REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1096, 5 April 1880, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. - London, April 1. The homeward mails, via Brindisi, which left New Zealand in February, were delivered to-day. j. . The Bank of England weekly returns show a .total reserve of notes and bullion to be ,£10,60,0,000, being over £1,000,000 less than last week. : The election for Falmouth took place to-day. Sir J. Vogel was a candidate, but was rejected. • The election returns so far as known, Show 175 Liberals, 10*3 Conservatives* The Liberals have gained 48 seats ah'd have lost 18. Leeds has returned Gladstone by an enormous majority. Lord Hartington has been reflected for New Radnor without opposition. ApHl 2\ The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is I,93o,ooo'quarters. Best Australian beef tallow, 34s ; best mutton, 355. Total Stock of tallow in London, on the Ist; 17,500 casks. New Zealand wheat per 4961b5, ex warehouse, 4fs. ; Both Liberal candidates have teen elected for Chelsea. ; The Queensland Loan (£3,000,006) Ut 4 per cent, is announced - , but £2,000,000 only will be issued at present. ♦ —— . LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, April 3. M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Co. have sold the steamship Omeo to Messrs Nipper and Lee, of Melbourne and Sydney. The second son of his Excellency the Marquis of Nohmanby is dead. The revenue for the last quarter amounted to £1,250,000, being an increasa of £IIO,OOO as compared with last yeai'. The revenue from excise duties, land tax, and railways shows an increase, but Customs’ revenue is decreased. SVdney, Apfil 3; Patna rice, £lB to £l9, dull; New Zealand wheat, £4 10s; New Zealand oats, 2s 3d to 2s Gd. The following Exhibition awards have been made to-day ;—First prizes ; Burt, for lead piping; Professor Haasfc, ethnology j Anna Wilson, of Dunedin, for laefe • Mrs Beal, for shell brnaments. Sundry New Zealand exhibittors in the foregoing Class take 3rd arid 4th prizes* RANDWICK RACES. Sydney, April 3. CUMBERLAND STAKES. Petrea ... ... ... 1 Mirtindalc ... ... 2 Sweetmeat ’ <■. 3 Four started; Won easily. Suwarrow last. Time, 3mins. 47secs.