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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2540, 12 May 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

BEITISS AND FOREIGN. [Rbutbr’s Aqbnct.j Commercial. London, May 9. Consols have advanced-to 102 f; New Zealand securities remain at the following quotations:—s per cent 10-40 loan, 104}; 6 per cent 1889 loan, 103} (ex div.); 4} per cent 1879-1904 loan, 101. Adelaide wheat has declined Is per quarter, and is now at 475, ex warehouse. New Zealand wheat is unchanged at 445, Adelaide flour is at 335; Australian tallow, best beef, remains at 34s 6d, and best mutton at 36s per cwt. Hops. Reports from the Kentish hop-grow-ing districts give favorable aoeonnts of this season's crops. The Hails The homeward Australian mails via Brindisi, which left Melbourne on the March39,and.the homeward Australian and New Zealand mails, which left Auckland on March 29, were delivered here to day. Monument to DisraeliIn the House of Commons to-day a motion, authorising the erection of a monument to the late Earl of Beaconsfield in Westminster Abbey was, after some debate, carried on a division by a majority of 320. A similar motion was agreed (o'in the House of Lords without a division. Going to ResignTelegrams have been received from Sofia announcing that Prince Alexander of Bulgaria threatens to resign unless the National Assembly makes radical changes in the system of Government of the country. : Turkey Threatened. Constantinople, May 9. It has transpired that the French Government has notified to the Powers that the despatch of Turkish troops to Tunis will be deemed a causua ballu Further Successes. Pahis, May 9. Intelligence is to hand from Tunis that the French troops have been successful in their operations against the tribe of Kroumirs, and have now occupied the latter’s stronghold. AUSTRALIA. [Rbuteh’s Agency.] Resignation- . Adelaide, May 11. The Hon G. S. Fowler, has resigned his position of Colonial Treasurer in the Ministry, owing to ill-health. The Refpnh Bill Melbourne, May 11, In the Legislative Council to day the consideration of the Reform Bill in Committee was concluded. Several important amendments were carried, and the Bill was read a third time and ordered to be retnmed to the Assembly. Arrived. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association report under date London, May 11th, the arrival of the Orient Company’s steamship Cotopaxi, which left Melbourne on March 30th at Plymouth yesterday. NEW ZEALAND. [Per “Times”Spkciav Wibb.l The Tararua Enquiry. Dunhdin, May 12. All the seamen declare that every thiag possible was done by the second mate with the view, of saving life. Danz wound up his evidence emphatically with the following words : —“ If all steamers in England been there they could not have saved a soul from the Tararua after twelve o’clock,”