LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 126, 17 April 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

— , — -#- . By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. (FEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION). London, April 15. The wool market is steady and price* remain unchanged. It is reported that the French banks have invested their reserves to a large extent in the recent Queensland loan and it is believed that they intend to apply for a portion of the Victorian loan. A telegram from Delagoa Bmy confirms, the news of a Portuguese expedition, 1200 strong, being despatched to attack y the Mpondo, Shire. Madame Melba has been engaged tor appear at Covent Garden Theatre in . " Hamlet," " Lohengrm," and " Esmer* alda:" ■ Y^ '--;/ : v ' The Bank of New Zealand shares issue) are,quoted at £& 6s. Foreign timnand sustains the -wool market. Prices are unohanged, but 4he i outlook is more hopeful. y, .■■'■""<'■■* w Mr William Liaderdale, of Rathbone ' Bros, and Co. has been re-elected Governor of the Bank of England. . Stanley hae -left Brmdisi for.Lbndon,, via Pans. His reception iQLondon4aktt| place on 2nd prox., and the Pnnoe of Wales wiU preside on the occasion. i Murdoch, captain of the Australian Eleven, denies that the object of the team m visiting England is to make money out of the gate receipts. He says that on the contrary, it is true love for the game that induced the eleven to make the trip. The amount of the Victorian loan zm regarded as excessive. It is feared that the loan will be barely covered at an average of 101, unless, the market improves. The Delagoa railway dispute is still unsettled.' Bbblin. April 15. A Bill reclassifying trades and providing for the disputes between employers and' employes; being' referred to arbitration will be introduced in the Reichstag. ".:'• Capetown, April 16. The press here denounces Lord Salisbury's refusal to cede Swaziland to the Transvaal. Pabis, April 16. It is considered likely that the French Government will propose the conversion of the entire Egyptian debt, thus saving: a sum of £300,000 annually. Vienna, April 16. Trade strikes are spreading throughout : Austria. Hobabt, April 16. The R. M.S. Tongariro arrived from London via the Cape, at 3 this morning, and sailed again for New Zealand at- fr p.m. She brings 20 passengers for Australian ports, and 85 for New Zealand.