NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7270, 12 September 1884, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, —COPYRIGHT. (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received September 11, 1;10 p.m ) THE EIRE ON THE LUSITANIA. London, September 10. The fire which broke out close to the refrigerator on board the Orient steamer Lusitania* ,in the Indian. Ocean; lasted for seven hours, and two hundred ■ and fifty carcases of frozen mutton, which were injured, had to be jettisoned. (Received - September 12, 5.30 p;m.) DEATH OF AN IRISH POLITICAL OFFENDER. London, September 10. Denis Duggan, the rescuer of a number of Irish political prisoners who escaped from Freemantle, Western Australia, by the American whaler Catalpa, on April 17th, 1875, has died in Dublin. The Orient steamers have ceased calling at Naples, in consequence of the cholera epidemic at present raging in that city. It is expected that the answer from the British Association, in reference to the invitation to visit Melbourne, will be posted in America* where they held their recent sitting.

MONETARY and COMMERCIAL. London, September 10. An iibpreasion prevails in financial circles that the New South Wales loan was issued at 3£ per cent. Solders of three-quarters of a million of New Zealand 5 per cedt. Bonds hiving refused to agree with the recent scheme for the conversion of the bonds, will be paid off in January. (Received September Hi, 10 p.m.) LdiifibN, September 10. The Western Australian Timber Company have purchased in Liverpool the vessel Ironniaster for ,£30,000. This company have (tlao offered De Lesseps a supply of Jarfah piles for use iU the Tanama Canal works. REUTER'S TELEGRAU3. (Received September 11,11.15 a.m.) London, September 10. Arrived at Plymouth—New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamship Euapehu, from Lyttelton (July 20.) Tenders are invited up to the 18 th instant for a loan of £258,000 for the City of Sydney, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. The minimum is fixed at 107? (sic). It is authoritatively announced that the Bari of Dufferin will succeed the Marquis of Eipon as Yiceroy and Governor-General of India. NatlSs, September 10. Fully 800 fresh cases of cholera occurred yesterday, and over 300 deaths have taken place during the past twenty-foUr hoiirs. Caibo, September 10. Earl Northbrook waited upon the Khedive to-day, and presented his credentials as British Commissioner. The Khedive received his Lordship very cordially. pAfiis, September 10. , Thp tteWspaper Le National published a statement to-day to the effect that the Government contemplated issuing a formal declaration of war against China, and further convoking the French Chambers to obtain sanction for the prosecution of important operations in China.

(Received September 11, 12.30 p.m.) Sidney, September 11. Sailed, Tuesday afternoon—Steamship Wakatipu, for Wellington. Brisbane, September 11.

The Colonial Treasurer made his Financial Statement in the Legislative Assembly last evening. He showed (hat the revenue during the past financial year amounted to £2,570,000. He estimated the revenue for the current year at £2,750,000, and the expenditure at £2,300,000. He announced that it ia proposed to raise a new loan of one million sterling.