney making his reports to the Governor, Sir Henry Loch, as Commander in Chief, and afterwards insisted on all communications from Colonel Desney being addressed to the Secretary of the Defence Department instead of to himself. Mr Sargood further states that he considers Colonel Desney and the other Imperial officers serving in Victoria as akin to members of the Civil Service. The Argus of this day, commenting on the correspondence, characterises Mr Sargood’s letters as intolerably offensive, arrogant, and supercilious, and considers that he exhibits a clumsy and insolent sarcasm. Adelaide, September 2. The Orient Company’s R.M.S. Sorata arrived this morning from London.