CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, 13 July 1880, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

(Reuter's Special Despatches to the Mail.)

LONDON MARKETS. London, 7th

Consols, 98$. Adelaide wheat, ex wliarehouse, 48s Gd. Flour, ex wharehouse, 375.

The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England amounts to £16,500,000.

London, 9th

Adelaide wheat, per 42Glbs, es warehouse, 40s. Total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain, 172,000 quarters. Scotch pig iron, 03s ; galvanised iron, £l7 10s. Best Sydncj' copra, £lB.

WHEAT PROSPECTS. London, 9lh

Heavy wheat shipments from America are expected. There will be a deficiency J n the Russian wheat crop.

VICTORIA ELECTION STRUGGLE. Melbourne, Monday.

Excitement over the elections, which take place on Wednesday, is increasing. The Ministerialists arc confident.

London, lOtli

The 'l'imes in a loader expresses astonishment at the rejection of the Service Reform Bill for Victoria, and considers the same should have received a fair trial. MELBOURNE CUP. Melbourne, Bth. Mata has been backed for the Melbourne Cup to win £IO,OOO at 100 to 4. TROUBLES IN TURKEY. Constantinople, 10th. The Turkish Government are still preparing to resist the European ConferenceHu.sein Pasha is replaced by Osman Pasha as Minister of War. COLONIAL GOVERNORS. London,loth. Dcs Voenx, who was acting Governor of Fiji during the absence of Sir Arthur Gordon, has been appointed Governor of Bahama Islands, West Indies.

COMPENSATING- IRISH TENANTS Loudon, loth.

in the House of Commons 10-chiy, a Bill for grantin''; compensation to I rish tenants under certain conditions, which hud been read a second time last Tuesday, came under consideration in committee. Prolonged discussion took place upon an amendment proposing a modillcation measure. The Home Buler.s opposed the proposal, and the House adjourned without any decision being arrived at.

THE CRICKET TOUR. London, 10(h

Tlie cricket match, Australians v. eighteen of Broughton (Manchester), commenced to-day. The Australians in the first innings got 107 runs, against the homo team’s first innings of 10(3. The second innings was not played out, and the match was drawn.

HOME STEAM TRAFFIC. London, 9th. The Orient Company's s.s. Cuzco arrived at Plymouth yesterday. The John Elder sailed from Plymouth to-day for Australia.

IMPROVING HOME TRADE. London. Sfli. The Board of Trade returns of imports for the past month amount to £30,437,500, being an increase of £2,(525.000 as compared with last year ; the exports amount to £18,437,500, being- an increase of £1,875,500.

COLLISION AT SEA. London, lltli. The barque Clialgrove, 513 tons, bound for Western Australia, put in at Plymouth damaged by collision with another vessel, name unknown.