SATURDAY'S CABLES. British and Foreign

Southland Times, Issue 11630, 12 January 1891, Page 2

SATURDAY'S CABLES. British and Foreign

LONDON, Jan. 9. Mr Sexton is proceeding to Boulogne to have an interview with Mr Parnell. The Bank of Eugland reserve amounts to L15, 532, 000— the percentage of reserve to liabilities being 39 92 per cent. Consols, 96£. New Zealand 4 per cent, stock is quoted at 106, three and a half per cent stock, 94£. Three months' bills, 2£ per cent. South Australian wheat is quoted at 37s 9d per quarter — market firm. For wheat on passage sellers ask 37s 6d, and buffers offer 6d less. Canterbury frozen mutton is quoted at 4 116 th pence per lb; Wellington at 3 13 13ths pence per lb ; and Canterbury lamb at 4gd per lb. [The N.Z. L. and M.A. Company have received the following cable : — " London, Jan. 9th.— The mutton market is firmer; Canterbury is worth 4&d ; Wellington, 3|d per lb. Beef — New Zealand fore quarters, 3§d ; hind-quarters, 3£d per lb - market quiet.] Colonial oats, fine average, 26s 6d per quarter. Adelaide wheat is quoted at 39s per quarter, and Victorian at 38s 6d — in each ca.se with a tinner market. Svgar — German beet, 12s 4£d per cwt; Java cane, 15s. Pig iron, f.o.b. on the Clyde, 46s 6d per ton. The German-Australian Steamship Company are adding a 4000 ton steamer to their fleet. It is intended to despatch a steamer to Australia every three weeks. Mr lialfour's Irish relief fund now amounts to LI 1,000. Mr O'Brien denies that Mr Parnell has agreed to retire from the leadership of the Irish party provided he (Mr O'Brien) accepted the position thus vacated. The directors of the railway companies whose employes are out on strike reject all offers of mediation. The men wild have taken the place of the strikers are overworked, and, as a consequence, accidents ! are of frequent occurrence. BERLIN, Jan. 9. 1 Professor Virchow states that pout mortem examinations in the case of those who had died under Dr Koch's treatment show that the inoculation of patients with the lymph generated a new affection. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 9. Thirty thousand Russian Jews are emigrating to Brazil. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. President Harrison favours the free coinage of silver.