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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 2, Issue 382, 29 June 1881, Page 2

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LATEST, FROM EUROPE[per ebutbr’b agency.] Monetary and Commercial., London, May 27. Consols remain .at Zeajand 5 per cent. 10.40 loan, 105; New Zealand 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 105 ; New Zealand 4)4 per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 103. Adelaide wheat,warehouse,,-SO? New Zealand wheat, 47s j Adelaide flour, ex ivdrehotise, 345. Australian italicw—-■best-,beef,«per,;r:Cwt. 64 -J,. best mutton, 37s 6d. At the wool auction to-day, 6,500 bales were offered. A firm demand was again experienced. ; Two South Australian • loans of L 980,000 and Lsgo.ooo, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent., were issued to-day. The minimum price for both is fixed for 102. The Irish Land BillLondon, June 28. . The consideration of the Irish Land Bill in committee of the whole, was resumed in the House of Commons last evening. After further debate, lasting through the whole of the sitting, the fourth clause of the i measure was passed without amendment, and progress was reported. Appointed Goyernoir.; I It. is announced officially that the Right Hon. M. C. Grant Duff, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been appointed Governor of the Madras Presidency, vice Mr W. L. Adam, deceased.

Death of an Old Politician. Paris, June 27. The death is announced of M. Jules Dufaur, the French politician, at the age of 83. Bulgarian Assembly. Constantinople, June 27. Telegrams to hand from Bulgaria report that the election of members of the National Assembly has resulted in the return of a' majority for the party supporting the wishes of Prince Alexander.