CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7653, 28 August 1886, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BiUTLSH AND FOJiSIGM.

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(KIiUTISH'S TKLEdIIAMK.)

THE MAILS. London, August 26, (He eivcil August 27, at 10 p.m.)

Tbo Australian and New Zealand mails via San Francisco (dated Auckland, July UO) were delivered to-day.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Consols remain at 100j|. In Now Zealand securities and breadstuiTs there is no alteration.

The directors of the Bank of England have increased the rate of discount by 1 por cent. The market rate remains at 2;J per cent., or | per,cent, below tlie bank rate. The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-day show the total reserve in notes and bullion to bo £12,200,000, ov £100,000 loss than last week. The proportion of reserve to [liabilities remains at <Mper cent. THE NEW HEBRIDES. It is stated that the Hon. Mr Stanhope, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has arranged lo confer with Earl Iddesleigh, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with regard to the French occupation of the New Hebrides, and to arrange the course of action to be taken in dealing- with tho subject.

THE MELBOURNE SEE.

It is expected the Rev. Mr Austen, of Whitby, will succeed Bishop Moorhouse as Bishop of Melbourne.

THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS-IN-

REPLY.

(Recoived August 23, at 0.45 a.m.).

Iv the debate in the House of Commons to-day on the motion for tho Address-in-Bcply, Mr Chamberlain urged that the present Government should not be ovorthrown while, the alternative was the appointment of a Ministry which favoured tho separation of Ireland from Great Britain.

SUPPRESSING BOYCOTTING.

Major-general Sir Redvers Buller bas proceeded to Ireland to organise measures for the suppression of boycotting and to inquire into tlie working of the land system.

(Special to Press Association.) THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. London, August 20. (Received Auguat 27, at 7.-10 p m.) New South Wales has invited the British Association to meet, in Sydney in ISBS. It is considered possible that a strong delegation would be willing- to go if the terms were

generous.

THE REV. MR GRIBBLE'S CHARGES.

In reference to the statements made by the Rev. W. Gribble as to the condition of the natives in Western Australia, Bishop Parry, of Perth, admits that there are instances of cruelty and immorality, but declares that Mr Gribble's charges are indiscreet and exaggerated.

GENERAL ITEMS.

August 27. (Received August 28, at 1.25 a.m.)

The Rev. M. Austen, of Whitby, who has been offered the bishopric of Melbourne, has not yet decided whether to accept tlie posi-

Baron Norton, in a successful speech, declared that colonials wero as badly off as Europeans, almost every inch of tlieir soil being in the possession of a few hundred capitalists. He also said that the farming community in the colonies scarcely gained an existence, whilst in New South Wales there were thousands of the artizan class unemployed. Victoria alone he considered the most thriving of the colonies. The working classes opposed the deportation of recidivistes, but did not care whether the French annexed the New Hebrides or not. The opposition that was raised against that power doing so was simply on the part of capitalists.

The Sydney oranges are selling at an average of 9s per case.

Mr Morris has informed Sir P. C. Owen that Mr Spiers' contract for the sale of wines at the exhibition has seriously injured the colonial wine interest.

Sir Graham Berry proposes to forward a further despatch to Mr E. Stanhope on the New Hebrides question, in which lie will urge tliat France might be inclined to keep the islands, arguing in defence of such a step acquiescence unless evacuation is at once pressed by Eng-

Owing to quarrels which have arisen between Sir J. Pope Hennessy, Governor of Mauritius, and Mr Clifford Lloyd, Lieu-tenant-governor and Colonial Secretary of that island, Mr E. Stanhope has ordered the latter gentleman to Seychelles Island, a dependency of the Mauritius Government.

Mr Harvey, inspector of agents of the Scottish Provincial Assurance Company, has been appointed London secretary of the Colonial Mutual Life Association.

IM'EKCOLONIAL.

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THE NEW ZEALAND CABLE.

Sydney, August 27. (Received August 27, at 10 p.m.)

A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Postmaster-general to-day, and strongly urged the necessity for continuing the subsidy to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, in order to secure a reduction of the present high tariff between Australia and New Zealand. The Postmaster-general said he would take into consideration the views of the deputation, and lay the matter before his

colleagues. SHIPPING. Arrived, tliis afternoon: Alameda, with the inward 'Frisco mails.

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand wheat is at 4s -Id per bushel, and New Zealand oats arc at 2s Od. Maize, per 561b, is at 3s 3d. Sugar is unchanged. Pollard is at Is per bushel, and potatoes at

'Os per ton.