THE LATEST.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4525, 27 April 1889, Page 2

THE LATEST.

(Pek Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per Pkess Association.) (Itecoivod 1 a.m., April £7th.) COMMERCIAL. London, April 20. The tallow market is firm. Best mutton tallow has advanced Is since last week, and is now quoted at 27s Gd to 28s. Best beef tallow has advanced (3d, and is now at 2(>s to 2Gs Gd. German beet sugar shows a decline, and is now offered at 23s Gd per cwt. Ox hides remain firm, being now quoted at 3gd to oid per lb. Galvanised iron, Gospel Oak brand, has declined, and is quoted at £1G per ton. The market for kauri gum is flat. The tone of the money market is quiet. GENERAL BOULANGER. Lord Randolph Churchill had half an hour's interview with General Boulanger at the Bristol Hotel to-day. SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Compauy havo declared a dividend of G per cent. PARIS EXHIBITION. Tho Victorian Court at the Paris Exhibition will bo complete long before moat of tho other court?. Tho collection of ferno m tho Trocadoro grounds attached to the exhibition is prouounced to be one of tho lineat exhibits. THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS. The Hague, April 'M. King William of Holland has co far recovered from his severe illnoss that it is expected he will resume the functions o sovoreign on the 30th iost. (Sl-EUIAL TO THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Rcocivod 1.25 a.m., April :27th.) OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY. London, April '24, The Otayo and Southland lnvostmont Company havo declared a dividend of 10 per cent. GENERAL BOULANGER. General Boulanijer nßserts emphatically that his party will bu victorious at tho next general olection iv Franco. April 20. The reason of M. Henri Rochofort coming to London was that his presence was forbiddon iv Brussels. ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Lord Lonsdalc, who has been exploring tho arctic regions, has arrived hero with moßt of tho mombera of his party disabled from the hardships which they experienced. Lord Lonodalo ntatos that they had many strungo exporionces, and during tho tour they discovered aorao now country. Criers havo been rcuoirod nl PorUnioulh dirtrtiuj; I lie Victory, Ki'Uon's Ikgship at the hattlo of Trafalgar, to bo out of tho dockyard's hands by v given dftto. Over £10,000 has boon expoDtled mi Iho chip m mukiug hor ■watertight, und it is enid ebo will now llfl mother hundred jcari),