HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6253, 11 May 1895, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

'Bt Etwrnuc Truwrafh—Corrßtuirr.

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Received May 11, at 10.40 a.m. London, May 10.

Mr George Edwaids has engaged Pattie Bcowne. a well-known Australian actress, to play Lottie Venus a part in The Artist's The balanse-aheet of the London Bank 0 f Australia shows old fixed deposits 14 347,000; Current accounts and new deposits, L1.3O4.00O; Gwh items. U.^2,000; Investments, bills, loans, and other assets in the colonies L 5,508,000. The Privy Council dismissed the New Zealand appeal case Johnston v. Oldham with costs. ...nr The Daily Chronicle considers the .Dtew South Wales Budget an admirable piece of democratic statesmanship, standing out fe special relief to Sir G. Dibbs' shuffling »nd retrograde finance. The limit of exemption from income tax is perhaps rather hizb. The Daily News thinks the return of jfew South Wales to Freetrade will have an important effect on the whole of Australi.'*-

Received May 11, at 11 a.m. London. May 10.

At the sale of kauri gum yesterday 3750 packages were offered, 3000 being disposed of. Three-quarter scraped brought 83s, half scraped, 48s. There are now 2100 packages in stock. . Copper has risen 51s per ton, while tin, owing to a combination, has risen 10s. At the wool sales priceswere unchanged. Oscar Wilde will bo put on trial again on May 20th. ... „ Blagrove's Freehold Goldmramg Commay, Goromandel, is announced with a rapitaiofL62,ooo. New York, May 10. It is reported here that 3000 rehels of the Cuban cavalry were routed by the Spaniards with the loss of 700. The fetter lost 300.