TELEGRAPHIC.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 5016, 25 May 1889, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN, ( Pbr Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Association.) (Received 12.45 a.m., May 25th.) MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, May 23. Tallow is firm. Beet mutton 25s 6d to 265. Beef is unchanged. Best ox-hides 3id to 3|d. The money market is fiat. (Received 1.20 a.m., May 25th.) NEW ZEALAND MEAT. New Zealand frozen mutton is quoted at 4|d, and beef 3|i. NEW ZEALAND HEMP. New Zealand hemp is in poor demand. To-day 1900 bJes were bought in at £35. A few were sold at £32. THE MURDER OP DR CRONIN. New York, May 23. The rumour of the murder of Dr Cronin is confirmed by the- discovery of his body in a naked condition hidden in a culvert in Chicago.

(Special to the Press Association.) (Received 12.15 a.m., May 25th.) THE WOOL MARKET. London, May 23. Jacomb and Company, woolbrokers, predict an advance in wool. THE TASMANIAN LOAN. The Stock Exchange deferred a quotatation for the Tasmanian loan in consequence of the protest made by the Tasmanian Main Line RaHway Company. OBITUARY. William Wright, LL.D., Professor of Arabic, at the University College of London, aged 59. A VISITOR. Mr Evvard Jenkins, author of “ Ginx’s Baby,” proposes to visit Australia on a lecturing tour.

HONOURING A COLONIST,

Lord Rosebery is making efforts to obtain the sanction of the authorities to the erection of a tablet to the memory of the late Mr Dailey, of Sydney, in St. Paul’s Cathedral. If the proposal is acceded to, the late statesman will bo the first colonist so honoured. THE MISSING SOVEREIGNS. The Orient Company have paid the Union Bank £SOOO to compensate them for the loss of sovereigns to that amount, alleged to have been stolen on the last voyage of the steamer Iberia. No clue has yet been discovered to account for the loss.

PRIZE FIGHTING. New York, May 23. In the prize fight between McAuliffe and Lees, at San Francisco, Lees was knocked senseless in the eighth round. AN OLD RUMOUR. A rumour is abroad to the effect that Dr. Cronin, secretary of thelrish American Brotherhood, and an associate of Major LeOaron, has been murdered. DEFEAT OF PROTECTION. Madrid, May 23. The Spanish Congress has rejected the motion in favour of protection by 227 to G 4. (Received 2 a.m., May 25th.) HEAVY FINES FOR GAMBLING. London, May 24.

The manager of the Adelphi Club has been lined £SOO for permitting gambling on his promises ; tho secretary to tho club was fined £2OO, and an assistant £2O. All tho others wore discharged. THE MINERS’ STRIKES. Berlin, May 23. Tho minors’ strikes arc extending to Bohemia and Belgium. OUTBREAK OP CHOLERA. Calcutta, May 23. There is an epidemic of cholera at Madras and a thousand deaths are reported weekly. DR CRONIN’S MURDER. New Yore, May 23. It is said that Pr Cronin was murdered

in order to avoid the exposure of the embezzlement of £17,000 of the funds subscribed to the Irish cause.

THE COMPTOIII d’ESOOMPATE. Paris, May 23,

The liquidators in the Comptoir have arranged with the American mines to limit the output to enable the stocks to be reduced. The liquidators are hopeful of making a similar arrangement with the English mines.