CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 2 December 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. ( KKI/TKR ; 3 TBLKOKAM. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION) London, November 30. Three per cent, consols, 100 J. Adelaide wheat, per 496 lbs,, ex warehouse, 525. Best Australian beef tallow, per cwt., 33s 6d ; best mutton tallow, 355, Four-and-a-half per oent. New Zealand 1879-1904 Loan, 95f. Best Scotch pig iron No. 1, f.o.b. in Clyde, 52s 6d, At the wool sales to-day, 8300 bales were offered, making a total of 54,000 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale was firm. December 1. The Marquis of Salisbury addressed a large audience at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, last nighfc. In the course of his speech, his lordship referred at length to the address of Earl Granville at Hanley on tlie previous day, and to

the announced qf'tlie Government in regard ■•■'lfefiind: -*> Alluding to the proposed Bill, he said that the Tories -would. oppose any measure which would lead to confiscation of the . property of landlords, and ■be ridiculed: the idea of creating a peasant; proprietory in Ireland. Reftkring to Earl Granville's announcement that the Government' would introduce a Bill dealing the present disorder and providing for the future happiness of Irishmen, his lordship strongly urged the necessity of first .repressing., theexisting, .anarchy before "taking "steps to remedy, the grievances of the people. The " Government has decided ~t~<s* abolish the positions of Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas.

It- has now been arranged that -the sculling match for the championship between Hanlon and Laycock shall take place on; the 17th January,' oyer the usual Thames course. Laycock has now Raised the necessary stake o£ LSOO. • " "-' 3

DIRECT' AUSTRALIAN NEWS,

• : • Melbourne, December 1. The Conference now sitting is making satisfactory progress with regard to the border duties and the Chinese ijjiestion../ £.. -' • - ? Sailed—Union Company's ateamer Kotorua, for Bluff.

December 2,

In the six days' walking tournament, which commenced on 'Monday, Baker, Seymour, and Swan (of .New Zealand), had each done 156 miles up to midnight last night. Six competitors now remain in the contest. '

Adelaide, December 2,

The Court of Inquiry into the stranding of the Sorata, which has been sitting for some day, has now decided that it has no jurisdiction in the matter.