London.

Manawatu Herald, 15 October 1895, Page 2

London.

At the wool sales a poor selection is offered. Good scoured and faulty sorts are weaker and greasy wools firm. The Colonial Investment Agency's balance-shpet shows a loss for the year of £7126. A call of 5s per share will be made in November. I The personalty in the estate of he ' late Mr Henry Nathan, an Au tral an merchant;, ha* been sworn at an t -sr £168,000. The widow has a life '

interest in £50,000, and the bulk of the residue is divided equally be- , tween the sons, Louis and Albert, and the daughter, Matilda Moss* The ship Tinlaril is How reinsured at a premium 1 of 30 guirieas, add the ship Knight df the barter, front Brisbane^ at 45 guinensi The Earl of Jerst has deolitied the chairmanship oi the London School Board. The total amount subscribed for the New South Wales £4,000,000 loan at 8 per cent, with a minimum of 94, was £6,800,000. It is expected to average 98. ' A large syndicate tendered for the ! whole amount at £96 14*, but only gets 62 per cent. A slight panic owing to the mining collapse frightened many intending tenderers for the New South Wales loan* who withdrew at the last moment, otherwise the tendering would have been much heavier* and a better price would have been obtained. i The Victorian Government has declined Birt and Potter's offer for a produce service, with a three years' contract. It will only accept a two years' teritt) and refuses to guarantee any qnatttity of freight. The negotiations will probably cease. ' The masters having refused to increase the wages of shipbuilders and engineers, those in Belfast have struck, and it is believed that the engineei'3 in Tyne and Glasgow will follow, Ifc is reported that a South Afriuau millionaire equips an expedition nn der Mr C. E. Borchgrevinck, the Norwegian explorer, to start in the summer for the Antarctic region?.