The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1899. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3863, 5 October 1899, Page 4

The N.Z. Times.

(PUBLISHED DAILY.) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1899. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS .

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The Australian produce markets are active and firm. : . : The rfuxiliary schooner Hercules is ashore at Jackson's Bay. '• Thu English wheat ir.arkct chows an ad-vance-of Is per quarter. The first - of the transports from. India has arrived at Port Natal. . Refugees in the Transvaal arc being insulted and maltreated by the Botrs.- . The minimum discount rate of the Bank of England lias been advanced from 111 to H per cent.

There was a keen demand for prime freezers at the Addington live stock market yesterday. The captain and the chief engineer of (he steamer Perthshire have been awarded Lloyd’s medal. Mr J. R. Blair yesterday promised to consider his decision not to seek re-election for the Mayoralty. .Tbo first meeting of the Pacific Cable, Board will probably be held about the middle of November. The Venezuelan Arbitration Commission has in the main adhered to the tjehomburgk line of delimitation, j In the first race for flic America Cup the course -was not covered, and it was decided to re-sail the race. President Kruger has notified Great Britain that the despatch of further British reinforcements will be regarded by the Transvaal as a casus belli. ; PITH OF PARLIAMENT. Twenty-one local Bills were put through various stages by the Legislative Council yesterday. In t,hc House of Representatives the Worked .Compensation for .Accidents Bill was resit a; second time.