CABLEGRAMS.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[by sleotbio telegraph.—gopybiqht."| (Per Press Association.) MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, April 16. (Reoelved April 18, at 10.45 a.m.) The Bank of England returns show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be £12,292,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 34-86. Consols, 96J. it New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 104;3^d097i. '< Three months' bills are at 3J per cent., and firmer. ■:,- New Zealand long-berried wheat, 43s 6d; firmer. For New Zealand wheat, on the passage, sellers are asking 42s 6d, but buyers will not give more tha^n 41s 6d. Canterbury mutton, 4£d ; Wellington do, 4d; New Zealand beef, 3|d.
South Australian 445, firm; Victorian do, 43s 9d, firdji. Sugar: Best German beet, 13s 7id; Java 15s Gd. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron (f.o.b. in the Clyde), 435. Hemp: Auckland fair, £22, market weaker; good, £24103. Wellington medium, £2010s. April 18. (Received April 19, at 6 p.m.) New Zealand cheese is quoted from 44s to 56s ptr cwt. Consignments of wheat, ex barque Firth of Dornoch, from Lyttelton, sold at 41s. HONOURING A MISSIONARY. The Edinburgh University has conferred a Doctorship of Divinity upon the Rev. J. G. Faton, Presbyterian missionary in the New Hebrides. ALARMING OUTBREAK OF HYDROPHOBIA. An alarming outbreak of hydrophobia is reported from the counties of Wexford, Carlow, and Kilkenny. A large number of dogs, cab horses, donkeys, and cows which had become affected have been destroyed. NEW ZEALAND ANTIMONY COMPANY. The directors of the New Zealand Antimony Company have decided to reconstruct the company. A BYE ELECTION. Mr H. H. Gibbs, of Anthony Gibbs and Sons, has been returned nnopposed for the City of London seat, in the House of Commons, vacated by the death of Mr T. C. Baring. THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. San Francisco, April 18. (Received April 19, at 8 p.m.) The R.M.S. Monowai has arrived from New Zealand with the mails. THE CZARINA. St. Petersburg, April 18. I -. (Received April 19. at 6 p.m.) I
The report that the Czarina was ill has nol been confirmed.
(Special to Press Association.) THE BARING ESTATE. London, April 17. (Received April 18, at 10.30 a.m.) The guarantors of the Baring estate have asked 15 per cent, for underwriting losses. THE LABOUR COMMISSION. The Labour Commission is expected to open its sittings on Wednesday. THE PROFITS OF A LECTURER. Stanley's share of the profits of his lecturing tour is £22,000. He denies that he returns to Africa on an exploration tour after his visit to Australia in September. THE NEWFOUNDLAND DISPUTE. The Premier of Newfoundland, the Speaker of the. House of Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition, anl two others who were appointed as delegates to interview the English Government and make a protest against Imperial interference in Newfoundland, have petitioned to be heard at the bar of the House of Commons. RUSSIA AND EMIGRANTS. The Polish emigrants have been refused permission to cross the Russian frontier. THE NEW ORLEANS LYNCHINGS.
The press in all parts of the United States uphold the stand taken by Mr J. G. Blame, Secretary of State, with regard to the Italian demands in connection with the New Orleans lynching outrage. Most of the papers are sanguine that the Rudini Ministry will be the outcome of Secretary Blame's note. THE FRUIT TRADE. April 18. (Received April 19, at 6 p.m.) The Daily Telegraph, referring to the importation of fruit from the colonies, states it is only the beginning of a trade, but if developed will effect good to English and colonial shipping. . ANOTHER PARNELL MANIFESTO.
Mr Parnell has issued a manifesto, in which he recounts the history of the Land League, and accuses the anti-Parnell party of attempting to wrest the national lands from them and make Englishmen arbiters of Ireland's destinies. He calls upon the members of the convention to reorganise it. PRINCE BISMARCK. At the second poll for Gustemunde, Prince Bismarck, though securing a Jarge majority, did not obtain the requisite majority of votes, and another ballet is therefore essential. "
PRINCE NAPOLEON'S REMAINS. The exeoutors of the lato Prince Napoleon have asked the permission of the French Government to bury him at Ajaccio, tho capital of Corsica, where Napoleon I. was born. (Beoeived April 20, at 1 a.m.) The French Government has refused to allow the remains of the late Prince Napoleon to be buried at Ajaccio. A RUMOUR DENIED. The rumour that ex-King Milan of Servia proposed to marry a Parisian lady is denied. ASSISTING EVICTED TENANTS. Mr Parnell has released £3500 of the Land League funds, which was deposited in a bank in Paris.
INTERCOLONIAL,
[»V EIsOTBIO TBLBaUAPH.—Oopveigh*."! (Per Pbess Association,) HARD ON SIR G. GREY. Melbourne, April 18. (Reoelved April 18, at 11.30 a.m.) The Premier, Mr Munro, in addressing his constituents at Geelong, said that during the sitting of the Federal Convention Sir George Grey was very troublesome, as he would persist in dragging in his pet theory o£ " one man one vote" in and out of season. A LABOUR CANDIDATE ELECTED. John Hancock, labour candidate, has been returned for Collingwood, the seat rendered vacant by the death of Mr G, D. Langridge, Chief Secretary for the colony. [Mr Hancock, ex-president of ihe Melbourne Trades Hall, is a compositor by trade.] SIR H. PABKES'. POLICY. Sydney, April 18. (Received Aprll.lß,at 11.30 a.m.) In the course of an address to his constituents, Sir Penry Parkes said that the Government intended to introduce measures to carry out a Freetrade policy to the fullest extent, and they would also bring in a bill to provide for an elective Upper House. He remarked that the Federal Constitution would be of a more liberal character than their own.
A NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. ■ The Greenock Steamship Company have arranged to establish a monthly line of steamers between Glasgow and Australia. WEST AUSTRALIAN FINANCES. Perth, April 18. (Received April 18, at 11.30 a.m.) The first quarter under the administration of the new Government shows an extensive increase in all receipts, the surplus being £105,000. PASSENGERS FOR NEW ZEALAND, Albany, April 19. (Received April 20, at 1 a.m.) Arrived: Oruba, from London. Passengers for New Zealand: Mesdames Bickford, Peers, Appett (and child), Mayers (and child), and Lindsay, Miss Buckland, Rev. Mayers, Messrs Bullen (2), Bickford, Dickson, Duncan, Grieve, Macereth, M'Laren, Mather, Salton, Young, and Peers,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9094, 20 April 1891, Page 2
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