CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1302, 10 July 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE. [rKUTßr's XKLBORAM3—COPYRIGHT.] Monetary and CommercialLondon, July 8. Consols remain at par. There are no changes to report in the markets fot colonial securities or produce. The wool market is firm. The arrivals to date for the next series of auctions now amount to 260,000 bales. Hops —The accounts to hand from the English districts are more satisfactory, recent showers having proved beneficial. Shipping. , Arrived, July 7—Ships Akaroa from Port Chalmers, March 27th, and Kingdom of Sweden from Lyttelton, April 12th.—July 8 : Aorangi, s.s., from Wellington, May 27th, and ship Opawx from Lyttelton, April 14th. Both vessels bring cargoes of frozen meat. — The British King arrived at London yesterday. The Aorangi arrived at Plymouth to-day. The .Opawa has arrived, all well, in the Channel. The Aorangi’s passage, Lyttelton to Plymouth, including all detention, was 39 days 21 hours. [Received July 10,11.10 a.m.] , The Reform Bill Defeated. London. Julj 9 In the House of Lords last night the Bill for the reform of the franchise was, on the motion for the second reading, rejected by 205 to 146. The Cholera in France. Paris, July 9. The latest accounts to hand from Marseilles show that the cholera is increasing in that district, three deaths from the disease having occurred at Axe, a town 16 miles off. The Advance of the Rohe's. Cairo, J uly 9. Intelligence is to hand from Korosko and VVady-Halfa that fortification there is proceeding rigorously, With the view of a possible advance of the rebels

AUSTRALIAN. ( (reutbr’s telegrams —copyright.) The Markets. Melbourne, Yesterday. The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company ' of New Zealand, Limited, reports on the local grain market as follows , Wheat, 3$ lod to 3s nd per bushel; market flat and prices drooping. Malting barley, 4s to 4s 6d per bushel; raar--1 ket dull and prices irregular. New Zealand oats, feeding sorts, are firm and in active demand at 2s rid to 3s 2d and 3s 3d per bushel; New Zealand oats, under bond, 2s 3d to 2s 6d per bushel. Shippings Sailed, this afternoon — Manapoun, for Bluff. ' The New Governor of Victoria. It is understood that Sir Henry Loch will not arrive here until Tuesday next. The Federal Council. In the Legislative Assembly this evening the motion for an address to the Queen, praying that Her Majesty would cause to be submitted to the Imperial Parliament a measure providing for the constitution of a Federal Council for the Australian colonies, was carried unanimously. A resolution in favor* of the establishment of a Federal Council will bd moved in the Legislative Council this evening. A Land Bill. A Ministerial Land Bill was introduced in the Assembly to-day. The Governor in Sydney. Sydney, Yesterday. Sir William Jervois arrived here today. Arrival of the Ruapehu. Hobart, Yesterday, Arrived—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s s.s. Ruapehu, from London, with Sir H. B. Loch, Governor elect of Victoria, on Board. His Excellency will reach Melbourne on Friday, July nth. The federation Question. The question of establishing a Federal Council was brought up for discussion in the Legislative Council tonight, and a motion in favor of the same is now under consideration. Ptissod l [Received July 10, 11.10 a.m.] Melbourne, To-day. In the Legislative Council last night the resolutions of the Sydney Conven- , don, after a brief debate, were adopted unanimously. Arrived. avdnht. To-day. Arrived, yesterday afternoon —Wakatipu.

The Federation Debate. An anti-federation motion was under . discussion in the Legislative Council last night. The Hon. W. H. Dailey made a fine speech in opposition to the motion, and warmly supported annexa tion. The debate was finally adjourned