TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1051, 6 January 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN London, Jan. 1

A Commission has been appointed to enquire into the conduct of the various Irish prisoners, Mr Biggar, M.P, for Cavan, has been committed for trial on a charge of vilifying the 7iceroy of Ireland, Bail has been accepted. Jan, 2. Consols have advanced to 99§. New Zealand securities remain as follows : 5 per cent 10-40 loan, ll)5i; 5 per cent 1889 loan, 304 ; 4J? per. cent 18791904 loan, 101 L The market rate of discount has fallen to per cent, and Bank rate to 6 pei cent.

Adelaide wheat, ox store, is at 495, and New Zealand ditto 48s 6d to 4Gs. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 335. Australian tallow, best beef, 42s ; best mutton, 44s 6d. Jan. 3. The London morning papers announce that a loan of £4,000,090 for the Victorian Government will be placed on the market on the 9th inst., the price of tbs issue being at par. It has transpired that the Egyptian Government has proposed to the Powers that the present mixed international tribunals in Egypt should only be prolonged for another year, instead of for an indefinite time.

It is announced that a loan of £l,ooo*ooo at 4 per cent for the Government of New Zealand will be placed on the market on the 11th inst. The minimum is fixed at 98-|. The man Delaney, who was arrested on the 12th November last for attempted assassination of Judge Lawson in Dublin, has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder, and been sentenced to penal servitude lor ten years.

New Zealand securities arc unchanged. Adelaide wheat, ex store, has declined fid per bushel, to 48s 6d. New Zealand wheat remains at 43s 6d to 46s ; and Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, is at 335. Pauis, Jan, 2. The funeral of M, Gambetta will lake place on the sth inst, The French Press, referring to M. Garabetta’s death, asserts that the stability of the Republic will not be in any way endangered by the loss it lias suffered ; but it declares that concord in £tate affairs is an imperative necessity at the present time. Jau, 3.

The date upon which the funeral of Gambetta will take place has been changed, and it is now announced that the funeral riles will be performed at Paris on the 6th instant, and that the interment will take place subsequently at Nice.

Vienna, Jan. 3

Severe storms of rain have been ex - porienced in the northern districts of Austria, and disastrous flnods have occurred, resulting in much destruction of property and loss of life.

Berlin, Jan. 3

Further heavy rain has fallen in the southern provinces, and the floods in the Rhine Valley have extended. A number of towns and villages arc inundated, and several persons have been drowned.

AUSTRALIA!} CABLE

Mblijottune, J all 3,

The proprietor of one of (lie (otalisators on the Champion Race has ab sconded. £2OOO are owing to the winners. The police decline to interfere in the matter.

The various Victorian goldmining companies during the past year paid dividends to the amount of £8(13,000. being a large increase on the previous year’s quantity. Qumtz mines paid £565,000, and alluvial £298,00 1 . Messrs Goldsbrough and Co,, limited, report having offered 2800 bales at their wool sales to day. 2JO bales were sold at satisfactory prices. Fair average erreasy realised up to 1 2d, and good washed to 22£d. Sydney, Jan. 3.

The Treasury returns show that during the December quarter the revenue of New South Wales amounted to £2,080,000, an increase of £163,010 compared with the corresponding quarter ot 1881. Forth 3 year just ended

tins total revenue was £7,420,000, being am increase of £704,000 on the year The new Parliament was opened today, Mr E. Barton, one of the members for East Sydney, was elected Speaker, the re-election of Sir G. W. Allen being negatived by the Opposition by 5,1 rotes to 47. Sir Henry Parkes announced that the Ministry had tendered their resignation to His Excellency the Governor, It is expected that Mr Alexander Stuart will be summoned by Lord A. Loftas and charged with the formation of a new Ministry, Jan. 4, Mr Alexander Stuart has been summoned by the Governor to undertake the formation of a new Ministry, and is now engaged in the task. Later. Mr Alexander Stuart is still engaged in forming a Cabinet, but Ins airangemeuts are not yet completed. Heavy rains have fallen throughout the country. Brisbane. Jan. 4. The Queensland revenue during the hist quarter amounted to £506,000, being an increase of £BISO compared with the corresponding period of 1882. For the half-year ended 81st Heccmber the revenue was £1,161,000, an increase of £153,000 on the second half of the previous year. The expenditure in the December quarter amounted to £657,000. Adelaide, Jan. 4. A fire broke out last night in the Post and Telegraph office in this city. It originated in the store-room, but was fortunately discovered early, and was extinguished within two hours. The damage done was not serious, and principally arose from water and the hasty, removal of goods.