TELEGRAMS.
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 14
Id (he course of a speech in the House of Commons, when introducing the Sugar Convention Bill, Baron de Worms made a statement to the effect that the Cuban sugar crop will be small, This caused the advance of all sugars, and German beet has lurther advanced to 19s 3d.
David Hart and Co., colonial merchants, Basinghall street, have failed, Their liabilities are £14,000 ; assets* £3OOO.
The ship Atalanta has been found abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Six hundred Danish emigrants, who were on board, are missing, April 15, Sir F. Dillon Bell has agreed to act in trust for debenture holders in the New Zealand Midland Railway. At a meeting of the members of the bar, Sir R. B. Webster, the AttorneyGeneral, was received with great enthusiasm.
The steamers Libra and Staraoliffe came into collision off Boston, a seaport in Lincolnshire. The Libra sank and the Staraoliffe was considerablydamaged. The remains of the Marquis of Ely will be cremated at Woking, Surrey. It is expected that the Tasmanian loan will be floated at If to 2 per cent premium. Ibe official receiver iu the estate of Spalding and Hodge, paper merchants, estimates the liabilities at £486,000 ; secured creditors, £73,000 ; assets, £157,000. Heavy losses were occasioned by shipments of paper to Australia, £21,000 being written off on that account prior to the suspension of business,
Patrick Molloy, who was a witness before the Parnell Commission and was arrested on a charge of perjury, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, Father Mahon, of Lnggacurran, has been sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for conspiracy. Berlin, April 15.
The German warship Alexandrine will replace the Sophie at Samoa iu July next. A Berlin syndicate is arranging to start a German bank in Sydney, Vienna, April 15.
The Empress Elizabeth, who recently threatened to commit suicide, is emerging from her state of nervous excitement, induced by the suicide of the Grown Prince, and her complete recovery is hoped for,
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1880, 18 April 1889, Page 1
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