HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8166, 22 April 1895, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received April 20, at 10.1)0 a.m. London, April 19. Wilde and Taylor havo boen committod for trial. The bullocks by tho Ooliio King and Port Chalmers will bo sold alivo at Dept* ford on Mondiy. Calcutta. April 19. It is reportod that Umrt Khan ban fled to ARtnaa, in 13<»jaur. The resistance is now limited to the Oliitralis, wh a nre op posing Colonel Kellys advanco. New York, April 19. The revolt in Cub* is spreading. Received April 20, at 0.35 p.m. London, April 19. Tho weekly returns of the Bank of England publisliod to-day show the total reserve in notea and bullion to be

L 27,536,000, the proportion of roserve to liabilities being 68 10. Consols, 109|. Throe months' bills aro discounted at J por cent. New Smith Wales 4 per cent inscribed stock, 114] ; 3£ do, 103j. Victorian 4 por cent 103 ; 3£ do, 99. S.iuth Australian 4 per cent, 107£ ; 3^ do, 100]. Queensland 4 per cent, 107 ; 3i do, 100]. Tasmanian 3| per cent, 102, Western Australian 4 per cent, 113. New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed Block, 108£, ex interest ; 3V per cent do, 100. Now Zealand long-berried wheat, ox warehouse, market firm, 255. South Australian who.it, stoady, *t 25s tid. Victorian wheat, steady, 255. An Australian cargo of wheat, to arrive in April or May, hai been cold at 245. Now Zealand mutton— First quality, 3j|d por 1b ; second quality, 2]d. Lamb— Average, 4d per lb. Choeso — Now Zoaland white, 455 ; colored has a downward tendency. Hemp is unchanged. Svgar — Best Gorman boot, On 3id ; Java, 11s 3d, quiet. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clyde, 42* 4£d. Thoro is L'ithor a bettor demand for butter. Best factory is selling at about 749. A few choice brands reach 78?. lltavy importations aro depressing tlio mnvlret. At tho Antwerp wool pales prices aro (Inn, but tho market is quiet. Silver, 2s Ggd.