HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6236, 20 April 1895, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

,jj t Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) geceived April 20, at 10.30 a.m. London, April 19. Wilde and Taylor hare been committed for trial. . The bullocks by the Celtic King and p or t Chalmers will be sold alive at Deptford on Monday. Calcutta, April 19. It is reported that Umn Khan has fled to Asmar, in Bajaur. The resistance is jjQjc limited to the Chitrals, who are nnnosioa Colonel Kelly's advance. m New York, April 19. The revolt in Cuba is spreading, ggceived April 20, at 0.35 a.m.] London, April 19. The Bank of England returns published to-day show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 27,536,000, the proportion of reserves to liabilities being 68'10. Three months bills are discounted at £ percent. Consols, 105^. New South Wales 4 per cent, inscribed stock, Victorian 4 per cent. 103 ; 3* do, 09. South Australian 4 per cent., 107 i ,* 3i jo. mi Queensland 4 per cent., 107; 3i do, IOOi-T-ismanian 3h per cent, 102. Western Australian 4 per cent., 113. Jf.Z. 4 per cent, inscribed stock, lOSi; 3J, per cent, ditto, 100. "jN'.Z. long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, 255, market firm. South Australian wheat, steady, 25s 6i. Victorian wheat, 255, steady. An Australian cargo of wheat, to arrive in April or May, has been sold at 245. New Zealand mutton —First quality, 3§d per lb; second quality, 2]d. Lamb— Average 4d per lb. Cheese New Zealand white, 45s ; colored has a downward tendency. Hemp i 3 unchanged. Sonar—Best German beet, 9s 3id; Java, lis 3d, quiet. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clyde, 42s 4id. There is rather a better demand for batter. Best factory is selling at about 745. A few choice brands reach 78s. Heavy importations are depressing the market.

At the Antwerp wool sales prices are firm, but the market is quiet. Stiver, 2s 6§d.