CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1414, 26 December 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

fRKOTER'B TBLKORAK3—OOPVKIOHf ] Monetary and Commercial. London, December 24 Consols remain at ex div., and New Zealand securities at last quotations, The Markets. The markets for colonial breadstuff's and tallow are without quotable change. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,950,000 quarters, an increase of 50,000 during the week. The Mails. The homeward mails via Naples per Orient R.M.S. Garonne, from Melbourne (Nov. 15) were delivered today.

Spanish-African Society. The Spanish-African Society has acquired 15 square miles on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The territory extends some distance inland from a point opposite Korisko.

Egyptian Affairs. It is understood that the European Powers have shelved the. proposal recently submitted by the English Cabinet for the settlement of the affahs o£ Egypt.

Boer Haiders.

Capbx tvs; December 23.

Telegrams from Pretoria state thaj the Transvaal Government has despatched an officer to the frontier ip order to prevent the Boers who formed parties, with the object of raiding adjoining native lands, from crossing the bonjer, Khartoum ExpeditionCairo, 1 December 2% Intelligence has been received from Dongola that 64 whaleboats, conveying troops to the front, have arrived at Kortie, on the Nile, near Ambukol, where the concentration of the troops is rapidly proceeding. The ahdi’s Reinforcement. The Mudir of Dongola telegraphs hat a Bedouin, from Omderman, a dllagenear Khartoum, which h* l«ft

on December 9, has arrived atDongola, and reports that the Mahdi has sent seven corps to reinforce his armies at Berber against the approach of the British troops, under Lord Wolselej, on that town. AUSTRALIAN(REUTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.) German Annexation. Melbourne, Wednesday. The Tasmanian Government have agreed to join in the proposed protest against the German annexation of Northern New Guinea. It is understood, however, that New South Wales prefers to await further information thereon before joining in the protest. Wool Sales. Goldsborugh and Co., Limited, held their usual, weekly wool sale to-day, when 3,100 bales were sold, making a total of 70,000 disposed of this season. Good greasy realised to and good washed and scoured to 20*^dThere was a large attendance of buyers, and brisk competition continues. Some large sales will beheld alter the holidays. . „ • . .

The Protest. The Government of Queensland has agreed to Mr Service’s proposal to protest against the action of Germany in the Pacific, but the South Australian Government for the present declines to join-