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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3620, 8 May 1886, Page 3

THE LATEST.

(Renter's Agencv.) "JJecoivod 9.15 a.m., May Bth. J WAR IMMINENT. London, May 7. It is announced that the Greel Government have refused any fuvthei explanations in reply to the nltimatnti of the Powers, and the envoys of thi several countries will leave Athens to day. The Greek troops are said to b< concentrated on the northern frontier. THE ARMfI ACT IN IRELAND. ■X. In the House of Commons last nighi Mr John Morley, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, introduced a bill providing for the temporary prolongation of the Arms Aot in Ireland. * . MONEY AND THE MARKETS. London, May 6. Consols are LlOl ss; New Zealand securities, colonial breadstuffs, and tallow are unaltered. The bank rato is 3 per cent, and the market rate- 2-J. The weekly returns of the Bank of England-published to-day show the total reserve of notes and bullion to be Ll 1,700,000. The proportion of the reserve to liabilities is 39 per cent. (Special tc the Press Association.) • ' (Received 0.50 a.m., May Bth.) „_, SCULLING. ■'■-- "London, May C. Matterson, the sculler, will not ratify his challenge to Godwin. THE COLLINGWOOD LOAN. The Colliugwood (Yiotoria) municipal

loan of £40,503 has been placed in the market, and tenders will be opened on the 13th inst. DISAGREEMENT. All efforts to effect a compromise between Messrs Gladstone and Chamberlain have failed.