BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2688, 31 October 1881, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Redter’s Aqency.j Commercial* London, Oct 28. Consols remain at 99£. New Zealand securities are unhanged ; 5 per cent 10 40 loan, lOOf; 5 per cent 1889 loan 103|-} 4£ per cent 1879-1904 loan 98f. Adelaide wheat, ex store, 57s ; New Zealand do, 545. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 225,000 quarters. Adelaide flour, ex store, 425. Australian tallow, best beef has fallen Is per cwt to 38s; best mutton Is Gd to 40s Gd. Irish Land Act. Yn influential deputation of leading Irishmen waited yesterday upon Mr

Gladstone, at Enowsley, to lay before him certain facts in connection with the payment of rent in Ireland. The Premier, in reply, stated that the Commission had so far shown that it worked well, and he was hopeful its decisions would result ...in securing permanent peace and prosperity to Ireland. Ishmaelites. Paris, Oct. 28. Telegrams are to hand from Tunis announcing that the French expeditionary force despatched against the Arabs at Eairwan has reached that place, and occupied it without opposition. It was found that the rebels had previously pillaged the town and then retreated to the south. French Politics* The newly elected Chamber of Deputies met to-day for the first time, when M. Gambetta was again elected President, pending the verification of the election returns. Vienna, Oct 28. End of the World Delayed. The Italian and Australian Press have recently published mutually eulogistic articles in reference to the present meeting of Eing Humbert and Emperor Francis Joseph.