CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6687, 21 July 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BJUTISU AND FOHMGN,

[By Eleotbio Teleqbaph,—CopraiGUT.J

(Reuteb's Special.)

London, July 19,

(Received July 20, at 1 p.m )

The cargo of frozen meat, consisting of 57C9 carcasses, by tho British Queen, from Lytteltou (May 31), has arrived in excellent condition. A portion was placed .on the market to-day, and realised an average of 7d per lb.

(Recolved July 20, at 1.25 p.m.)

Mr Gladstone has announced his intention of making on Monday next a statement as to the courso the Government will pursue regard ing the agreement concluded with Count de Lcsseps for the second Suez Canal.

The Hon. Evelyn Ashloy, Under-secretary for the Colonies, stated to-d.iy, in reply to a question, that Sir Thomas M'lhvraith, Premier of Queensland, had telegraphed to the Colonial Office that strong discontent prevails in that Colony at the decision arrived at by the Imperial Government on the question of the proposed annexation of New Guinea. Mr A&hley added that the Government still" consider the proposal premature.

tlluiwved July 20, r.t 10 20 p.».)

Tho total reserve in tho Bank of England in notes and bullion is £11,800,000—an increase of £200,000 compared with the reserve laßt week. The bank rato of discount ia unchanged at 4

per cent,, and the market rate at 3£. Consols havo recovered tholr last fall, and ara again quotnd at 69.?. Now Zealand securities remain as follow :—Five per cent. 10 40 loan, 100; 5 per cont. 1889 loan, lODJ; 4J per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 102; i per cent, inscribed Btock, 101. Thero aro no changes to report in tho markets for Colonial breadstuffs and tallow.'

Tho Union Bank of Australia has declared a, dividend of 9 per cent, for tho past half-year, and carried £30,000 to the reserve fund. Tho National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 4 per cent, for the past half-year. The Orient steamship Lusitania r from Melbourne (May. 30th), arrived at Plymouth yesterday, with a cargo of frozen meat on board. July 20. (Received July 21, at 0.66 ft.in.) It has transpired that Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, one of tho representatives of Great Britain in tho Council of the Suez Canal, has been despatched by tho Cabinet to Paris to confer with Count De Lossopn with a view of carrying into effect tho agreeuiont which was come to on the 11th inst. for the construction of a second Suez canal, Paris,' July 19. (Received Julysl, at 065 a.m.) M. Tricon, who was recently appointed to succeed M. Bourse as French Ambassador to China, has announced his arrival at Pokin.

Beblin, July 10.

(UcceivedvJuly 21, at 0.55 a.m.)

A meeting is arranged between the Emperor William of Germany and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, to tako place at Gastoin, Upper Austria, on the 4th prox.

Alexandria, July 19.

(llcooivcd July 20, at 2.16 p.m.) The Khedivo has accepted the proffered aid of England for the suppression, of the cholora epidemic, and Sir E. B, Malet has telegraphed requesting that 12 doctors shall forthwith be despatched to Egypt.

(Si'boial to Pitssa Association.) London, July 19. (Received July 20, at 2 25 p.m.)

The French-X!onsul at Zanzibar has proceeded to Madagascar, Tho shipment of frozen meat by the s.s. Lusitania has arrived in good condition. Tenders for the Goldsborough (Queensland) loan of £200,000 were opened yesterday. The amount was not covered, and the time has been extended. The Porte disputes the, existence of the alleged De Leisseps monopoly, arguing that it is limited to the present canal. July 20. (Received July 20, at 1C.30 p.m.; Two hundred deaths have occurred at Cairo from cholera. A cordon has been placed round Alexandria, with a view to excluding refugees from infected places. • Tho telegraph operators in America_aro out on strike, and serious inconvenience is being felt. Mr Leonard H. Courtney, M.P., one of the assistant-secretaries to the Treasury, has stated in the House of Commons that the next Reform Bill will extend the franchise to I women.

Sir Arthur Gordon is writing a book on the habits of the Fijians. French bankers are offering Baron De Lesseps the necessary capital to construct the second canal across the Isthmus of Suez,