NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN OF £5,500,000.

Kumara Times, Issue 2824, 9 October 1885, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN OF £5,500,000.

THE BRITISH PREMIER AT NEWPORT. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. THE CONSERVATIVE DOMESTIC POLICY. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT CHARTERHOUSE BUIDINGS. TEN WAREHOUSES DESTROYED. ARRIVAL OF THE RUAPEHU. ROUMELIAN DIFFICULTY. DEPUTATION OF BULGARIANS TO THE POETIC. (Received October 8, 3.50 p.m.) London, October 7. Tenders for the New South Wales loan of five and half millions, at three-and-a-half per cent., were opened today, when the amount tendered for all round reached nearly fourteen millions. Tenderers at .£9l IPs Gd receive twentvsix percent.; other applications above that, in full. Consols are now quoted at par,

(Received October 9, la.m.) October 8. The total amount of the tenders for the New South Wales loan is £12,300,000. The Marquis of Salisbury addressed a public meeting at Newport last night. In the course of his speech he referred at length to European affairs, stating that it was impossible for England to interfere in the revolution in Ronmelia; although the policy of her Majesty’s Government was to uphold Turkish rule, wherever found to be compatible with the welfare of the people under her sway. Adverting to domestic affairs, Lord Salisbury advocated extensive reforms in the Local Government system, and expressed himself desirous of initiating an easy method for the transfer of land. He stated that the Conservative party were quite prepared to reject any proposals for the settlement of Irish affairs that would menace the integrity of the empire. Speaking on the question of Imperial Federation, Lord Salisbury said that a closer bond of union between the mother country and her colonies would be the , best means of asserting the strength of Great Britain in the councils of the world. In conclusion, he stated that be was prepared to use every effort to uphold the State Church in England. (Received October 9, 1.25 p.m.) Evening. An extensive fire took place to-day at the Charter House buildings, by which ten warehouses and several houses were destroyed. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Royal Mail steamship Ruapehu, from Wellington, August 30, arrived at Plymouth this morning, with her frozen meat in good condition. (Received October 9, 1 a.m.) Constantinople, October 8. A deputation of Bulgarian notables arrived here to-day, in order to lay their views before his Majesty the Saltan.