CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1381, 15 November 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

I. LATfeST FROM EUROPEQ [RBtJTRR's TKUGRAHS—COPTKIQHT.J Monetary and Commercial. . London, November 13. Consols remain at ioojHi, and New s Zealand securities at yesterday's quotaa tions.. Tbe total reserve in the Bank » of England in notes and bullion is 3 L. 9,800,000, being an increase, during * the week »of L 300,000. The prbpor* 9 tion of reserve to liabilities has ad-. , vanced since last Thursday Irom 34 to 11 36 per cent. The Bank rate of disf I count retaains at 5 per cent, and the • market at 4#. No changes to report 5 in the markets for (colonial breadstuff ! and tallow. The Wool Sales. The catalogue at to-day's wool auction comprised 8,200 bales. Since the opening of the series 26,600 bales were offered, and 2,300 withdrawn. The market is quieter but the new season's c'ip is firm. ' War Votes. I London, November 14. In the House of Commons yesterday credit votes asked by the Government on account of the Army and tbe Navy and for military operations in Egypt and South Africa were passed. The Movements of the Makii> Cairo, November 14. Atelegram has been received from the Mudir ot Dongola, stating that a torce of 12,000 of the Mahdi's troops, lindet his fighting chief, are now marching . upon Dongola. jA U'& TRAL' a I (bRUTKk's TBLKGRAMS—•OOPTBMUtt.) Shipping. oYDNBr, Yesterday. Sailed, this afternoon—-Waihora| (q| Auckland,

The Markets. New Zealand wheat, per bushel, 3s ad; New Zealand oats, 3s; traize, 4s 8d; Sugar Co.’s No. 1 pieces, per ton, L 3 The New Guinea Protectorate. Brisbane, Yesterday. H.M. gunboat Swinger arrived at Cooktown. She announced that a protectorate over New Guinea was pro-, claimed on the 6th instant. The 1 ceremony was a very impressive one. Five ships of war were at anchor off shore, and fifty Native chiefs were present, I The Brindisi Mail. I Adblaidb, Yesterday. I Arrived, this aftetnoon—Lusitania, I from; Plymouth, with the inward Brindisi mails, dated London, October 10.