REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 8040, 22 June 1885, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

j ; ... r , „. LONDON, r JDNE 17. Console are at 98%; -an improvement ot^i ;•••■■: ■* ■. >■. :■; ■•■■■:■- ■;■- •;■-:- -. cl \ -Colonial breadstuffs — Adelaide wheatj ex store; 34s 5 Now Zealand, 3Ts9d to 535./ Bank rate of discount, 2 per cent, j" 'and market rate, ' •£. : ' " - ' : ' ' W001— 10,700 bales were catalogued. at to-day's auction. The tone of market generally was flat. Cross bred s and New; Zealand greasy descriptions rnled M to Id lower, than last Eales. Port Phiflip an d Sydney greasy are £d lower. Medium to ; good qualities of scoured wool, and medium Sydney and Port Phillip fleeces are about Id lower. • ; -• • • ' June I?. ,- ; The weekly of tba Bunk, ;of England show the proportion of reserve to -liabilities as 53 per cent, or ; 1 per cetit. above -last week. The reserve ■. has increased from LI 7, 700,000, to Xi 9,000,000. Australian' leather 13 fd higher at ll|d, Aftd-flay's wool sales 11,700 bales were, catalogued. The total offered during the series was 139,500 bales, of which 22,000 were withdrawn, The market remains flat. ; The mails ex s.s. Thames from Melbourne (May Bth) have been delivered, ','.'. J!- ..''." -T". .'.'.''.'" JTJNE.i9.; Thje^race for the Ascot Gold -Cup xer, suited as follows : — St. Gatien, 1 ; Eale, 2; Dutchman, 3.. ■ - . .... -Earl Carnarvon will be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Mr Arthur Balfour, Chief Secretary. ;Mr Edward Clarke, Q Oi, lias been appointed Attorbey-Gerieral ; Mr Gorst s Solicitor-General"; arid the Hon. Edward Stanhope, President of the Ibard of Trade. Tendera for the Western Australian loan of L 159,000 were "opened to-daV. Th<f total amount applied for was L 457,500, the average r jbe|ng L98.2a 6d. The . .unalloted balance- will beplaced at a minimum price ofL97lOs, .-■'' ■■-'■■'•■■"•- ■ ' Jr/NB2oi Parliament re-assembled yesterday after the adjournment. The late Ministry have not yet vacated the Treasury Benches, pnd tho position'of 'Liberals and Conservative members respectively in the House is unchanged at present. "' : A disastrous explosion of fire-damp took place yesterday in a colJiery at Pendlebury, near Manchester. Twenty-two men were kijled at.once, andri4o more are now entombed without ; the slightest chance ;bf jTeecue. .. .. . . . . ' ' "' , News from Port Said states that a hitch, hafe occurred in the works for the removVf ; of the obstruction in the Suez Cabal, which 1 threatens to, seriously delay there-opening ;of the , channels -bjocked. A number of vessels are waiting to pass through the Canal, homewards and. T outwardß. It is.announced ;that Sir ■ Stafford Northcote takes .the^oposition of Eii?st Lord of the .Treasury, and not Lord Salisbury, as previously telegraphed . The PremieMjßip, ; however, will-not be combined with this office, as is usual, -bat-will be assumed by the M;%fquiß of Salisbury' ; '-* : ~'- %! '-' : '*- • Hir Stalford Northcote^goea to the Upper House under th 6 title of Earl pf Iddelsleigh^?)-;' -;.,;: - ; :- .■: r--;} V"..-;^.} T,h© .request. , made by Lord Saliebbry that the. Liberal; party should give him au assurance of support in ckrrying on the business of the country has not been ac- ; cede&'-'fo.: ■•'•■;■* - r ; - " ' " ! r c .-~ ! '*-' ■■ ■<"? " r ~-$ (SPBOIAL TO vPBKSS vASSOOyATIOIT.) " ,;: '.. LG^DOJS, Jtoe 17. I Sir Wm.RobiaaoQ,. Gtovoruar of South Australia, haa wr?tten : a letter tp the Pall Mall Gazette, in which he opposes the : scheme for tbe^stablishment of r a Perleral ; Council of Advice, q i 'J> l-o .The nomination of Sir Randolph Cburchhill to; the 1 portfolio : of Secretary of State for India is strongly censured,; arid the Marquis of Salisbiiry'is blamfed fqr^ieldihg ; fc'a'na^a^epUn^^o^piiiuVo.hhiil's advice ; re||rc[ujg formation pf tue Ciikbineir .' ':•:;:■>;:■- ■Jl^i .-i* i■> :i-y.- JcJNß'lß;^ The frozen meiat per' sis/ Garbnn9 v roni Melbourne :is lealising 5d per. Jb^.. That oy^tHe same veesef from" Sydn.ey-iseeUiog at Id. - . . " ! Mr MackeMe, wKQ,.recently presented; I several works of art tp%he Auckland Art Gallery, has bequjeatn eii L 40,000 to the ; same institution. Lr: ;' : Wm. Sheehan,/:who iwas arrested near Aucklandon the];charge of murder of bis motherpßißto.r^w6^;:;broth%r,valt-Ca»tletown-roche, apdiißtibiequently rethandeidi JJome, ■ his b^lb^ipught charged) with that ofiencji; a'ija^has beea committed for trial. JohnElder-and - Co. are building three .Bteamerßj-forjhe Lloyds Co. for ; use fa ; the; T New- Gruinea -aiid'Australik r steanouaervice,: ;■:;. .',;;•:•::. ■(..*: i| ; Tho Times tp-day publbhes.an article on \ .thßj'aftdf traffic. Conim&ntihg brithe 'startling I '. revelations disolosed by the investigation held by the Queensland Government in the < matter, it states that no la* must pennitya 1

', slave Btate'tdVesißt- in Nortibiern Queensland. - "■<■ ;-.-^ ; ; '■- J : I I v ;Xf| :;| aT^l9. ! The frozen tuuttdn ex ship/ Turakin^j from New Zealandii'is realising s|d \pelc^B ? ■ and B^d (!). %^ ; -'" V ' '^\ ; V'"" \ An attempt has been ma^JUy^Australian"" soft-goodameh to boycott firms^elnploying •^colonies. -The beeh'atrdngly'conde'ainedi" ' " " ~ " \T?or^Dthe f^eßtern^, Australian joi, Ll^o,vOO the 1 , amount of Itenders^ warf 1 L 456,900 ... The average was about L9B.