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Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3220, 27 April 1895, Page 2

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(Pita Pbbss Association.—Ooxrsia (BY SOBMABINB OABLB.) LONDON, April! The average price tendered f* Oueeneland loan wae 12a 61 above pn F E^? re /’ reply to • question, i Lngisnd had no engagement with j, giving her equal rights to trade t China, but China’s treaties with Etui gave ample security on that head The Hon. Mr Ward, addressini London Chamber of Oomineroe, d« that the l&zid tax had been collected • because the Government wae hard u waß merely in order to avoid a nesdl 18,06 of Treasury bills. Moreors colony at that lime possessed tl millions’ worth of unpledged securitis London, two-thirds of which he tin forwarded at the time of the crin Australia in order to guard against emergency. Beferriog to the actios the Bank of New Zealand, the Tress said the Government were prepare! lose the two millions rather thin ria crisis iu the colony. He denied that Advance to Settlers Act was a polih dodge. He urged upon the Chatnbsi claims of the Pacific mail and cable I vices. Sir G. Grey confirmed Mr Wsi remarks, saying thoßß who invested Lew Zealand had done wisely and rscsi handsome returns. . April a lhe Queensland loan is quoted it per cent premium. The, Timet remarks that the market being prepared for further Anetnl issues. With the approval of the Cotes leaders Mr Peel, son of the ex Sped has retired from the contest for Warm The building trade strike bss Is averted by the masters agreeing tosrbil tion. It is expected that the Budget wills fnrtbor remove duties in the direction free breakfast table. Lord Rosebery has reoovered fromi recent illness. The Financial Times says Mr Ws address to the Chamber of Commeraeb produced a good impression of ll financial stability and resources of K* Zealand. The rebels in the Brass district of tl Niger basin pay an indemnity, and tt ends the outbreak. iirtA ß tho . Nicaraguans r>maio obstal 400 marines will to-diy occupy H Custom-house and the railway depot Corinto. cattle are bringing I 1 The Thermopylae’* rabbits and ponttr] are bringing excellent prices, tbs seme' tbe Celtic. Some of the skinned rsbW turned oat mouldy. It is found difficri to sell the wild fowl, as the birds sre* known in London. PARIS, April # Many ’bus drivers are resnmiog vod April# The French Press coolie nos to ab* Eog *.nd for destroying the Europe* cooc-rt in the fir E»st. The Journal** Debats thinks the English colonie* be stnpehed at England 1 # right-about f* policy in the East. The ’bus strike has ended, and the®* are resuming work. CALCUTTA, April# It is oonsidered that the heroic dafa* of Chitral is almost comparable t® defence of Lucknow. The Nullahs are still preachin < res* ance, and military operations wii tb**’ fore be coutiuued. Dr. Robertson is rapidly nundiofST JOHN?, April# H» supporters are urging Sir Wbiteway to abandon the ides of n® c * between Newfoondland and Canada. MADRID, April 2t By means of trawling tbe sunken of-war R»ina Regeute has been found®* hundred fathoms of water between o*r Tarifa and Trafalgar. CAPETOWN, April# Libcrf, the forger, has been to seven yebrs’ bard labor.

(Received 16.15 a.m.) fiONDQN, April 25. Jn connection with tbe Advances $6 Kettle™ Act Mr J. G. Ward has arran w itb tbe bank of New Zealand to issue tomorrow a three per cent loan of a million a od a half witb a minimum of ninety. Xendera close on Thursday.

(Received 10 20 a. m.) The West Australian Government has issued a 3$ per cent loan of three quarters 0 f a million, with a minimum of nioety--oine. The price at which the loan is oifered has surprised the market. The trial of Oscar Wilde and Taylor has [mgun at the Old Bailey. The correspondent of the Standard ssserts that there is a conviction in Berlin that the Japanese prefer to fight Russia mther than renounce the annexation of the country which Bhe captured. Many German newspapers, it is said, disapprove of sopportiDg Russia in her opposition to some of the conditions of peace. Several Parisian papers, too, protest against prance being dragged at the heels of gnaeia. Hark Twain visits Australia at the end of the year. (Received 10.35 a.m.) CALCUTTA, April 26 The Chitral besiegers held a garden forty yards from the fort, but a British oortie repulsed them. It was in this sortie that Captain Baird received bis fatal wound. After he fell, surgeon White church carried him to shelter. Although repeatedly surrounded by rebels, the doctor gallantly fought hie way back to the fort with bis dying comrade. The survivors give thrilling details of the " ege ' St. PETERSBURG, April 26. The Novoe Vrema states that the negotiations between Russia and Japan have taken a favorable turn and it is expected that tbe matters in dispute will soon be settled. SHANGHAI, April 26 Pekin is in an exoited state and many high Chinese officials are urging the Emperor to refuse to ratify the peace treaty.

OTTAWA, April 26 Afire broke out in a mammoth tobacco factory in Montreal and a panic took place among the employees in the building, who numbered upwards of one thousand. In their mad rush to escape they blocked the stairways aod fifty of those who were imprisoned by the block jumped from tbe windows, thus receiving terrible injariesT