CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1536, 9 May 1885, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

latest from eubopf [Bl ITEB’s IItLKGBAMS —COPYRIGHT. 1 Monetary and Commercia 1 . London, May 7Consols have declined to New Zealand securities remain at yesterday’s quotations. The market rate is 2 per cent, being 1 per cent, below Bank rale. The weekly report of the Bank of England shows a total reserve in notes and bullion of Li 7,800,000; a proportion to liabilities of 50 per cent. Colonial breadstuffs : —Adelaide wheat, ex store, shows a fall of is 6d, the price quoted to-day being 37s 6d; Adeleide flour, ex store, has fallen is to 27s ; New Zealand wheat, ex store, 32s to 365. Tallow is unchanged. Copra, best Sydney sun-dried, Liss ss. Wool Sales. The tone of the market is quiet. 350,000 bales, up to the present, have arrived for the next series of colonial wool auctions. Obituary. London, May 8. The death is announced, at the age of 68, of Earl Dudley.

AUSTRALIAN.

[BBOTBB’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] The Nightingale. Sydney, Enquiries have been made of all incoming vessels regarding the missing boat’s crew of the Nightingale, but up to the present no trace has been found of the boat or the occupants. The Massilia. The fitting up and arming of the P. and O. Company’s Massilia as a cruiser has been completed, and she sailed to-day from this port on her first cruise. Shipping. Sailed —Hauroto, s.s., for Wellington The Markets. New Zealand wheat, 3s; New Zea- f land oats, 2s 4d, an advance of id ] upon last week’s prices. Maize, 2d dearer, 3s 2d. Sugar Co.’s No. 1 pieces, L 26. Joint Insurance. Melbourne,- Y esterday. The Governments of Victoria and , South Australia have endorsed the circular sent out by Mr Dailey regarding joint responsibility of the Colo- 1 nies for injuries inflicted by cruisers. Shipping. Arrived—Te Anau, s.s., from the - Bluer. 1