SECOND EDITION VERY LATEST

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3158, 17 May 1883, Page 3

SECOND EDITION VERY LATEST

By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] (Received May 17, 1883, 2.15 p.m.) Commercial. ' . London, May 16. The colonial wool sales opened to-day with a catalogue comprising 6000 bales* A fair demand was experienced. There was, a good attendance of Home and foreign buyers. Tbe present series of auctions will close on June 29. 1 Consols have advanced to 102£. New Zealand securities ate unchanged. The market for colonial breadstuff* is quiet, but firm at last quotations. Australian tallow is doll. Correction. - Melbourne, May 17. The statement that Mr Berry intended to proceed to New Zealand was incorrect. . He has undertaken to write fully regarding the decision of the Australian Colonies to join the Postal Union.

[Received May 17,11833,2.40 p.m.] Treaty of Peace. London, May 16. Intelligence is to hand that a definite Treaty of Peace has been concluded between Peru and Chili. The former cedes Tacua and Arica for a period of ten years. At the expiration of that time a plebiscite is to be taken to decide whether the Provinces shall be retained permanently by. Chili. The ' Phoenix Park Muri derers. James Fitzharris, who has been retried as an accessory to the murder of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr Burke, has been found guilty and sentenced to penal servitude for life. Two more Phceuix Park prisoners, Daniel Delaney and Thomas Martin, have confessed and been sentenced to death.. ' An Absurd Resolution. At a meeting of the National League, a resolution was passed protesting against the Pope mixing in politics.