CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9904, 24 November 1893, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOEEHJH. [By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Per Pbbss Association.) • MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, November 22. (Kecaived November 23, at 10.35 a.m.) The total quantity of. wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,928,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,084,000 quarters. The latest share quotations are:—Dalgety and Company, £5; New Zealand Trust and Loan Company, £4 10s; R. Campbell and Company, £2 15s. Australian wheat (off coast) is quoted afc 28s 9d. ' The wool list has closed, so the Matafcua's shipment will not be included in this series. Nsw South Walas scrip'is quoted afc L 5 premium ; Victorian 47a Bd. 1g ia reported that the Rothschilds are bayirig both. Shareholders iv the Queensland Investment Company have agreed to a call of LI par share. CANADIAN SCANDALS. Ottawa, November 23. {Received November 24, at 1 a.m.) Thomas M'Greevy and N. Connolly have each been stntencsd to one year's imprisonment on charges of defrauding the Canadian Government.. THE FRENCH PRESS FURIOUS. Pabis, November 23. (Received November 24. at 1 a.m.J The French press is furious afc the AngloGerman convention respecting the partition of Central Africa In the viduity of Lake Tchad. ANARCHIST PLOT. Madkid, November 23. (Received November 24, at 1 a.m.) An Anarchist club has been discovered in Barcelona. It was full of chemicals used in the construction of bombs. Several documents showing a general Anarchist plot were found, and 200 arrests have been effected, includitjg the president of the Spanish Anarchists. THE REVOLT IN BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro, November 23. (Received November 24, at 1 a.m.) Admiral Mello has captured Fort; Lage. A state of siege is declared en Pernarabuco. (Special to Pbess Association.) FRENCH POLITICS. London, November 22. (Received November 23, at 10.40 a.m.) In the French Ccamber of Deputies thePremier, M. Dupuy, announced that the Government programme wouid include restrictions upon the manufacture of explosives and the formation of secret societies. SAILING IN THE AIR. An Austrian engineer ha 3 invented aerostatic sails, to be driven by steam. Experts consider the invention likely to prove successful. A TABMANIAN LOAN. Tasmania will float a loan of L 600.000 early in January. A GALLANT RESCUE. The Dover lifeboat men, afc the fifth attempt, succeeded in rescuing a fishing craw afc Dungeaess, who had clung to the rigging of a boat for 50 hours. ELECTRIC BELT SHAMS. An expert lecturer on electricity gave evidence that Harness admitted his ignorance of science, and the virtues claimed for his appliancea were ridiculous and impossible. The batteries were sham and the whole system delusive. THE NAVAL PROGRAMME. Lord Alceater supports Lord Charles Beresford's shipbuilding programme.