NEWS BY GABLE.

Manawatu Herald, 16 August 1881, Page 3

NEWS BY GABLE.

fc _ « (beuter's telegrams). London, August 9. Consols remain at lOOjj. New Zealand securities— s per cent. 10 40 loan, 102; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 104} ; 4J- per cent. 1879---1904 loan, 101 J, ex dividend. Adelaide and New Zealand Vreadstuffa remain at the following quotations :— Adelaide wheat ex warehouse, 40a ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 365 ; New Zealand wheat, ex ship, 48s. Australian tallow continues flat at 34s 6d for best beef, and 36s for best mufc ton. Best Scotch pig iron, not free on board in Clyde, is quoted at 51s. In the II oust of Commons today, the report on the amendments made in the Irish Land Bill by the House of Lords was brought up for consideration. After debate, the whole of the amendments which affected the principles of the measures, which had been made by the House of Commons, were rejected by large majorities. August 10. The Irish Land Bill was again before the House of Commons today, when further amendments by the House of Lords were rejected. It is expected that the Lords will be obstinate in insisting upon their amendments. August 11. In the House of Lords today, the Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley stated, in reply to a question, that the British Government lias decided not to sever any portion of the Transvaal occupied by Boers from the territory which had been assigned to the South' African Republic by the Transvaal Convention. Calcutta, August 11. Telegrams are to hand from Afghanistan reporting: that , Ayoub Khan, although Btrougly supported by his adherents, is hampered by the want of arms, and that bis adtanro© is delayed for this reason. It is also announced that a strong force of the AmeqrV bartizans is advancing from Cabul to Khelafc-i-Ghilzai, a fort about 80 miles to the north-west of Candahar, com. I standing the road between that place and Cabul. Ayoub Khan, according to the latest intelligence, is still in the neighborhood of Candahar. August 12. Mr E. A. Baker, Minister of Mines, has repigned his portfolio in consequence of the recent debate in the Legislative Assembly regarding the expenditure of the vote to the Milburn Creek Copper Company. Mr Julian Salamons, Q.C., has been appointed sole Royal Commissioner to inquire into the charges which have been made in this affair. One of the smallpox patientp, named T)ogberty, died at the Quarantine Station thfe morning fromf the effects of the disease. August 12. At a meeting of the Royal Society last night, Mr Cosmo' Newbery read a paper on the subject of Dixon's gas. '* he speaker ridiculed the patentee's specifications, and was confirmed in his opinion by others who addressed the meeting. Finally a motion was carried unanimously declaring that kerosene \r the sole illuminating ingredient of Dixon's gas. The steamer Ferret was put up to auction today, but was bought in at £9000. '"'■■' Au«ubU2 Hennessy's trendy: Case, 86s; bulk, quarters, (2a fld. ' ' Kerosene : Diamond, per gallon, 1» 8|cl » Devoe's, 2s Id. Patna rioe, per ton, * £21' 17s 6d. Sugar : Company's No. 1 pieties, per ton, £36. New Zealand wheat, per bushel, 4s lid; New Zealand oats, per+wbdf ST'fdrinateo, per T>uShel, 2b 9d. Tobacco ; B»vea'» Twist, per lb, Is 4£d. CaodW; D.K. J>, per lb, 7H '„ „H Mbmoubnb, August 11. The Iter. .Charles Strong, of the Soots' Church, has tendered! bis, resignation, and insists upon its acceptance. Adelaide, August 12 Freights to London— Steamers, 4Us; •ailing, 40s. Freights to London for wool —.Greasy, per lb, fd ; scoureo, per lb, |.l. Wheat is unchanged at 4s 9d. Town

flour, £11 ss; country brands, £10 12s (Id. Th» Pacific moil steamship City nf Sydney sailed this morning for San Franoisco. via Auckland. Paths, Anf»n«t 10. M. Jnles Eerry, Pmsidem of the Council of Ministers, made a speech tidny to the electors of France, in which h« warmly denounced {he action of tha irrei oncilables in France. August 10. The Earl of Duffrrin. British Ambassador to the Porte, is urging the Snltan to initiate the necessary reforms in Armenia. It is undorntood that His Mujesty is obsti nate, end lhat LordDufferin in consequently bringing pressiire to bear with a view to gaiu his end. New Yobk, August J 0. Reports from Chicago regarding the Irish Revolution Convention now meeting there, state that considerable discord has already manifested itself among the agitators/ between whom there has has been great wrangling on the subject of finance. Sydney August 11. A case of supposed smallpox h»s been reported today from Siirry Jiills, where several cases occurred in June, but the disease in its present stage is not sufficiently developed to enable the doctors to give a decided opinion as to its nature. A shocking accident occurred oh the tramway last night, causing the death of the Hou. George Oakes, a member of the Legislative Couucil. Loxpox, August 12. The Irish Land Bill was again under consideration in the House of Lords today, when the original amendments made in Committee were insisted upon by large majorities. Earl Granville, io the coiirse of the debate, solemnly protested against the action of the House of Lord?. The Bill, as reamended, was however, agreed to, and its reconsideration will be resumed in the House of Commons ou Monday next. It is understood that the' Government will firmly oppose the amendments of the House of Lords. August 13. The Standard, in the course of a leading article in today's issue, in inference to the Irish Land Bill, states that the moderate Conservatives in Parliament condemn the tactics of the Marquis of Salisbury and his followers in the House of Lords dealing with the measure, Obituary. — Hia Honor Mr .Tustice Stephen, aged 50. Me E. .T. Agg, the accountant of the Lands Department, has been arrested on a charge of forgery.

A Californian story tells of a man who resolved to give up drinking, and went to a notary to get him to draw v»p an affidavit j to that effect. The document wes drawn, read and proved ; the party held up his hand, murmuring the usual promise. The paper was then properly sealed and delivered "What's to pay?" asked the pledge-taker. "To pay— to pay ?" asked the notary. " Xothing of course. This is a labor of love." "Nothing to pay !" I returned the grateful but forgetful pledgetaker. " You are a perfect brick. Let'a take a drink." For continuation of reading matter sec fourth p«g<: