FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3565, 4 March 1886, Page 3

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

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{Pen Eleotbio Telegraph— Copykioht. ) i (Reoter's Agency.) f [Recoived 7.15 p.m., March 3rd.] i CITY OF MELBOURNE LOAN. { London, March 2. Tenders have been invited on behalf 3 of the City of Melbourne for a loan of ( one hundred and fifty thousand pounds ( at four per cent. Tbe minimum has i been fixed at LlO3, and tenders will j close on the tenth of March. , MONETARY. I Consols are J lower, 101 J. j The Bank rate of discount remains at j 2 per cent, the market rate being lj or i below the Bank rate. New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan is quoted, ex dividend, at £102 15s ; 4i per cent 1870-1904 loan, £102 ss. j COMMERCIAL. l Adelaide wheat is worth 36s 6d, ex i store ; do New Zealand, 28s to 34s 6d. < Tallow — Australian beef, of average ! quality, is quoted at 23s 6d per cwt ; ( do mntton, 24s 6d. SHIPPING. ' The R.M.S. Tainui arrived at ' Plymouth this (Tuesday) morning, with , her frozen meat m good order. , (Special to the Press Association. ) LRooeived 11.30 a.m., March 3rd.! OBITUARY. I London, March 2. , Mr Justice Clarke, Victorian Judge. ; REGATTA, . ! Forthe regatta at Rockway m June, 1000 dollars have been offered m prize i money if Beach will compete. (Received 10.45 p.m., March 3rd.) , RECOVERY OF DIAMONDS. i 3rd. 1 The valuable diamonds stolen some ' time ago from Lady Hill of Brynkenalh, . Denbighshire, have been recovered. DEPARTURE. Lord Capell, heir to the Earl of ' Essex, who has been appointed Aide- \ de-camp to Lord Carrington, has sailed for Sydney. ANOTHER DEGREE. The University of Cambridge will confer the degree of Master of Arts on Mr CIiHS. Todd of, South Australia.

) PENNY POSTAGE. In the House of Commons Mr Thos. 0 Sexton, M.P. for Sligo South, has given ;, notice of a motion requesting the . Government to open up negotiations . with the view of establishing a uni--1 versal penny postage. r ANOTHER GENERAL ELECTION. r Mr John Morley, Chief Secretary for t Ireland, considers another general election probable shortly.