LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 5082, 18 September 1891, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

'By Electric Telegraph—Copyright,)

(per united press association. )

Received September 17, at 5 p.m.] London, September 16. Rich gold reefs have been discovered at Errisbeg, Connemara, County Galway. An. Australian iron syndicate, with a capital of L 15,000, is projected, for the purpose of securing the rights of Mr Charles Mitchell, of Messrs Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., the famous iron manufacturers, to work the iron deposits in New South "Wales. Ottawa, September 16. A petition has been adopted by the Dominion Parliament to the Queen, asking her to abolish the " most favored nation " clause in the commercial treaties. It declares that the retention of such a clause obstructs the extension of Canadian trade. Constantinople, September 16.

Information has reached here that an immense petroleum reservoir at Batonm, a port on the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea, is on fire, and menaces the town.

Received September 17, at 10 p.m. London. September 16. At the wool sales good greasy wool is firm. Medium and inferior sorts are from 7-J- to 10 per cent, below the June prices. ~ Home buyers are purchasing extensively, while the French are moderate, and the German inactive.

The American visible supply of wheat is 29,700,000 bushels. The impression is gaining ground that at least three millions of the New South Wales loan are virtually placed, and that the Bank of England will tender for a million of it, if necessary. The heavy tender of the colonial banks has given confidence to investors.

The 35 tons of silver conveyed from Valparaiso by H.M.S. Espicgle has been deposited in the safes of the Bank of England. Roars, September 16.

The Italian agriculturists and experts in fruit growing selected at Piedmont and Lombardy for emigration to Northern Queensland will leave towards tho end of next month.

Paris, September 16. The French Government has recognised the Chilian Junta. Received September IS, at 0.45 a.m.] London, September 17. The Standard, in discussing the prospects of the New South Wales loan, states that owing to the remarkable change in the money market, the opinion of many is that it will be covered yet. A week ago nobody could be found who would venture to predict that even half the amount ,vould be subscribed. The Daily News states that it is probable the Bank of England will guarantee the successful floating, since its failure would be impolitic. Paris, September 17. The efforts of the supporters of General Boulanger to prevent the production of " Lohengrin " in Paris theatres were extremely violent. The audience received the opera with enthusiasm, and outside the theatre a great crowd collected. Insulting references to the Emperor William's speech were hissed by the audience. Eleven hundred persons were temporarily in custody. Vienna, September 17.

It is reported that the Emperor Francis Joseph, under Hungarian pressure, will propose that the Triple Alliance should only operate in the event of France attacking Germany or Italy, or Russian aggression towards Austria. "Renewed reports have reached here that the Russians and Afghans are fighting in the Hindoo lvhoosh Mountains, which separate Afghanistan from Afghan Turkestan.

St. Petersburg, September 17. It is alleged that in return for the Dardanelles concession the Czar has abandoned a large amount of the arrears of the Turkish indemnity. Rome, September 17. The Government has decided to officially recognise the Junta of Chili. Berlin, September 17. Efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the Emperor and Prince Bismarck have up to the present been unsuccessful