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[rSUTEE'S TELEGBAMS.I LONDON, October 21. The Markets Consols remain at 99. Now Zealand securities :—Five per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 100 - ; Five per Cent. 1889 Loan, 1035 ; Four and a-Half per Cent. 1879-1904 Loan, 98|-. Adelaide whnat, ex store, remains at 58s, and New Zealand wheat at 56s ; Adelaide flour, ex store, has declined to 425. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,050,000 quarters. Australian tallow has declined le per cwt; best beef is today quoted at 395, and best mutton at 42a. Best Sjdney copra has advanced 10s, to £l6. Honors Conferred The " Gazette " issued yesterday announces that her Majesty has conferred the Companionship of the Order of St. Michael and St. George upon Mr J. Cashel Hoey, secretary to the AgentGeneral for "Victoria in London, and upon Mr J. B. Were and J. C. Berry, of Melbourne.
Foundering of a Steamer. The Dutch steamship Koenig der Nederlander, 2083 tons, encountered a heavy gale on the voyage from Batavia to Amsterdam, and broke her main shaft. Efforts were made to put her under sail, but she proved unmanageable, and foundered shortly afterwards. Tbirtyeight of the passengers and crew saved themselves by boats, and have reached land safely. One hundred and seventyfive, who also left the ship in boats, are still missing. October 22. The MailsThe homeward Australian and New Zew Zealand mails, which left Auckland on September 13 th, via San Francisco, were delivered here to-day. A Damper for the Rebels. News is to hand to-day from Ireland stating that, in consequence of the Viceroy's recent proclamation declaring the Land League to be an illegal association, the offices of the organisation in Dublin have been closed, and that at the same time a manifesto was issned by the League leaders adjuring their adherents to maintain a firm attitude, and to continue a passive resistance to the measures of the Government. The manifesto further announces that all pubic meetings under the League's auspices will be temporarily abandoned.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2358, 24 October 1881, Page 3
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