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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1553, 15 July 1885, Page 3

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>LATEST FROM fSKUm's T«IJW»A»OI— odSpTMOHI.I Pending Battlement. London, July 14 The House of Commons last night voted the supplementary credit asked ■ for Government, the Minister for War, Mr W. H. Smith, urging it was pgffflfrrt to complete the necessary prepending a settlement with ' Russia. Mr Smith added the present Government was not prepared to ac- '- ' cede to tbe demands made by Russia upon their predecessors in office. „ . Aifrimw Negotiations- . TheßightHon Robert Bourke inthe House that, so. far, no arrt ■ tangemeot had been completed ior arbi *:! tratto" between England and Russia ): ga the Afghan frontier question, but t*- fhftrthe statement of the case put foryat under discussion between U Ihe two countries. Jp" - (fUoeired July 15, noon.) t Consols. 3. Lobdon, Jnly 13. if per cent Consols are fs if ■ (Beodved July 15,2.47 pan-) Despatch of Troops- t Lob don, July 13. i < ; In-tbeHouse of Commons to-night, T ;n g the discussion on the vote of - e»jC‘Mr W. H. Smith, Secretary tor ‘T that the credit was for the \ s poipose.of despatching 3S>.°°° ; . WW*

Successful Loan. Tenders for a loan of 1.300,000 at 5 per cent, for the Napier harbor Board, the minimum for which had been fixed at par, were opened to-day, when the total amount of tenders was found to be Li,300,000. Tenders atLio4 is gd will receive 30 per cent of their application above that in full, | Becidiviste Question. Loudon, July 14 The Hon F. Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in an interview to-day with the colonial Agents-General promised to ask Lord Lyons, British j Ambassador at Paris to continue his efforts for the protection of Australian interests with regard to the recidiviste question.