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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1018, 6 December 1883, Page 2

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*. ATt£ST FROM EUROPE. [redter’s telegrams—copyright.] Monetary and Commercial. London, Dec. 4 Consols remain at ioo)4, ex div. New Zealand securities are at yesterday’s quotations. The wheat market is unchanged, Adelaide, ex store, 46s j New Zealand, ditto, 38s 6d to 43s 6d. Adelaide flour, ex store, 325. Australian tallow —Best beef, 395; best mutton, 435. The Wool Sales. The catalogue at to day’s wool sale comprised 9,700 bales. The market continues firm. Frozen Meat. Arrived, yesterday—Steamship Fenstanton, from Lyttelton (Oct. 10), with a cargo of 8,000 frozen sheep. Exploration of New GuineaLondon, Dec. 5. An expedition sanctioned by the Royal Geographical Societyis now being organised for the purpose of exploring New Guinea, and it is expected to start at an early date. The War in Madagascar. Telegrams to hand from Zanzibar report that the bombardment of the Malagasy coast towns has again been resumed by Admiral Galliber, and that the French war vessels have shelled several places on the north and south coasts of Madagascar. A New Peer. The report current yesterday that a peerage would shortly be offered to Tennyson is now confirmed. Submission. Capetown, Deo. 4 News is to hand from Basutoland to the effect that the native tribes have agreed to accept Imperial rule, and that the chiefs have rendered their submission to the British authorities. [Received Dec. 6, 1.19 p.m.] Cetewayo. D orb an, Deo. 5. It is reported that Cetewayo is to be reinstated at Ulundi, with a British Resident there. Some of the British troops are remaining in Zululand until peace is quite assured. AUSTRALI A r . [rbdter’s telegrams COPYRIGHT.] Shipping. Melbourne, Yesterday. Sailed,this morning The Union steamship Waihora, for the Bluff. The Suez Mail. Albany, Yesterday. The P. and O. steamship Shannon, with the inward mails, via Suez and Brindisi, dated London, Nov. 2nd, arrived at King George’s Sound this afternoon.