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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 978, 25 June 1883, Page 2

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[reuter’s TELEGRAMS COPYRIGHT.] ’ Monetary and Commercial. . London, Jane 22 ...." Consols remain at xodjg. ! 'New Zealand securities remain at the fol lowing quotations :—5 per cent 10-40 loan, io6j£ ; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 104 ; per cent 1879-1904 loan, 102 ; 4 per cent inscribed stock, 102 Colonial breadstuffs continue dull at last quotations, viz., Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 475; New Zea land wheat, ex warehouse, 43s to 46s j Adelaide?flour, ex store, 335. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom, is 1,850,000 quarters, being 110,000 quarters less than last week. Australian tallow remains dull 'at 41s for best beef, land 42s 6d for best mutton. Galvanised iron, Gospel Oak corrugated, packed in cases, £o.b. in , London, has declined 10s per ton, and ; is now quoted at Lrq. | London, June 23. , | Cdhsols remain at 100 New Zeat land securities are unchanged. Adelaide wheat remains at 475, ex stpre,and New Zealand do at 43s to* 465. i Off ; cpast cargoes of New Zealand wheat ; are quoted at 43s 6d. Adelaide flour, ( ex warehouse, 335 ; Australian tallow ■ i without quotable change: ■ s’l The Wool Sales. London, June. 22. ' , I -iThe wool sales closed to^ay.,, to superfine qualities generally, steady, but the demand is not activarrsv Inferior and faulty - wools of allrkindaare weak. : - The Frozen Meat Trade. The cargo of frozen mutton by; the steamship Orient has arrived in excel--1 lent condition. The first portion. ?,ofo > [ meat was placed on the market .to-day*,’j and realised yd per lb. ; 1 A Liberal Victory. L The election for the vacancy in the representation of Peterborough in the House of Commons, caused by the resignation : of Captain 1 place to-day, and resulted in the return 011 of Mr Bixton, Liberal. v . ". The Informer*' ; ! London, June 24. - > James Careys the -infontter'’ Phoenix Park murder trials, has quitted Dublin, it is believed for Canada. The French in Tonquin. Shanghai, June 23. It is reported here that the negotia- .. ( .. tions which have been proceeding some time past between Li' Hung ./ Chung, the Chinese Prime Minister, and M. Triton, the French Ambassador, have been brought to a satisfactory termination, and that an amicable - s ' settlement of the difficulty between ■ n : i China and France, regarding thhi£;^ ! :’ claims in Tonquin, has now been effected. Paris, Juno 22. The Marquis De Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to France, had an interview to-day with M. Ferry, Premier. It — has transpired that the Marquis pressed a desire that the claims ; of ; */ France and China in ! Anam might be reconciled. M. Ferry is understood to have concurred in the view. • ! The latest telegram to hand from ’ Tonquin reports that General Caluef is ' organising his forces and fortifying v Hanoi and Maiphong, but in the meantime active military operations are suspended. Louise Michel. Paris, June 23. The trial of Louise Michel, ths notorious. socialist, for sedition, was v concluded to-day. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to six years’ penal servitude. Germany and the Pope. Berlin, June. 23. - . A Bill for the adjustment of the . ■ * Ecclesiastical conflict between the - : : Prussian Government and the Vatican ’ v ‘ was voted, by the Prussian Parliament to-day - i