CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 11 September 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS,

(KEOTEK'a TKLKOJUM, I'RR PREfIB ASSOCIATION) London, September 8, Trickott, the Australian, oarsman, has gone to Newcastle to fetcli a bout. The betting at present is unrecorded. The latest advices from the Capo of Go.od Hope state that tho Cupo Jlifles have entered Basuto Land. .Consols hayo fu/'thep jdeclined, and U>rday are quoted at 97|>

New Zealand securities are mi- i changed at last quotations, viz., five per cent. .1040 loan, 104 A; five percent., 1889, loan, 104; four and a half per cent., 1879-1904, loan, 100. New Zealand wheat, ex ship, remains at 42 s. Adelaid breadstuff's have declined Is, and are* now at 46s 6d for wheat; flour, ex warehouse, 335. For Australian tallow the quotations are —best beef, 34s 6d; best mutton, 36s 6d. At the wool sales to-day, 9900 bales Ave re offered making a total of 174,200 catalogued since the opening. The tone of to-day's auction was irregular. The Homeward mails, via Brindisi, which left Melbourne on July 23, were delivered in London to-day.. Per Merchant Shipping and Under-

writers' Association. —London, Sept. 8. Arrived—Assel, ship, from Lyttelton (left June lOfch). September 9. total reserve in notes <V n d bullion in the Bank of England is LI 6,400,000. Five per cent. New Zealand 10-40 loan, 104 ; five per cent. New Zealand loan, 1880, 103. The market rate of discount js equal with the bank rate, • At the wool sales to-day, 9600 bales were offered, making a total of 183,800 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale is steadier. 14,000 bales have been withdrawn since the opening of thp seripjj. September 10. Information lias Ijepn received that the combined fleet under tlip coinmand of Seymour, which sailed f<H' the Austrian port of liagusa in the Adriatic at the beginning of the month, has arrived at its destination. - The squadron is composed of vessels of the navies of all the powers except France. Further details have been received of the explosion which took in the Seajiam Poliipry, Durham, yesterday. Oyer 20Q gainers were in the pits at the time of the accident, and 137 haygi since ppyislipfl. Qf the remainder 6f Tip $Q the present time have been saved, Laycock and Trickett, two Australian oarsmen, are now both at Newcastle. They rowed on the Tyne yesterday, and were watched by a number of spectators from the bank of tlie riygß. By eritjcis >yhfi W present their pulling is considered faulty, The steamship City of Eichmond, of the Inman line, by which Hanlon, the Canadian oarsman, is a passenger from. New York, has arrived in a disabled state.

DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NKWS,

(reuter's telegram per PRESS association.) Sydney, September 10. Hennessy's brandy, case, 35s 3d; bulk, quarters, 10s 6d to lis. New Zealand wheat is selling at 3s 04 per bushel; oats, Is 9d per 40 lbs; maize, 2s 6d per 60 lbg, &PEM4DB, September 10. Adelaide wheat, 4s I'd per bushel, with market dull ; flour, L 9 15s for town. Freights, 25s 6d. September 11. Pumping is proceeding with the utmost activity on the Sorata, and her officers are confident of being able to float h,er. The weather, hqwpyer, is unfavorable for their operatiqn^. Melbourne, September 10. There are excellent; entries for the vaoe meeting in honor of Sir Hercules Robinson,