CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6149, 24 October 1881, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

1 BRITISH AND FOREIGN. ■> (Retjteii's Special.) London, October 21at. j A Gazette issued yesterday announci that her Majesty has conferred the Con '■' panionship of the Order of St. Micha and St. George upon Mr J. Cashel Hoe; f secretary to the Agent-general for Vi 3 toria in London, and upon Mr J. I Were and Mr Graham Berry, of Me 'f bourne. '' The Dutch steamship Konig di ;. Nederlander, 2083 tons, encounten ; a heavy gale on the voyage from Batav i- to Amsterdam, and broke her main shaf 4 Efforts were made to put her under sai but she proved unmanageable, and foui n dered shortly afterwards. Thirty-thn of the passengers and crew aaved then c selves by boats, and have reached land : c safety. 175, who also left the ship i ,i boats, are atill missing. B Consols remain at 99. n New Zealand securities : Fire per cen , 10-40 loan, IOOf j 5 por cent. 1879 loai 103J ; 5 per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 98J. Adelaide wheat (ex store) remains i '' 58s, and New Zealand ditto at 56; f Adelaide flour (ex store) has declined i 425. Total quantity of wheat afloat f< ie Great Britain, 20,050,000 quarters. ° Australian tallow haa declined Is pi cwt. Best beof is to-day quoted at 39 y and best mutton at 425. d Best Sydney copra has advanced 103 i - £16. [* October 22nd. '" The Homeward Australian and Ne Zealand mails which left Auckland c i September 13th, via San Francisco, wei ie delivered here to-day, c News is to hand from Irelar. 1, that in consequence of the Viceroy j. recent proclamation declaring the Lar a League to be an illegal association, tl k offices of the organisation in Dubli it have been closed, and that at the san ,h time a manifesto has been issued by tl it League leaders adjuring adherents g maintain a firm attitude, and at the san , 0 time to continue a passive resistanca ■ n the measures of tho Government. Tl manifesto further announces that z 1 public meetings under League auspic ,j will be temporarily abandoned.