ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4548, 25 May 1889, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

(Pek Electric Telkouavu — Copyright.) (Per Pjiess Association.) (Rooeived 12.45 a.m., May 25th.) MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, May 23. Tallow is firm. Beat mutton 25s (id to -03. Beef is unchanged. Beat ox-hides 32d to C.W. The money market is flat. (Received 1.20 a.m.. May 25th.) NEW ZEALAND MEAT. New Zealand frozen mutton J3 quoted at 4|d, and beef 3|d. NEW ZEALAND HEMP. New Zoaland hemp is m poordoraand. To-day 1900 bales were bought m at £35. A few were sold at £32. THE MURDER OF DR CRONIN. New Yobk, May 23. Tho rumour of the murder of Dr Cronin is confirmed by the discovery of his body m a naked condition hidden m a culvert m Chicago. (Special to the Press Association.) (Received 12.15 a.m.. May 25th.) THE WOOL MARKET. London, May 23. Jacnmb and Company, woolbrokera, predict an advance m wool. TBE TASMANIAN LOAN. Tho Stock Exchange deferred a quotatalion for the Tasmanian loan m consequence of the protost made by the Tasmanian Main Line Hail way Company. OBITUARY. William Wright, LL.D., Professor of Arabic, at the University College of London, aged 59. A VISITOR. Mr Eward Jenkins, author of " Ginx'a Bnby," proposes to visit Australia on a lecturing tour. HONOURING A COLONIST. Lord Roeebery ia making efforts to obtain tho sanction of the authorities to the erection of a tablet to the memory of the lato Mr Dalloy, of Sydney, m St. Paul's Cathedral, if the proposal is acceded to, the late ntatcsman will be the iirat colonist so honoured. THE MISSING SOVEREIGNS. The Orient Company have paid the Union Bank £5000 to componaate them for tho losa of sovoroigns to that amount, alleged to havo been stolen an tho last voyage of the staamor Iberia. No cine has yet been discovered to account for . the loss. PRIZE FIGHTING. New Yokk, M B y 23. ]n tho prize fight botwoen McAuliffo and Lees, at San Franoiaco, Lees was knocked aonsolras m tho eighth round. AN OLD RUMOUR. A rumour ia abroad to tho effect that Dr. Cronin, secretary of tho Irish American Brotherhood, and uu associate of Major LoCaron, has boen murdered. DEFEAT OF PROTECTION. Madrid, May 23. Tho Soaniah Congress linn rrtectad tho I

motion m favour of protection by 227 to 04. (Kecoived 2a.m. , May 23th.) HEAVY FINES FOR GAMBLING. London, May 24. The manager of the Adelphi Club has been Bned £500 for permitting gambling on his premipeß ; tho secretary to the club v? rb fined £200, and an assistant £20. All the others were discharged. THE MINERS' STRIKES. Behlin, May 23. The miners' strikes are extending to Bohemia and Belgium. OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA. ' Calcutta, May 23. There is an epidemic of cholera at Madras and a thousand deaths are reported weekly. DR CRONINS MURDER. New York, May 23. It is said that Dr Cronin was murdered m order to avoid the exposuro of the embezzlement of £17,000 of the funds subscribed to the Irish cause. THE COMPTOIII d'ESCOMPATE. Paris, May 23. I The liquidators m the Comptoir have arranged with the American mines to limit the output to enable the stocks to be reduced. The liquidators are hopeful of making a similar arrangement with the English mines.