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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3254, 2 March 1885, Page 3

THE LATEST.

(Received at 3 a.m.) ENGLISH CABLE. (Pek Electric Telegraph— Copyright . (Reuter's Agenc\.) (Received 1.15 a.m., March 2nd.) London, Feb. 27. Consols remain at 98f . New JZealand securities— 5 per cent 10-40's have declined to 104|, and 4fc per cent 1870-1904 loan to 103. " 4 per cent inscribed stock has advanced by 10s to 99i. Colonial breadatuffa— Adelaide wheat remains at 3s 6d; New Zealand is quoted at from 28s to 343. Adelaide flour 253 all, ex store. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the |United Kingdom is 2,<00,000 quarters, an increase of 160,000 during the week. . New Zealand mutton, prime qunh.y, remains at 4|d to sd. Australian tallow is unchanged. Beet, average quality, is worth 33s ; mutton ditto, 345. Madeira, Feb. 27. The Shaw-Savill and Albion Company's steamship Arawa, from Wellington January 21st, left here last evening for Plymouth, Her cargo of meat is m good condition. Bbrne, Feb. 28. Numerous arrests of suspected Anarchists have been made throughout Switzerland during the past few days. (Special to the Press Association.) [Received 1.15 a.m., March 2nd.] London, Feb. 28. The shipment of frozen meat ex the ateamor Tongariro, from New Zealand, is being sold at s£d per lb. The Presbyterians are organising a deputation to wait on Lord Derby with respect to the cession of the New Hebrides to France. The Rev. G. Patton, who for many years has been connected with the Presbyterian missions to the New Hebrides, is the prime mover m the affair. The marriage of Princess Beatrice with Prince Henry Maurice of Battenburg will take place m July. The departure of the Hon. J. B. Thurston for Fiji has been postponed. The wheat market is inactive. Shipments to arrive next month have been sold at 34s 3d ; m warehouse, 365. The Valetta has arrived with her cargo m fine condition. The New Zealand loan of one million and a half will probably be placed on the, market m midsummer. [Received 1.30 a.m., March 2nd.J London, March 1. General Grant is dying of cancer.