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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1090, 2 November 1883, Page 2

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[rEUTKr’s TKLEGRAMB—COPYRIGHT.J Monetary and Commercial London, Oct. 31. Consols have advanced to New Zealand securities remain at the, following quotations:—Five per cent' 10-40 Loan, Five per cent. 1889 1 Loan, 106; Four and a half per cent. 1879-1904 Loan, 100^; Four per cent. Inscribed Stock, 102. Adelaide wheat, ex store, 45s ; New Zealand do, 38s 6d to 43s jd ; Adelaide flour, ex ■;. warehouse, 325; Australian tallow—best beef, 395; best mutton, 40s 6d. The Fatal Collision. i LONDON, Nor. L Farther intelligence is to hand regarding the disaster in St Georges ' Channel. The report that sixty '' sons had been drowned has proved in* . correct. It has now been that the calamity was occasioned by a J collision rbetween the mail packet H«iy? ,1. head, runnings between Holyhead and DubHn, steamer Alhambra. BqkT vesselswere severely injured,and after the collision. The 4

majority of the passer.gers and crew “were saved by the vessel's boats, but fifteen persons were drowned. The Dynamite Explosion. The explosion which occurred on the underground railway is believed to have - been caused by dynamite at the hands -of Fenian emissaries. The metropolitan stations are now guarded by strong bodies of police, and the approaches to . the. tunnels are watched. The affair ( has caused considerable alarm in the metropolis. Arrived. . ,tLondon, Oct. 31. Arrived—Ship Rakaia, from Lyttelton (Aug. 6th). . Vote of Confidence Carried. Pams, Oct 31. The debate on the Eastern policy of the Government was resumed in the *. .Chamber of Deputies to-day. In the course of a speech on the position of affairs in Tonquin M. Ferry denied that rthere’war an expectation of war with China, neither France nor that country being desirous of an appeal to arms. A vote of confidence in the Government was at the close of the debate carried by a substantial majority. [Received Nov. 2, 2.15 p.m.] Irish League Disturbance. London, Nov 1.

An anti-Irish League disturbance took place to-day at Londonderry, Ireland/ The announcement having b&en'-miide that a Nationalist meeting would be held in the Town Hall there this evening, a large body of Orangemen proceeded to the building and .took-forcible possession of the hall. The meeting of Nationalists was consequently put off. V , The French Ministry. Pams, Nov. 1. - It is announced that M. Ferry, President of Council of Ministers, will shortly assume the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs, Challemel Lacour residing that portfolio.