TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4905, 21 March 1894, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

iby wlmctbio ttlmquapil*— copyright. \ [Special to Pbiss Association.] LONDON, Mabch 20. The Loan and Mercantile. The Appeal Court entered up judgment by consent for the public examination of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's directors. SYDNEY, Mabch 21. Sir G. B. Dibbs on the Liquor Question. Sir G.E. Dibbs, speaking at the licensed victuallers' dinner, said that he hoped the liquor question would be settled in a manner just to a class of people who contributed something like .£IOO,OOO annually j to the revenue of the country. The Wyalong Goldfields. The Chief Inspector of Mines reports that there is sufficient population on the Wyalong goldfieldß for some time to come, ! and Bays that people who have not sufficient means to keep them prospecting for ' a month should not go to the locality. HOBAET, Maech 21. Depression at Zeehan. In consequence of the mining depression at Zeehan, one thousand miners are idle and many are-leaviDg for the Western Australian goldfields. BBISBANE, Maech 21. The Bust in Wheat Conference. The Bust in Wheat Conference has opened. PERTH, March 21. Coolgardie. News has been received from Coolgardie that Bailey's Eeward claim has struck a reef ab the 225 f b level, gold showing as rich aa on the surface. This development will prove the value of the mine at the depth.