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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 836, 8 January 1883, Page 3

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Xw V‘‘ . . P *, . . JRBCTB&S TELEGRAMS COPYRIGHT.] a H' Direct Steam Communication- p l r London, Jan. 6. i: J , Sir F. D. Bell, Agent-General for ...New Zealand, has invited tenders for a monthly steamship service between Eng- p land and New Zealand. The outward . route to .be via the Cape of Good Hope, and the Homeward route by the Straits , of Magellan. ' 8 *■ A Denial.. t ‘j'-J .TKe statement that Mr, Givan, M.P. ; Monaghan, had been appointed ; Under-Secretary for Ireland, is au- a • tboritatively denied. ■i> - • - [Received Jan. 8, noon. J 1 Monetary and Commercial. ‘ - Consols are at The market r! 'Tate has - declined to 3 The Bank rates continue at 5 per cent. There , are no changes to report in New Zealand securities, colonial breadstufis, and v . * i Wheat for Great Britain. ... .The total, quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,230,000 quarters, a Cession of Territory to England. j ,■ The - province of Whydah, on the Gulf, .of -Guinea; West -Africa, has been ceded by Portugal to England. The Colonial. Agents-Qeneral. It has transpired that Earl Derby* \ Secretary of State for the Colonies, will at a date in the middle of this month . to be hereafter fixed, accord a formal “reception tp the various Colonial Agents- ; 'question or a more formal recognition i f qf the latter’s official status will be dis 4 , j jiussedv X i-. The Puneral of M. Gamhetta. ' Paris, Jan. 6. ' - .<iThe/oiieral;of Gambetta took place today. The cortige was attended by ■ - the* members of the Ministry, the SenXate ? and the Chamber of Deputies; and ■ i deputations from all parts of the . . (^tuntry. f Business .was entirely sus'X v pen3ed, and the streets through which ; i i|3fi|be' funeral procession passed were lined j-Xvirith tnassps of people. It is estimated that, fully 250,000 persons were asalong the route from the s|;.f|pUl|ifs B6urbon to Pere La Chaise. The has never been paralleled /fv; since the funeral of the Great Naimleon. In panegyrical orations, which j delivered on the occasion, special f 'Freacb-provinces of Alsace and Lor* Jo the affection and esteem |^ i ‘in‘"whi'ch* tiie deceased statesman was 3 . hpld by the inhabitants of those disUICtSt 1