CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1293, 29 May 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS,

(keutefJs telegram, phr. pe.ess association) London, May 27. New Zealand five per cent Loan (1889), 105 ; 4J per cent Loan, 1879-1904, 98. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is L 15,750,000. At the wool sales to-day, 11,500 bales were offered, making a total of 300,070, catalogued since the opening. The tone of to-day's sales showed that prices were firmly maintained. The withdrawals from the sales to date amount to 14,000 bales.

Pig. iron is at 50s. There is a fair demand for most descriptions of hides ; prices are £d lower. The Australian cricketers commenced a match against eighteen of Rochdale to-day. The weather was showery during the day. The English team went first to the wickets, and when the stumps were drawn had eight wickets down for 45 runs. May 28. A Ministerial Bill has been introduced into the House of Lords by the Lord High Chancellor for the purpose of permitting the burial of dissenters in churchyard cemeteries without the Church of England service. ' The race for the Oaks took place at Epsom to-day, and resulted as follows : Jenny Howlett, 1; Bonny Maiden, 2; Wax Horn, 3.

Vaifaraiso, May 26.

The ship Antipodes, bound froiri Sydpey to London, whisli put in here recently in a leaky state and discharged her cargo, will probably have to be condemned. !

uIKECT aUSTIIALIAN NEWS

(reuter's telegram per press association. ) Melbourne, May 28.

The debate in thp legislative Assembly on the question of payment of members will take place on the) introduction of the Bill at a special sitting on Monday, 7th June. [ Many laborers employed on the works at Fisherman's Bend Ibve been discharged, pending Parliamentary sanction being given to the carrying out of the Yarra scheme. / Sydney, May 28.

Patna rice, Ll6 per ton; Hennessy's brandy, bulk,, quarters, 103 6d to 10s 9d ; maize, 2s to 2s 6d per 60 lbs; sugar, Company's No 1 pieces, L3B. ! May 29.

The alarmist reporfj with reference to the Geni is denied byithe representative here of the Marquis, Da Rays. He explains that the vessel merely conveys a colonizing party to New Ireland, and that her cargo consists of machinery and tools. ; The alarm is probably owing to the fact that there is a corps of 2il gendarmes aboard. A meeting was held last night to arrange for-the collection of subscriptions to defray Trickett's expenses to England. A sum of L4OO was subscribed in the room,

Adelaide, May 28. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 4d per bushel •, flour, LlO to LlO 5s per ton. Brisbane, May 29.

The exports for Queensland for the last year show an increase of nearly L 280,000 as compared with 1878, but the imports show a decrease of nearly L300,0Q0.