HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6246, 3 May 1895, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Euktibxo Tneoiurs—Copytuoht. (psr cxrnro rum association.) gbcefted May % at 1.30 ptm. London, May 1. 2fow Zealand 3J per cent, inscribed itocfc is quoted at 103$. Tbe rise is attributed to the Hon. Mr Ward's statements regarding the colony, gaceived May % at 10 a m. Caixttta, May 1. Sheraf Zal and other captured chiefs fill be sent into the interior, and kept under surveillance there. London. May 1. The offer of a Hull firm of S|d to 6d for rabbits is intended to indicate the prasent selling price at Hall, not tbe purchasing price a' London, gaceived May 3, at 1015 a.m. London, May 2. Tenders for the Western Australian 3§ per cent, loan of three quartets of a minion, with a minimum of 99, were opened There was heavy tendering and the amount subscribed was L 2,860,800. gfoisoa's syndicate tendered for a million sod a half at 1*102,196 and were allotted 20 per cent. Another syndicate tendered for L125.Q00 at L 10,306. The loan averages L 193. The New Zealand loan is quoted from I to 4| percent, preminm. Wilde's case will be tried again on the 20th of this month. Received May 3, at 10.30 a.m. London, May 2.

The Agent-General of Victoria has engaged an analyst to report as to whether excessive freezing or prolonged cold in storage will cause injurious chemical changes tn butter. Two samples ex Celtic King, arriving at from 10 to 12 degrees, were found quite pore. Another sample of "V ictorian, after nine months' storage, was pronounced just as free of margarine, though apparently deteriorated. Another sample similarly stored contained 14 per cunt of margarine. In order £o detect if deterioration is the result of long storage, Kr Gillies intends to subject pure butter to exhaustive tests, and have frequent analyses made while it is in the steamer. Greivt interest is taken in the result. Messrs Weddel have chartered the steamer Southern Cross to carry TOO head of cattle from Australia. Received May 3, at 10.40 a.ro. Losdojt. May 2. A decree nisi was granted to Florence Fethell. singer, of Adelaide, against her Husband on the ground of adultery. Paris, May 2. Seventeen French soldiers died at "Vitry through eating tainted American tinned mane. Thirty-four others are in a critical condition.

Calcutta, May 2. Ib ia reported that the Afghans have jntUmra and his brothers into confinement at Asmar.