FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 4380, 2 November 1888, Page 3

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

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[Pee I£L«cra.*o Tblbobaph Oipimght.) (Pbk Peebs Absolution.) •(Beeeivea 12.15 p.m., Nov. lth.) ANEWKSIGHT. London Oct. 31. Mr Polydore de Keyser.Lord Mayor of London, has been knighted. FROZEN UP. ■Washington, Oct. 31. Information has been received that thirty whaling ships with five hundred -souls on board are believed to be off the north c»aat of Alaska. The crews have little hope of release unless they can continue to subsist till next summer. BERtiy, Oct 31. OBITUARY. Princess Waldeck Pyrmont, JElate 67. Her danger, the Duchyss of Albany, baa left for Germany to attend the funeral. (Received 12 50 p.m. Nov. Ist.) SIR SACKVILLE WEST. London, Oct. 31. By direction of President Cleveland, Secretary Bayard has officially notified Sir Sackville that he is no longer acceptable . to the Government of the tTnitel'^tsteT ar British 'Minister at Washington. It is understood that this step has hcen taken in consequence ol Lord 'Salisbury!* attention havii g been called Wt&e action of the Minister, without result. (Received 1.45 p m., Nov. Ist ) GERMANY AND FRANCE. Bbhmn, Oct. 3L The^G^rmanjPrejs.s.is^mjich enrasted at » statement made by General Do Mirabel during a speech at Nancy, th&t revenge ■on the Getmans wcwld not long be delayed-' ,-.-■• BAILWitY ACCIDENT IN RUSSIA. St. P'btkrsbobo, Oct. 31. Twenty-one p-twenijam wi?ra killed bj a train biin? thrown off the line wher prncendin^ to Ai" •&• Thn Minister ol War was among those injured. NEW GUINEA. . • .<•• . London, Oct. 31. "Sew <Guinea i« gazetted a BritieV posaoooioD.

i ! (Keo>.ived 2 p.m., Nov. lit.) s'MONETAUY AND COMMERCIAL, i The market rate of discount has de--1 clined to 2 pur cent. s English wheat has experienced a • general advance of 61. The Continental market is steady, and the American ■ is aUo advancing. The average price for " English wheat in country markets is 30< • 31. [»ic] The total quantity of wlicat and 8 fl -nr- nfl i.it f>r the United Kingdom is ( 229 v 6<>o q.iaHer*, «nd for th« Continent r 646,000 quarters. The American visible j ' sunply has advauced to 33,500,000 hus'iels. The lea'her market is quiet. There libb been no alteration aiucu the beginning i>f the month. (Reooived 10.40 p.m., Nov. Ist.) t LECTURE ON THE COLONIES. ; The Earl of Carnarvon delivered a fc lecture at his country seat, Ndwhary, on > the 9ii' j.'Ct of his recent, tour in Australia. • He referred in landitory to the eneruy of the colonists and the. force of Austialian ' character, and said that the absence of pauperism was one of the most noticeable features in the colonies. The method of dealing with the pnblio lands also came in for. warm praise. He expressed his admiration of the land transfer system. R-ferring to the tiscal policy of the . c ilonies, he said that the colonists were , largely in favour of protection. (Special to the Prrss Association.) ' (Received 10 a.m.. Nov. Ist.) THE STANLEY EXPEDITION. f London, Ojt. 31. i It is considered doubtful whether any p credence is to be attached to Stanley's death. f THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY. ' The Mmq'iis of Normanby is anxious ■ to get theg >vtrnorship of Western Australia. " LORD CARRINGTON. The World states that if L >rd Carringp ton visits England, he will not return to . New South Wales. [ GENERAL BOULANGER. Paris, Oct. 30. A daughter of General Bonlanger was [ married to-day, and the celebration of the ceremony was taken ndvantaua of by his admirers to give General Bjnfanger an I immense ovation. It is estimated that , 100,000 people took part in it. (Received noon, Nov. Ist.) | . A SHARP REBUKE. Berlin, Nov. 1. The Emperor while receiving a depu- . tation which waited on him to welcome , His Majesty on his return to Berlin, took > occasion to deliver' a strong rebuke to those writers J.n the B rlia Press who have been making cip'til by promulgat- > ing statements concerning the private . doings of ihe Irnpeualf .mily. THE SUEZ CANAL CONVENTION. -. ■'■ .-. London, N«>v. 1.The Suez Canal Convention has been signed by all the Powers. ? THE FRENCH NAVY. Paris, Nov. 1. Admiral Krantz delivered a speech in the Chamber of Deputies yes'srday on the French Navy. He said that in consequence of its present weak state new cruisers and gunboats were being constructed with the utmost expedition.