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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 960, 4 June 1883, Page 2

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[rBOTBR’s TKLKORAMS —COPYRIGHT.] Monetary and Commercial. London, June 1.

Consols ioi)4, ex div. New Zealand securities —Five per . Cent. .10-40 Loan, 106 ; Five per Cent. 1889 Loan, 105; Four and a Half per Cent. 18701904 Loan, 102; Four per Cent, inscribed stock, 102. The breadstuffs market is dull Adelaide wheat, ex store, 48s; New Zealand do, 44s to

475; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 33s 6d. The total quantity afloat has risen to 2,250,000 quarters. Australian tallow is dull at 41s for best beef, and 42s 6d for best mutton. The Wool SalesAt to-day’s wool sale 10,100 bales were catalogued. An active demand was experienced for all descriptions. The Mails. The Homeward mails per Orient steamship Potosi, from Melbourne, April 25th, were delivered via Naples to-day. Promotion. London, June 2. It is announced that Chief Justice Wrenfordsley has been created a Knight Bachelor. A Phoaniz Park Murderer. Thomas Caffrey, one of the Phoenix Park murderers, was hanged in Dublin to-day. He confessed his guilt. The New Quinea Question. Earl Derby, Sectetary of State for the Colonies, in replying to a deputation of the Council of the Colonial Institute, which waited upon him to urge the annexation of New Guinea, stated that he was in favor of annexation, anc{ that the matter would be decided by the Cabinet as soon as Sir Arthur Kennedy’s despatches had been received. Any statement which had been

circulated to the contrary, Lord Derby added, was purely imaginary. Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for South Australia, and the Hon. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South f Wales, spoke in favor of the annexation. Mr Archer, the Queensland Agent-General, stated that his Government only desired the annexation of the unclaimed portion of the island. A Rumor. It is rumored that the naval fleets in the Chinese waters are about to be increased by the various Powers. The • report, however, is unconfirmed. [Received Juno 4, 12.40 p.m.]. London, June 2. Consols remain at loifi (ex div.), and the New Zealand securities are at yesterday’s prices. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, has declined by is to 475, New Zealand remains at 44s to 475, and Adelaide flour is at 33s 6d. Australian tallow is unchanged. [Received June 2,12.40 p.m.] London, June 2. At the wool sale to-day, 11,400 bales were catalogued. The tone of the sale was firm.

[Received June 4, 12.40 p.m.] Sporting. Paris, June 3.

The race for the Grand Prlrf; de Paris was run to-day, and resulted as follows :—Frontin, 1 j St Blaise, 3 j Farfadet, 3. v , s "