CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1311, 23 July 1884, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

IATEST FROM EUROPE[REUTER'S TALEORIM8 —OOPTKI6H f. ] The Cholera. London, July 20. A Gazette notice has been issued to- < day declaring the French and Egyptian ports to be infected, in consequence of rtw outbreak of cholera. All vessels therefrom Will be quarantined on arrival. The Mails. , ' London. Julj 21. : The Homeward mails via Suez and Brindisi, per steamship Potosi, from Melbourne, June 12th, were delivered here to-day. A Demonstration., A popular demonstration in support of the franchise reform movement was < held in Hyde Park to-day, and was i attended by an enormous crowd of people, the number being estimated at - iooiooo. The approaches to the Park were' blocked, and the streets in |the 1 West End were impassable for hours, ] hut no difficulty was experienced iri. the 1 maintenance of order. ! Monetary and Commercial. ( Consols have declined to New Zealand securities remain at last ; quotations. The market rate of dis- , count has fallen to and is now % 1 below the Bank-rate. The markets for 1 colonial breadstuffs and tallow are with- 1 out quotable change. [Received July 23, 2.5 p.m.] The i gyptian Conference. London, July 22. The European Conference on Egyptian affairs resumed its sitting today, and now stands adjourned indefinitely. No information has yet transpired as to the decisions arrived at prior to the adjournment. Tawhiao in England. It has transpired that at an interview , frijh Lord Derby to-day Tawhiao pre- . seated the Colonial Secretary a petition for the restoration of their rights. A U 8 TH A LI A is. (bjsoteb’s teleobams—copyright.) Shipping. Sydney, yesterday. t . Arrived, this afternoon - Union / Steamship Arawata, from Auckland. Melbourne, Yesterday. Sailed, this afternoon —The Unipq steamship Waihora for the Bluff. The Markets. The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, reports qn the local grain market as follows :—■ Wheat, per bushel, 3s nd; market much steadier. Malting barley is dull and heavy, and is quoted at 4s. New J Zealand oats, feeding sorts are without | material change. The market, if any- , thing, is weaker. To-day’s prices are : 25 rod to 3s id ; milling sorts are in fair demand at 3s id to 3s 3d; New Zealand oats under bond, are slow of sale at zs id to zs sd, [Received July 23, 2.5 p m.) The Mysterious Disease. •Melbourne, To-day, Further cases of the doubtful disease are now prevalent and continue to be reported frdm different points.