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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 841, 13 January 1883, Page 3

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[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] Monetary and Commercial. London, Jan. 11. : Consols are at New Zealand securities —-Five per cent. 10-40 Loan, 105; Five per cent 1889 Loan, 104 ; Four and a half per cent. 1879-1904 Loan, The total reserve in the Bank of England, in notes and K.wi.v- .-~ '.' being an increase since last Thursday of LBoo,ooo. The proportion of reserve to liabilities has ad--Vvanced to 38 per cent. The Bank J rate of discount remains at 5 per cent. The market ratejhas advanced and is now per cent. Wheat is unchanged. Adelaide wheat, ex store, 48s 6d; New Zealand ditto, 43s 6d to 46s per quarter. Adelaide flour, ex .-warehouse, 335. Australian tallow— Best beef, 43s 6d ; best mutton, 44s fid per cwt. Hides are dull of sale at " easier rates. Heavy weights are y&d t per lb lower. The Wool Market. . The wool market is quiet. The arrivals to date for the next series of ‘ auctions amount to 80,000 bales. The Premier’s Health. London, Jan. 12. The latest bulletin regarding the health of the Premier states that no im"j portant change in his condition has ocj.qurred; he is, however, confined to his * room. It is currently reported that his ■ ! medical advisers have ordered his retrieval to Cannes, on the Mediterranean •.'coast of France. The Belt Lihel Action, vi. [Received Jan. 13, 12.45 p.m.] London, Jan. 12, evening. - A rule nisi has been granted for a new trial in the libel action, Belt v. ‘ Lawes, in which the plaintiff obtained —a verdict for L 3,000 (? £5,000) damages for statements in Vanity Fair that certain works shown by. Belt as his own were really those of other sculptors. The Fire at Milwaukee. *New York, Jan 12. It is now known that the loss of life occasioned by the recent fire at an hotel in Milwaukee was greater than at first supposed. It has been proved ; , that fully one hundred and ten persons • perishedin the flames. The Late M Gambetta. ! t Paris, Jan. 11. ‘ I'' . The remains of the late M. Gambetta :J,’wete transferred to-day to Nice for, interment, which will take place there on “Saturday, the 13th inst. ! Cessation of the Anglo-French Control . .. >.; in Egypt. Cairo, Jan. 11. _ y.i, 1 Sir. Auckland Colvin has resigned his position as British Controller-General ”~df Egyptian Finance. The resignation has been accepted- by the Khedive. Thus the Anglo-French control, which . has existed since November 1879, has \ now finally ceased.