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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 932, 2 May 1883, Page 2

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[keOTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.J The Frozen Meat Trade.

London, April 30.

A further portion of the frozen rant* ton ex Cuzco was sold to-day. Meat of good quality brought to and inferior per lb. Monetary and Commercial. Consols remain at io2j£. New Zealand securities—s-per cent. 10-40 loan, 106, ex div.j 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 106; per cent, 1879-1904 loan, 102 ; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 102 *4. Adelaide wheat, ex store, 50s; New Zealand do., 45s to 48s 6d. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, has fallen to 345. Australian tallow is firm at last quotations. Best Scotch pig iron, No, 1, f.0.b., in Clyde, has declined to 48s 6d per ton; galvanised iron, 16 guage, packed in cases, f.0.b., in London, Ll 9 10s. Best Sydney sun-dried copra, L3O 15s. Australian leather, best sides, has risen to ro^d.

iThe War in Tonquin. London, May 1. , Telegrams have been received, from ■ Hong Kong, .reporting that great ex-. dtement prevails throughout China in consequence of the state of affairs, in,.; Tonquin, and the action of the French.;' Government in pushing its claims oq ''

that country. ~ A French man-6f-wai has been warned of the attack ol Chinese, and ordered to keep watch upon the coast The Affirmation Bill< Owing to the slow progress which has been made with the Affirmation in Lieu of Oaths Bill in the House of Commons, the Premier has given notice that he will move that precedence be given to the measure. - The Dean of Windsor. The Rev. F. H. O’Connor, M.A., Dean of Windsor, who lias been seriously ill, is now dying. [Received May 2, 11.55 a.m.] Direct Steam Service. London, May 1. It has been ascertained that the AgentrGeneral for New Zealand has not received any tenders for the direct steam service between New Zealand and England. , The time for receiving tenders expired yesterday. Obituary. The Very Rev. F. H. O’Connor, M.A.y Dean of Windsor, died yesterday. , Home Ships. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association report, under date London, April 30th, the arrival of the ships iAs'morc, from Auckland (27th Dec.:); i Mercia, from Wellington (sth Jan.); Wanganui, from Wellington (ioth |an.);‘ Serapis, from Port Chalmers (ibtbiFeb.).' Arrived .’at New York—■ Caberfeidh, from Auckland (3rd Feb.) , [Received May,-2, 2 p.m.] The Phcsnix Park Trials. London, May 1, Evening. The trial at Dublin of James Fitzharris, one of the Phoenix Park prisoners, was finished to-day. The jury retired and after a short deliberation brought in a verdict of “ Not Guilty ” of the murder of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr Burke. v The Amsterdam Exhibition. Amsterdam, May 1. *phe International and Colonial Exhibition was opened here to-day with great iclat The various colonial courts are well arranged, and make a splendid show of the products of the colonies.