FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.
it _____ n ENGLISH AND FOREIGN I CABLE. 1j (Per Electric Telkgk aph. — Copyright. ) o [Rkdtbb's Agency.] [Received 11.30 a.m., Sept. 25th.] Capetown, Sept. 24. Intelligence has been received from the 0 Transvaal that the native chiefs, Mapoch 0 and Matnpoer, leaders of the rebellion 8 against the Boers m the early part of this • year, and who were subsequently made I prisoners, have been tried at Pretoria and 3 sentenced to death. , London, Sept. 24. 5 A serious explosion occurred to-day at c the rocket factory, Woolwich. Hundreds 1 of rockets were discharged m all direc- , tions, many flying into the streets nnd i causing great havoc to houses and t r other property. Two persons died from t t injuries received by the explosion. r [.Received 8 p.m., Sept. 25th.J ' L Consols have advanced J and are now * quoted at 101 J. Now Zealand securities , are quoted to-day as fallows :— 5 per cent * L 10-40 loan 103A ; 5 p*r cent 1889 loan * lOC ; ih per cent 1879-1904 loan 102} ; \ , 4 per cent inscribed stock, 100 J. The * ; market rate of discount haa^advanced J, F ■ and is now at 2j| per cent. The Bank ' rate is 3h. * The grain market has an upward ' 1 tendency. Adelaide wheat, ex store, has F ' advanced to 45s Cd. New Zealand ditto remains at 40s to 445. Off coast cargoes 1 of New Zealand wheat are quoted at 44s I (sic). Adolaide flour, ex store, is worth C , 335. | Australian tallow — Best boef, 40s 6d; beßt mutton, 41s. [ At to-day's wool Bale the catalogue comprised 10,600 bales. The tone oi the Bale i was again firm.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2811, 26 September 1883, Page 2
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275FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2811, 26 September 1883, Page 2
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