LATE CABLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11868, 16 October 1893, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

-t (.By El2ctiuo Teleoraph— Cor . rigut:] (Per Press <4ss.oct<moN ) Received, October 10, 2 a.m Calcutta, October 14. The Afghans have repulsed a Russian outpost whilst attempting to cross the Shijjnan-Rosbon Piafceau. London, October 14. __ Sir J. C. Bray, Agent-General for 'outh Australia, denies the rumour that 3outh Australia intended to place a loan on the market. , One hundred and fiffy inmates of the Grenwieh workhouse are suffering from gastric cholera, and three deaths are reported. The New Oriental lUnk declares a dividend of 8d in the pound, payable in January. The remaining assets are estimated to yield 5s in the pound. The Trust Agency of Australasia has declared a dividend of 2 (?) per cent. A Company for establishing co operative colonial stores is being formed | with a capital of a quarter of a million ( sterling. The company i 8 under Aus- , tralian auspices. At to day's auction 6000 bale 3 of [ woollen snoop skins ware offered, most of . which were sold at from si to jd above ! the prices realise* in August. I The Orient Steamship Company paid , no interim dividend. Homeward freights are improving. _ Numerous schemes for the reconstruct , tion of the New Zealand Loan and Mer. . c&ntile Agency have been submitted, but t no decision has yet boon arrived at. . A portion of the last West Australian t loan has been issued at a minimum of t 97J. Tenders will be opened on Friday. Owing to the weather the price of coal 1 has fallen 8a per ton. f Washington, October 14. The Senate has adjourned after 39 j hours continuous sitting. Intense in- ,. dignation is universal throughout the t United Stateß at the obstruction offered j, to the repeal of the Sherman Silver Act. s A receiver has been appointed for the f Union Pacific Railway Company. The third heat for the American Cup resulted to-day. The Valkyrie led for * the first half of the race, when 'she Bplit ° swl, and the Vigilant closed up The Valkyrie, however, was. only delayed a * couple of minutes, and crowding »a the ° canvis got home in. advance o£ her " opponent by 40 sees. * A collision took, place to-day between , an excursion and an ordinary train at ° Jackson, on the Michigan Central Bail- ° way. It i 3 believed that 150 were killed. " or injured. j* News from Brazil states that two of the ° President's battalions have joined the ree ls and it is oxpectei others will a folJow. '" Sydney, October 15. ' Arrived— Wakatipti from Wellington. The riflemen from Wellington have arrived in good health. Sailed— Nautilus, steam yacht, for Auckland. "- A cyclist named Vider has lowered the colony's bicycle road record for a 100 milns, doing the distance in seven hours throe minutes.