HOME AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11356, 18 January 1889, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(By Eleotric Telegraph—Copyright.) \ (Per Press Association ) London, January 16, Eighty-five per oent. Victorian three million loan ia payable on March sth. It ia already quoted at a premium of four per cent. The Standard says it is required to enable the financial institutions of Victoria to maintain thoir oredlt under the strain put upon their resources by the land boom. Mr Dillon says he will appeal to the bonadleßS generosity of the colonists to provide means to enable the Homo Rule party to carry on a staunch campaign until the next general election. Professor Tyndall, in an article on political topica, asserts that the reckless conduct of Mr Gladstone with regard to the Irish question has inoreaaed to anerormous extent, the difficulty of dealing with social and political problems in the colonies. The American visible supply of wheat ia 374 million bushela. The quantity of wheat aud flour afloat foi- the United Kingdom is 3,250,000 quarters; for the Continent 360,000. The English wheat market has experienced a general decline of 6d per quarter. Tho Continental market is depressed, and American weak with a declining tendency; Fabis, January 16. A special oommittee of the Chamber of Deputies have rejected M. Floquet's Income Tax Bill by a large majority, Bcckfort, editor of Llnteausijeant, injulted M. Agary, another Communist. A duel with swords followed and both men were wounded. BsmSELS, January 16. A lettter has been received, addressed by Stanley to a native chief, confirming the previous reports, dated August 17th, of the safety of Bmin Pasha and C&ptaiu Cisati, Italian traveller. New yoBK, January 16. A passenger aud goods train collided on the Nsw York Ohio Railroad. Eight persons were killed and many injured. Vancouver, January 16, A British warship captured a number of Chinese engaged in smuggling opium from British Columbia iato the United States.