CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1032, 11 August 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LITEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (UKUTEIVS TEI.KGE.Ur, PER PRESS ASSOCIATION) London, August 8. Three per cent, consols are 97j. Best Australian beef tallow is 325. Best Australian mutton tallow, 345. The total stock of tallow in London to date is 10,000 casks. August 9. The New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan is quoted at 104. The Board of Trade returns of imports for the past month show the amount to be L 30.750,000, showing a decrease of L 5,750,000. The total returns of exports for the last month show a slight improvement. A large fire has occurred at Seraievo. One thousand buildings were burnt, and ten thousand people rendered homeless. Madrid, August 8. The King of Spain, returning from the funeral of his second sister, Marie del Pelar, was thrown from his carriage, and dislocated his shoulder. It has since been reset.

(SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.) London, August 8.

The preliminary Permanent Peace Bill, authorising the permissive establishment of Yolunteer corps, has been rejected in the House of Lords. The iron trade is reviving. August 10.

The latest news from the Cape reports that Sir Garnet Wolseley is reported to have censured Lord Chelmsford for precipitating the battle of Ulundi without awaiting his arrival.

The Transvaal Boers are assuming a hostile attitude. Repressive measures are necessary. A financial crisis has occurred at Montreal. The crisis is severely felt, and causes wide misery.