TELEGRAPHIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5994, 1 August 1887, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

[Reuteb's Telegrams.] Commercial. LONDON, JntT 29. Consols remain at lOif . New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock is at 99^. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is unchanged at 34s 6d. New Zealand wheat is at 33s to 365. Adelaide flour, ex store, remains at 245. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,780,000 quarters, and for the Continent 522,000 quarters.

Australian tallow, average quality mutton, has declined to 23s ; beef remains at 225.

New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, remains at 3s d to 4d. The Pacific Islands.

In the House of Commons to-day. Sir James Fergusson, Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, made a statement; regarding the negotiations which are proceeding between England and France in reference to the New Hebrides, together with the negotiations regarding other islands in the Western Pacific. He announced that the Government strongly urged France to fulfil her obligations in connection with the New Hebrides, as the question had been too long pending, and England had used every effort to bring the negotiations to a conclusion. The Government, he added, regretted that the matter was still unsettled. A Political Duel. __ _ PAEIS. Jtjlt 29. ] M. Ferry, the well-known statesman, having delivered a speech, in •which he alluded to General Boalanger in insulting terms, the latter sent his seconds to 3M. Perry, challenging him to fight a duel. Aquatic. _ NEW YORK, Jilt 30. Hanlan sails i>.r Australia on August 15. Tlie Mails. LONDON, Jult 30. The mails per the Orient s.s. Austral, from Melbourne (June 24) were delivered to-day. The New Hebrides. In the House of Commons to-day, Sir James Fergusson, Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, promised that papers relating to the New Hebrides question should be laid upon the table of the House in a few days. Irish Land Bill. In the House of Commons to-day, the Irish Land Bill was again under consideration in Committee, when 18 clauses were adopted. A warm debate took place upon the fourth clause, for permitting the substitution of a written notice to quit in place of a notice that judgment of eviction had been obtained. Parliamentary Election. Mr Godfrey H. Samuelson, a Separatist, was elected by a large majority for the Forest of Dean Division of Gloucestershire, replacing Mr Thomas Blake, Separatist, who resigned. The Afghan Boundary. . Jni,T 31. It is announced, in connection with the settlement of the Afghan frontier question, that Russia is to receive 15,000 versts on the river Khust, and Afghanistan about 20 versts in the Khofa Saleh district. A Challenge Accepted. PARIS, Jult 30. M. Ferry has accepted the challenge of General Boulanger, and appointed his seconds to arrange the meeting. Obituary. SOME, Jult 30. Signor Depretis, the Premier and Minister for the Interior, is dead. The San Francisco Mail. SAN FBANCISCO. Juke 30. The s.s. Manposa sailed for Auckland at 3 p.m. yesterday (Friday). [BEUTEB'a TE&BGBAMBJ A Ministerial Victory. r „ „ HOBAET, Jui,t SI. In the House of Assembly last night the vote of want of confidence in the financial proposals of the Government was rejected on a division by a majority of five. Shipping. SYDNEY, Jolt 31. Arrived — Mararoa, from Auckland.

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