ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4930, 1 September 1890, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

(eBB Eleotbio Telegraph —Copkiuuur.) (Per Pbess Association.) (Roooivod noon, August 30th.) COMMERCIAL. London, August 29. The weekly returns of the Bnnk of England, published to-day, show the total reserve m notes and bullion to be £14,322,000, being an inoreaae of £34,000 as compared with the previous week. The proportion of reaorve to liabilities is 45*16 par cent. Four hundred cases of kauri gum have been sold at prices showing a Blight advance on last quotations. Consols, 07. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stook, 10CJ ; do 3& per cent., 9G:J. Adelaide wheat is firmer nnd is quoted at 393 ; Victorian is also firmer at 38s ; New Zealand long berried is firm at 38s. Sugar, Gorman beet, 14s ; Java is firm at 159 6d. No 1 beet Sootoh pig icon, f.o.b. m the Clyde, 50s for o»Bh. Threo months' bills aro quoted at 3| per cent. CENTRAL AMERICA. New York, August 28. A treaty has been entered botwoan Guatemala and San Salvador, stipulating for the independence of the state of San Salvador. A report that an engagement had taken place between the troops of San Salvador and Honduras is doniod. (Eoocivod G p.m., Außuat 3lat.) August 30. Peace has beon restored m the Status of Central America,

BOMB EXPLOSION. Trieste, August 30. A bomb exploded m a newspaper office m tho city. A boy, who was about to to throw water on tho fuse, was killed together with five others. PERSONATION. London, August 30. A midshipman haa been courtmartialed for personating Prince George of Wales. During the impersonation he was entertained by the best society m Halifax. LA GPvIPPE. An influenza epidemic has broken out m Silesia and Paris. CHOLERA. Tlie London Gazette publishes regulatious providing against the introduction of cholera. COMMERCIAL. An Australian wheat cargo on passage has been sold at 38s Cd. Bank of New Zealand shares, old issue, £G ; new, £8 10s.