CABLEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXV, Issue 7170, 10 March 1892, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(BY CABLE—PKESS ASSOCIATION,)

THE PARIS FUNDS. London, March 9. Mil Justin McCarthy has issued writs iu tfrench Courtß demauding the investmeut of the Paris funds in names of Dillon and himself, TUB ♦'JUBILEE PLUNGER." At a meeting of creditors of Bendon, "the Jubilee plunger," it was mentioned that the whereabouts of the debtor was unknown.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

At the annual meeting of the Chamber o'f Commerce the establishment of Tribunals of Commerce was urged.

AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS,

The first Lord of the Admiralty, in the House of Commons to-day, admitted that the Australian warships had been accepted without trial at the maximum forced draught.

OBITUARY. Mr Calvert, the Fiji missionary, is dead,

A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY

The Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company declares a dividend of 5£ per cent for the year, and carries forward a sura of £2000. THE BUTTER MARKET, The butter ex Oruba from Australia, is selling as follows: Sound factory, 112s to 118s per cwt -■ ordinary, 110s to -114s. Tho market is strong, A. NEW RIFLE. Rome, March 9,

The Italian Government has adopted a rifle similar in conduction to the . Mannlichter,

THE BGHRING SEA DISPUTE, New York, March 9.

Sir G. S. Baden Powell, one of the British commissioners re the Behring Sea dispute, asserts that the question is proceeding amicably. AN ARMY ON SKATES. Paws, March 9. The Figaro asserted that tho German Emperor has ordered the garrison at Gesler to learn to skate, in view that their services may be required in Russia in the winter. A NARROW ESCAPE. Brussels, March 9. It has leaked out that an abortive attempt to blow up,the British Legation by mistake for the Spanish Embassy took placo on February 20.