LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume XX, Issue 1322, 16 October 1884, Page 4

LONDON.

October 13. The meat by the Tongariro is now Belling at 6|d to 7d'per lb, and the pr&epects of the market appear capi'talCforall arrivals before Christmas, 1-he 'Melbourne Gas Company'sloan of £197,000 at 5 per cent has been placed m the market, with the minimum at par. The tenders "will be.ppened on October 21st. jibe share list of tbe new Oriental P^k.,Qpntain no Australian subscribers. The new. bank is offering deposit receipts m exchange for those belonging to .the old bank on special' 'terms.. M'rj^omiliy, Deputy-High Commissioner m the Western Pacific, will take temporary charge of New Guinea until tH& arrival of MajorGejhefal Scratchley. ': With respect to New Guinea, the British Government hope, with the . Queen's prerogative and tbe Foreign Jurisdiction Actj to be able to create a competent jurisdiction. They also desire .to treate the colonies as a consulting committee on matters relating to that island. The new gunboats recently constructed for the Queensland Government will leave for their destination iri' November; The Paluman will be under the command of Lieuten* ant Bichards, and tb« <"-f?vnr.dah ■will; be 1 m change Ci C'l'i. il«-«^der Wright. . , . Hirßcb, Splndler ard Co, merchants, of London and Sydney, have been adjudicated bankrupts. ; October 14. |T L he , Nqrd \ Deutsche Zeitung(North German Gazette), is of opinn ion that the limited e.B^ tabli^bed by Bng-and .over New' Guinea will result m an agreement ■with, : (Grermany,j and it also : expectß thai fqitbcr agreements m regard to other portions of the Pacific, where English and German interests clash,, will- be aade. J. <.!;.-; •' ''■"/. A \} N,e#g is to h&pd that 600 ErencTb' troops at.Tarasui: were i ltd into an ambuscade, when 20 o£ their number .were;killed and / The remainder managed to return to their ships .m safety. ;, : ,: „ . •.*.■ 3lhe French have promised not to Kolest Shanghai, if their country - men are not molested. .;;,:. Eight- Nihilist s, including Vera jrUlpayai._.who. v were <arrested for be^ng .concerned, m various Nihilistic/ plgts, iiaye been sentenced to death. :