THE LATEST.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 934, 24 January 1890, Page 17

THE LATEST.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 23, 12.15 p.m.) London, January 22. Mr White’s horses Kirkham and Narellan have been entered for the Two Thousand Guineas Grand Prix of Paris and the St Leger. Henry George has started for Australia, via San Francisco. Influenza is decidedly abating in Europe. At the . conference of the London Trades Council and othsr operatives’ clubs it was decided to urge the opening of museums on Sundays. A gentleman offers to pay the expense for one year. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,092,000 quarters, and for the Con. tinent 372,000 The American visible supply is estimated at 32,500,000 bushels. Money is declining. Three months’ bill are quoted ac 4f per cent. Share quotations —New Zealand Shipping Company, L 4 10s; Shaw, Savill and Company, L 9 10s ; Union Steam Ship Company, Ll 3 10s. Lisbon, January 22. Public feeling in Portugal is calming down. Washington, January 22. A terrific snowstorm baa visited Navada. Immense numbers of stock are perishing. All traffic is stopped. (Received January 23, 12.30 p.m.) London, January 22. Slavin has refused to fight McAuliffe. He will only meet Sulbvan or the winner of the fight between Jackson and Sullivan. The Prince of Wales and his son, Prince George, and the Duke of Cambridge were present at Lord Napier’s funeral. The Forth Bridge has been satisfactorily tested. Betting on the Derby—B to 1 agst Ileaurae and Riviera, 16 to 1 Narellan and Kirkham. Davitt is organising a labor’’ federation in Ireland. 'I he workmen at Lysaght’s galvanised iron foundry have struck for the purpose of compelling the exclusion of non-unionists. Ex-Lord Mayor Whitehead condemns the action of the dockers. The jury having disagreed in the ease of Marks, Woolf, and Marix, committed for trial on a charge of blackmailing the Transvaal Mining Company, it is unlikely a new trial will be ordered. (Received January 23, 12.45 p.m.) Sydney, January 23. Arrived—Jubilee, from New Zealand. Melbourne,' January 23. No formal programme has yet been arranged for the proceedings of the Federation Conference. The main question to be settled will be the desirableness of union. If this is agreed upon, then probably the delegates will be requested to recommend their respective Parliaments to appoint representatives, who shall form a Convention for the purpose of drawing up a Constitution. - Brisbane, January 23. Sailed—-Star of Victoria, for New Zealand. Adelaide, January 23. Heavy rains have destroyed great quantities of cut wheat. Perth (W.A.), January 23. Lord Knutsford has cabled instructions to the delegation not to visit the Eastern colonies, lest they should be urged to support the colony’s claim to a Constitution. Public feeling here strongly condemns his action.