TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 124, 11 April 1891, Page 2

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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SEVERE FIGHTING! IN INDIA, INDIANS- REPULSED B¥ LIEUT. GRANT: (PER PRESS- ASSOCIATION.)^ LoNION. April 9 ; New Zealand 5 per cent, inscribed stock, 105 (steady v 3£- per cent., §§%.*-. -• New Zealand long-berried , wheat,. 42s 9d (market ftrmer) ; New .Zealand' wheat on passage is- quoted at 41s ; cargo, sold at 40s. New Zealand lamb, sd ; other quotations unchanged. Wool is unchanged. St. John's;. April 9». The Newfoundland fishermen refuse to export freßh fish to Canada. ' Sym»et, April 10. At the Supreme Court' to-day, Bradley (late Manager of the . Devonshire-street Biianch of the English and Scottish | Chartered Bank) was sentenced to six j years' penal servitude for embezzlement, and Bruce (the manager) received five years. The wheat market is very unsettled, und buyers are waiting further developments. New South Wales is relying to * great extent on the anticipated sumlus iVoni the Victorian yield, and South Australia has shipped away great quantities,, so that there is very little prospect of relief from 1 that quarter. I The Government,- in" order to 1 avoid : Koißg, on the London market in- its present state, are borrowing what they require from the Bank of New South Wales at 4 per cent, : AUiUTTA, April 9The Viceroy of India has received intelligence that Lieutenant Grant is still beseiged at Thome ; three' small columns are rapidly concentrating on Manipur, General Graham being in supreme command. Lieutenant ; Presgrave's detachment, which had started for Tarnu T is. reported to be safe. The enemy are preparing to fight 10 miles from the capital. The usurper Jobraj justifies the massacre of Britishers and Ghoorkas at Manipur, on the grounds of their desecrating their temples, and burning to death of. the women and children. Lieutenant Grant has repulsed! the Manipuris at Tonul after several hours' fighting, during which Senaparti, who provoked the revolt, and two other chiefs, were killed. The natiyes declare they will recognise British authority when General Graham, who is in supreme command of the punitive expedition advances. Received April 10, 10.30 a.m. London, April 10. Lord E. Churchill's expedition on a large scale to Mashonaland is -attracting much attention. It is understood Madame Melba'a solicitors are trying to trace the authors of the recent canard connecting her name with the Duke de Orleans with a view to institute legal proceedings.' Obituary — The- Hon. Cavendish Ben ; tick, setat 70. The Times in an article commenting on the successful completion of the Federal Convention's labours says Six H. Parke's triumph is remarkable, for few public men have achieved equal greatness. The Times trusts the peoplt of the Commonwealth will remain an integral portion of the Empire. Calcutta, April 10. The outbreak of the Mironzai is extending and threatens to become serious, The head clerk of the political agency ie Manipur telegraphs that Commissioners Quintan and others were killed in action. It is reported the Regent 's regulai troops are deserting, also that Jubraj has be executed for massacring the officers. The people are represented as desirous of peace. The Ghoorka prisoners have been realeased. Lisbon, April 10. Portugal has stopped navigation of the Pungere until the British evacuate their port at Massikesse.