CABLE NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1537, 11 May 1885, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

LATEST FROM EUROPt [BSUTEB’s TIUOBAMS—COPYRIGHT. ] The Colonial Navy. London, May 9. Earl Derby, Colonial Secretary, stated in the House of Lords last night that the Government were quite willing to produce the papers relating to the correspondence between the Admiralty and the colonies on the subject of the formation of a colonial navy. Cancelled. London, May 10. 1 The orders which were recently issued to send 2,000 troops per mail steamers to India have been cancelled by the War Office. Obitnary. The death is announced, at the age of sixty-five, of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. Shocking Crime. ~ Constantinople, May 9. A shocking crime is reported from Bulgaria. , A number of soldiers outraged a governess and a lady’s maid in the employment of Mr Lascelles, Consular Agent for the British Government at Sofia, the capital of the country. 1 The offenders were immediately pursued and arrested. The Tongariro. Capetown May 2. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Tongariro left for New Zealand yesterday afternoon. 1 ' [Note —Above telegram had been delayed by interruptions to the line.] 1 (Received May 11, 11.30 a.m ) The Mails. London, May 8. ?- * The mails ex Australia (Auckland, - March 31) were delivered to-day, via San Francisco.

.Monetary and Commercial. Three pet cent Consols, . rate, 3 per cent; market rate, 2 per cent. New Zealand securities—Five per- cent. 10-40 loan, 102 j Four •and a half per cent loan, Four per cent inscribed stock, 99. Beef tallow, average quality, 31s ; mutton ditto, 32s 6d. Prime New ' Ze&ahd frozen mutton, Wheat. The total quantity of wheat afloat for ►'■the* United Kingdom is 3,000,000 quarter, 20,000 quarters more than last .week,. The accounts of the American crop are unfavorable. The ...monthly report of the United States Agricultural bureau estimates the winter i crop at 240,000,000 bushels.

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f BBOTEB’s TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT. ] (Received May 11, 1.15 p.m.) The Enabling Bill. Melbourne, To-day. The Hon James Service, Premier of Victoria, announces that he has taken steps to ensure a full discussion of clause 31 in the Federation Enabling Bill when the measure comes before the Commons.

Shipping. QArrjved, yesterday—City of Sydney, from Auckland. Arrived, to-day—Te-kapo, from Wellington, ■ - * Sydnev, To-day. Arrived, yesterday—Clyde, with the London mails dated April 3. f . Joint Indemnity. .All the Australasian colonies have signified their acceptance of Mr Dailey’s proposal for a joint colonial indemnity m case of damage or loss to shipping the hands of hostile cruisers. The a- s. TriumphThe S.S. Triumph has been placed qn the New Zealand trade, and will leave this port for Auckland on the 15 th instant.