CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 146, 29 May 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

STAMP DUTY ON COLONIAL INSCRIBED STOCK. ~ THE LABOR QUESTION IN NEW GUINEA. ARCHBISHOP CROKE. ~£XJBTsAhTKTffl>l>§. THE BIRTHDAY HONORS. ACCEPTATION of NEW GUINEA AS: A ,pBOWff (3OLONY. THE ITALIAN CABINET. COMPENSATION TO IRISH .'■■■; VICTIMS. m MADAGASCAR. ; THE LONDON MARKETS. THE WOOL SALES.: (BY EIECTBIO TBtRQRiI'H.^OOPYRiaSTi) (SPECIAL TO'TJSIXBD PRESS 1 ASSObIATIOff.) •-■•?•• f^ . i ;'••:■-•- London,- May 26. The Government has re fused to comply with the request made by the colonies to reduce the stamp daty payable oa in.— scribed colonial stock. : i >"- tMackay's labor-recruiting m New Guinea has occasioned a bad impression m political circles. ■ : Archbwhop Ofoke, •■ qni his'Treturn from Rome, has mat with a grani reception through the ; South -of Ire— la^. •;<■■ i . A shipment of Australian hops has arrived m excellent condition and ia favorably received by the trade. Among; the birthday honors announced m the Gaz9tte to-day: are. the- following Appointments and .^promotions : — Dr. Alfred Roberts, of Sydney, is to be a .Knight Bachelor ; Mr Geo. Des "Voeur^ (Governor of Fiji), Mr Aug. OharMPi^ Gregory, C.M.GJ; of Queensland, and the Hon. William Morg-an, late, Premier of South / Jlustr'aUa,' Knights •Commander of the Order of St.-Miiehael and St. George ; Dr. yon Haast, of New Zealand, and Mr Charles BrigHt, of Melbonrne, CJompanions, 'bf the ..Order of St Michael and St. George.; ' "; KB. —The above TielegraM ha£ been delayed m transmission between Xondpn andjtAustralia', , . '^'■'■iX: ' The Government^hVavQdec^decl c tdraccept the annexation of ' Southern 'New Gnidea,. and to convert it into a Crown Colony;, -; „ .-■■:' ;;,? r t Signors Zanardelli and BacoaVini re« tire from the Italian Cabinet, at?d Signor Depretis has filled fcheir'placep by Signor SaverelK and Genala. Mr Field, the Dublin juryman who was stabbed, has been awarded' £3000 as. compensation; . ( . ,!"|, *^ " */, The French forces in i MadagMcaVhave occupied all the Northern portß,"and the warships are reported to be shelling un« armed villages. The total reserve m the Bank of Eng« land has increased bjr £600,000 during the week, and it is noV £10,400,000. The proportion of reserve, to liabilities is 35 percent., an advance of 3 per cent, as compared with last: i; Thntsd&y. The Ba^ik rate of discount remains at 4 per cent.,' and the "market* rate .... The market for colonial breadstuffa has a down yard tendency. Adelaide wheat, ex stbreV has.fallen Is per 'quarter, and •is np^y: is now ftapted at ,49s ; New Zeaiiand do, 45s to ife. !' Adelaide Mour, ex warehouse, 345. J „, Australian taliow is. tuachsinged at its' ibr best beef,^^" and 43s for 'best 'mnjtton.,..;. ' : % ;;. t: ;) " Ttfe total quantity of wheat afloat foir .Great ..Britain is 2 4 190,0J)0 7 quarters, being :jes'p .. tiiajd the quantity afloat last Friday. The.jtone of thewoolisale to-day was m ; npKJstead^eii. > „fTlie. i . l^uaiitity offered .amounted to '10,300' bales. New Zealand wools?are decidedly firmer. •^Faulty Merino arid coarse cross-bred wools continue a halfpenny per pound below March rates, but the price of sound combirig'qualities is improving.