CABLEGRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10267, 26 January 1895, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

London, January 23. The average prica of English wheat is 20* Bd.

The Australian Mortgage and Agency's Company's balance sheet shows a credit balance of L3G.000, which tfee directors consider if will be prudent to Carry forward owiog' to the depression. They propose, however, that an interim dividend of 5 per cent, shall be paid at midsummer for the current half year. Messrs Soonby and Harrison, of Liverpool, state that the trial shipment of rabbits Was spoiled owing to the length of the cutting for paunching. The rabbits should only be opened 2in, ctherwiso they cannot be accepted. The heavy freight charges compel them to reduce their offer to 8d a conpla. The Argentine harvest is backward, and the quality disappointing. It is expected trjere will be a surplus Of five million quarters for. export. ", THE PACIFIC CABLE. Washington, January 25. The Committee of the Senate has reported adversely on England's request, wjth regard to a cable station for a Pacific cable. PROBABLY A HOAX. " Berlin, January 25. Prlnca Hohenlohe has redeived an anonymous' letter warning him' that malcontent workmen in the Spandau'Gun factory have planned the murder of Emperor William and the destruction of the. factory. ' The letter is causing some anxiety, although many people think it is a hoax. Special—By Telegraph—Copyright. THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES. ROME,^ January IS. The Sultan asked the Pope .to exert his icfiaence with thp.Powers -in, favour of Turkey regarding the massacres in Armenia. His Holiness replied that he was waiting for the result o£ the inquiry. THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA. "■'.'■ London, January 18. Mr Cecil Rhodes, addressing the shareholders of the British South -Africa Company, said there would be- no more fighting with Matabele. In the future a customs union- of the-whole of South Africa-was certain to be effected. , THE JUBILEE MINE. • The vendors of the Jubilee mine receive £75,000 in shares, the rest being- ofered to the public. ■' •■..;. PROMOTING TRADE i: WITH' JAPAN. The chairman of the Peal River .Land Company said that if' the Government of New South Wales imposed fair taxation, the company's prosperity would be equal in the future to what it had been in the. past. They intended, to promote trade in wool and . mutton with Japan. ,;.... ,; ... ,c. LORD KINTORB'S SUCCESSOR. - '. The rumourthat Sir H. Blake wag'tdbs appointed Governor *ol '■' South .-Australia emanated from the inferior servk& The press generally ignored it, and the Colonial Office state his time in Jamaica Was recently extended. He has not been approached oh ths subject, and after the utovm aroused by his proposed appointment to Queensland be 'never will be. , The WestminsterfGazs^ c favours the appointment of Chief Justice Way to Bucceed the Earl of Kintbre. It considers his would be the only popular appointment, though certainly it would mark a new departure.: NEW ZEALAND FINANCE. January 21. : The accuracy of the statement respecting an expected deficiency in New Zealand is . doubted. A SHIP SCUTTLED. The ship Port Earol, from Glasgow to Adelaide, caught fire in the Clyde. She waß badly burned, and it was found necessary to scuttle her. PRUDENT QUEENSLAND. January 22. The Times says Queensland maintains the reputation of being premier among the colonies for steadiness and economy of administration, and for redeeming her promise to equalise expenditure and revenue. UNION OF THE CHURCHES. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that Cardinal Vanghan's interview with the Pope convinced the latter that the hop3S of rennion.with the Anglican Church are much exaggerated and without a reasonable basis. The Pope has given up the proposed conference of cardinals, and will not appeal to the English Church. Cardinal Vaughan told the Pope he expected au it) crease of converts to Catholicism, from the Ritualists. THE CURRENT OF POLITICS. Lord Salisbury considers the victory of the Conservative candidate.at Evesham a very significant comment on the present current of politics. BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. At a meeting of tlie Bank of South Australia shareholders Mr Stewart announced he had received L 70.000 from the repurchase of South Australian assets. AN AMBASSADOR RECALLED. It is reported that Rastem Pasha, Turkish Ambassador in London, has been recalled because he failed to prevent England taking up a resolute attitude over the Armenian massacres. A COMMERCIAL TREATY. Beblin, January 23. Germany and Japan are negotiating for a commercial treaty. EOYAL COLOBS TOBACCO. \