LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 62, 22 November 1888, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.! London. November 20. The following lire the, latent quotation for shares : — Bank of New Zealand £10; National Bauk of New Zealand, £2. Australian frozen mutton is steady at last quotations, and prime New Zealand mutton 4£d. The Maori football team beat Cumberland County by two goals aud eight tries to nothing. Mr Gladstone's amendment, objecting to the withdrawal of the Irish land purchase question, was rejected by 330 to 246, aud a debate upon the Bill, to extend Lord Ash bourne's Act, ended in the measure being read a first time. M. Cecil Raikes, Postmaster- General, stated in the House of Commons that Government is ready to commence a fourpenny postage rate on Ist January if the colonies will agree to a uniform reduced rate by direct sea service.-.. New Yobjc, November 20. lima de Murska. the famous singer, is now an imbecile and mr a starving condition in this city. A subscription is being raised to enable her to return to her native country, Croatia. Caibo, November 20. A force of British infantry hare been ordered to Assouan, on the Nile. Sydkbt, November 21. One hundred and sixty-nine clergy* men of various denominations have petitioned Parliament against the ex* , tension of facilities for divorce. | It is expected that the crops in the Albury District will only give onetbird of the average yield. A large proportion of the growing wheat has been cut for hay, which is commanding an unusually high price. A large deposit of salt has been found at Ellalong, 120 miles north of Sydney. The Legislative Assembly are discussing the Premier's motion relative to the appointment of Governors. The speeches so far, have been remarkable for their nationalistic tendencies — more so then has ever been heard in an Australian Parliament before. It is believed that the motion will be almost unanimously carried. Meiboubne, November 21. The Intercolonial Temperance Convention has opened its sittings here. Sir William Fox and other representatives from New Zealand are present. The Presbyterian Assembly has at length agreed upon a basis of federation for the churches of the different colonies. They have invited some prominent English and Scottish divines—Lord Poleswortb, Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P, and Sir G. Campbell, M.P.— to attend the jubilee celebration of the church. An explosion occurred in the powder factory at Jol>'s gully, which blew the cud of the building out. A man named Menrer was bidly hurt, aud lies in a critical condition. The rainfall thiH year is the lowsst recorded siuce 1860. Ou some stations scrub is used to support the sheep, which are dying by thousands. Bush fires are hurning in all directions. A woman named Bake received a letter asking her to visit a neighbour's house, and when she returned h>>m& she fuuud that during her absence a masked man had bound, gauged, and criminally assaulted her daughter, a girl of 17, The house had been ransacked and a quantity of jewellery stolen. The ruffian has not beea captured jjett t Rumors are life of the imminent collapse of the land boom. It » asserted that the bills of several large speculators and syndicates are not negotiable, and there is a feeling of considerable uneasiness in commercial circles. The shares of several banks and financial companies have undergone a slight decline owing to holders being obliged to realise. ' Prbth, November 20. A nugget of pnre gold, weighing 108 ozs has been found at Piburra, Adelaide, November 21. Two railway employes named Brown and Ryan, while travelling on a tricycle, were out to pieces by a train near Terowees.