CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8758, 21 March 1890, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BfilTlSll AND FOREIGN,

By Emsotiuu TEiiMitAPir.—OoPYiuuirr.]

(Pun Pituss Association.)

AN ANONYMOUS GIFT. London, March 19,

(Hooelvod March 20, at 11.65 a.m.)

Another anonymous donation of £50,000 lias been received in aid of the Hospital Convalescents' Home.

PERSONAL. The Duke of. Manchester lies in a critical condition at Naples,

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

The quantity of wheat and (lour alloat for the United Kingdom is 2,000,000 quarters, and for the Continent '10(1,000 quarters. The American visible supply is 28,125,000 bushels.

Bank of New Zealand shares aro quoted at £7 10d ; National Bank of New Zealand ditto, £2.

There is stagnation in colonial stocks. The tenders for the Queensland loan are not expected to exceed the minimum fixed (£97)

THE ZAMUESI DIFFICULTY.

It has been discovered that the hoisting of. the British flag took place outside the territory which England admits to belong to Portugal. The press of. Lisbon expresses a desire that tbe Government should cease diplomatic relations with England. Some of the papers make an attack on the Prince of Wales.

THE CAPK LOAN. (Uecalved March 20. Rt 8.30 p.m.)

The success of the Cape loan is dubious,

OBITUARY.

John Rogers Herbert, R.A.; agecl 80 yean

THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADHON.

H.M.S. Goldfinch, which replaces the Raven on the Australian station, lias sailed for Melbourne.

AN AECHDEACONSHIP REFUSED,

Tho Rev. Mr Kubi, Vicar of Cartmel, has refused the Arehdeaconsbip of Ballarat.

THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

It is probablo that Newfoundland will refuse to recognise tho settlement arrived at in connection with the lobster fisheries.

SPORTING.

(Received March 21, at l.fi a.m),

The Australian horses Plutarch, Narellan, and Kirkham have had a gallop of over a mile at their best pace. They will probably run before the Epsom meeting. Surefoot remains a strong favourite for the Derby at 1 to 2 against.

THE FHENCH MINISTRY. Paris, March 19,

(Ueceived March 20, at 11.55 a.m.)

The Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of 210, carried a resolution expressive of confidence in the De Freyoinet Ministry.

UOYALISM IN FRANCE,

The Comte de Paris expresses warm approval of the action of the Due d'Orleans.

The spirits of the Koyaliat party are rising.

TROUBLE ON THE CONGO,

rEeeeived March 20, at 8.30 p.m.)

News has been received that a French outpost on the Congo has been attacked by natives, and 11 of their number massacred.

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

San li'kancisco, March 19. (l!eetivcd March 20, at 11.05 a.m.)

The American laundrymen of this city have combined for the purpose of driving out the Chinese who are engaged in that business.

(Special to Pukss association.) GENERAL NEWS. London, March 19. (Received March 20, at 11.-15 a.m.) Canon Donaldson says that he is not aware of tho Primacy of Australia having been offered to him. The Select Committee on State-aided emigration have resumed their sittings. Tho Lc?islative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, lias prohibited the sale of liquors to members of the Assembly. The delegates to the Berlin Labour Conference dined with tho Ei-:peror last night. M. Jules Simcn, of the French delegates, sat on the right of Count Yon Moltke; and Count Herbert Bisrnarok was present.

INTERCOLONIAL.

[B7 Uluotuic TeijEgkapii —--CorYnmnT, (Per Pkess association.)

THE AUSTRALIAN PRIMACY.

Sydney, March 20.

(Received March £0, at noon.)

The Australian bishops are now sitting for the purpose of terminating the difficulty over the election to the primacy. Up to the present only one name has; been submitted— viz., that of Canon Saumarez Smith—but the ordinance requires that three names must be submitted. It has been suggested that legal advice should be obtained from England, and to that end the sitting wa3 adjourned till to-day. (Recoived March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) A meeting of bishops resolved that it would best serve the interests of the church by oon- | curring in the election of Canon Saumarez Smith to the primacy of Australia. The committee endorsed tho resolution. ASSAULTS ON WOMEN. Several serious assaults on women in this city have been reported to the police, who believe them to be the work of a lunatic. No arrests have yet been made. SILVER MINE STOCKS. (Kooulvod March 20, at 8.30 p.m.) The following are the current quotations for the principal mining shares:—Broken Hill Proprietary, £11 12s Gd; British Broken HiU, £4 lls;" Central, £11; Broken Hill Noith, £1 3s Gd; Broken Hill South, £G; Block X, £11 7s (id; Junctions, £.',) Bs. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. {Received Harch2l, at 1.5 a.m.) A fatal accident occurred to-day. Mrs Parsons, wife of a settler at Penrith, was attempting to cross the line when the buffer of an approaching train caught her arm. She was thrown round under the engine and out to pieces, death being instantaneous.

SUPPOSED HOAX,

BuiSBANE, March 20.

(Eeoelved March 20, at 8.30 p.m.)

The bottle found on the coast containing a slip of paper stating that the barque Enderby has been wrecked is regarded as a hoax.