SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1070, 24 September 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.

[f'K'.M on: o\v. i i•!: i:f:-I'll N I!I'.NT. 1 Losi>< »:••". September 111. Th--' tin market presents a <[uiet appearance. The com market is strong, with an upward tendencj-. There i.-i a preponderance of Home oyer foreign btivcrs at the wo d sHes. The bidding cointncnced with spirit. There were 0403 hales were sold to-day. September l'S. Lord Eeaeonsfiold. in a speech at Aylesbury. denounced the agitation for a reduction of tiic rents as calculated to set the tenants against the landlords, and the country in a state of democracy and despotism. The Queensland four per cent, debentures are quoted at !'O, and South Australian five per cent, at JOS. The tin market is depressed, with little d>>iu_\ Present quotation:;. L7l 10s. Price.s for inferior s u'ts of wool have rj slightly given way. At to-day's salos 10.f>:;.{ i.alo-s were sold. The Liberals have carried the Elgin election. September 19. " Anarchv prevails in Ilerat between the civil and military authorities, ihe Go- ' verrior has been massacred. £ Tin- British forces arc advancing upon Kitelalaghila. [' Wheat has advanced from Is Od to 2 s f, per qrjartc:-, and is now quoted at o4s. Australian Hour is worth from SOs to 40s per HoO'bs, according to quality. At the wool sales, competition continues extremely vigorous, -i'.j-o bales were sold to-d.-.y. • The Ameer l:;:s written, swearing his allegiance to the Lritish nation. September '2O. . Stephenson and Soil have failed for the tiiird of a million. Ac the wool sales to-day 4S(>7 bales r were sold. I September 22. The Afghans attacked Shutergarder, but were repulsed. Tite Ameers embassy has reached Ateky. Cetewayo lias been forwarded to Cape " Town. i ~