CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 14 July 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. £RKi|jT?SR : S TELEGRAM. P&R PRESS ASSOCIATION) ; i / London; July 12., ; The cricket match, Australians v. Leicestershire County team at Leicester, was commenced to-day. The Australian. team went in first, and scored 142 runs. The Home team then -went in for their first innings, and when the stumps -were drawn, had five wickets down for 32 runs. The weather was fine throughout the : day, and the attendance of the- public at the match was large. The wicket was dead. The homeward Australian and New Zealand mails, via Brindisi, which left Melbourne on May 28, were delivered here this morning. Three per cent, consols are at 98§. The five per cent. New Zealand 10-40 loan is quoted at 105, and the four and a half per cent. New ■ Zea]and 1879 loan, 1904, at 1001.; New Zealand wheat, ex ship, is selling at 40s (1); Adelaide wheat, ex, warehouse, 49s ;. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 375. For Australian tallow the quotations are—Best beef, 33s 6d; best mutton, 355. July 13. : Obituary—Tom Taylor, editor : of Punch. In the House of Commons, the Ministry withdrew the Bill assimilating the borough franchise of Ireland with that of England. ; Paris, July 13. Rochefort, availing himself of the pardon granted by President Grevy to Communists, has arrived in Paris, and. has received a cordial welcome from his friends and sympathisers. Constantinople, July 13. Greece has assented to the collective proposals made by England and France, —r ♦ —-—=?=■.■ . ;EOT AU ST KALIAN NEWS. (reuter ! s telegram per press association.) Melbourne, July 13. The Victorian Government are cooperating with that of New South Wales for the purpose of adopting prevention measures in regard to Chinese immigration. It is probable that a conference will be held. July 14. The French war ship Rhine lias sailed for France. .. • The P. and O. Company has purchased Messrs. Money, Wigvam, and Co.'s steamship Norfolk, Sydney, July 13. Archived-—Arawata, from Auckland. Parliament was 'prorogued to-day. The Governor made a lengthy speech on the occasion, but the failure of the Government to carry the proposed new taxes was only briefly .mentioned.