CABLE NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4160, 20 August 1881, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

[Reuter's Telegrams.]

LONDON, August 17

Wheat and Flour.

A further rise of Is has occurred in Australian and New Zealand wheat. Adelaide, ex warehouse, is quoted at 53a ; New Zealand, ex ship, at 52s 6d. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, baa advanced to 38s 6d.

Markets.

Consols have declined i, and are today quoted at 100j. New Zealand securities are unchanged, viz. : — 5 per cent 10-40 loan, 105 ; 5 per cent 1889 loan, 104£; 4& per cent 1879-1904 loan, 101|. Australian tallow is without quotable change ; best beef per cwt, 34s 6d ; best mutton, 36s 6d. Large withdrawals of gold are being made for North America. The sum of £205,000 has been taken from the Bank of England. August 18. Shipping Casualty. The barque Barunga, 1030 tons, which left Port Pirie, South Australia, for London on April 3, went ashore on the French coast, near Calais, yesterday. Part of her cargo of wheat was thrown overboard, and she then floated off. The damage is said not to be serious. The Coercion Act. In the House of Commons to-day, after two days' debate, a motion, introduced by Mr Parnell, censuring Government for the manner in which the Irish Coercion Act has been administered, was rejected by a considerable majority. In the course of the debate, Mr W. E. Forster, Irish Secretary, and Mr Gladstone, definitely stated thei refusal to agree to the demands of Mr Parnell that suspected persons, who were now in custody in Ireland, should be immediately released.

ADEN, August 18 Sick.

Intelligence is to hand from the Mauritius reporting that the ship England's Glory, which left London on May 7, for Nelson, has put into Port Louis for repairs, and to re-stow her cargo, part of which, had to be thrown overboard at sea.

WASHINGTON, August 18. Picking Up Again.

A bulletin, issued this morning, reports that President Garfield's health is rallying, and his condition has greatly improved.

NEW YORK, August 17. The American Wheat Crop.

The report of the Bureau of Agriculture issued to-day, states that the returns of the yield of the spring wheat crop show a serious deficiency as compared with last year.

MELBOURNE, August 19. ' Doubtful of Him.

E. J. Agg, accountant of the Lands Department, who was arrested on August 12 on a charge of forgery, and subsequently liberated on bail, has been re-arrested on suspicion of an attempt to abscond.

SYDNEY, August 19 Prices.

Hennessy's brandy, case, 36s 6d ; bulk, quarters, 12s 6d ; kerosene, per gallon, Diamond, Is B^d; Patna rice, per ton, £21 15s ; Sugar Company's No. 1 pieces, per ton, £35. New Zealand wheat has advanced to 5s Id ; New Zealand oats are unchanged at 2s 9d ; maize, per bushel, is quoted to-day at 3s 3d ; candles, D.R.J.'s, per lb, 7f d.

ADELAIDE, August 19 Arrival.

The Orient Company's steanißhip Lusitania, which left London on July 5, arrived here this morning.

Wheat & Freights.

Wheat per bushel, ss. The tone of the market is firm. Town Hour, £11 15s ; counti-y brands, £11. Freights to London — steamers, 45 s ; sailing vessels, 43s 6d.

TELEGRAMS.

[Feu Pukss Association.]

AUCKLAND, August 19, A Strike.

The navvies working on the Whangarei railway extension, under cub Contractor Ward, Btruck, owing to the employora wanting tho men to work til) 5 on Saturday instead of, us ia tho custom, 4 o'clock.

Waiting Jndgment. The Wado smuggling case was finishod today, and judgment will be given to-morrow.

Racing.

Tho summer mooting programme of tho Auckland Racing Club is published. Increased stakes are given in most races, and there is £250 more in added monoy than laßt year.

A Protest under Demand.

A public meeting, re tho railway reclamation scheme, waa held to-day, at which tho Mayor presided. Eesolutions were passed protesting against tho action of Government, and demanding that a sum bo placed on tho estimates to complete the work and keep good faith with the public.

Efiectually Swept. A four- roomed cotta^p 0.1 Nowamrket, un occupied, belonging to Mr L. B. 0. Tumor, was f.ound ou tiro externally, at midnight, by Constable- Doas. The- lire was soon suppressed. The cottage was insured in the Colonial for £150. The police, on inspection, were sati.-flcd it was tho act of an incendiary. Horsey. The Directors of tho Auckland Stud Company havo received a telegram informing them that threo Clydesdales hftd been put on board the si Dinner Afghan at London. The shipment corn prises one stallion and two mures. For the former n large price wo.» paid, £1500 ; and for each of tho marca £750. A Capsize. An omnibus capsized to-day on tho Onnhunga road ut a dangerous section. The ineido passengers were most hurt, Mrs Lewis, of Epsom, Boemingly very eeveroly. DUNEDIN, August 19. net- /lour:. Thd Director* of ttio (Jromwell Quartz Mining Company, in which a strike has existed for some time, havo jyven inetructiona to hj.ro operations resumed. Fishy. Tho Acclimatisation hcu-iety hus opened the fishing Hoasjn i'runi Oct. 1 to March 31.

IKVKK^AHGILL, Arcu\sT 19. " Your Another ! "

A! si large meeting of citizens held this evening for t!io t'uiiher consideration of (lio Souu-urd Buah Railway question, resolutions

were unanimously adopted which affirmed that there wus no conflict of opinion in the district, as alleged by the Government , with reference to the route to be adopted, and that thero is no conflict of claims between tho Wyndham - Fortrose and Invercargill-Toilois Bailwajs, both being distinct works of much public importance. A largo Committee was also appointed to watch over the interests of the district in the matter.