MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2420, 3 November 1892, Page 4

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

London, October 21). The directors of the Imperial and Colonial Finance Company propose to extinguish the uncancelled liability on shares. The Antwerp wool sales take place on November Bth and <.)th. 4:500 bales of Kiver Plate and a6o of Australian wool are catalogued. Oct. 30. The following arc the latest quotations for tallow :—Mutton, medium quality, 2os; beef, lirjs />d. There are signs of the English wheat market changing a little for the worse : while the American and Continental are declining. Oct. 91. Messrs Weddell (of Weddell & Co., the well-known meat salesmen). Oscar de Satget, director of the Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia. R. Gray, and Villiers JJrowu, have gone to Havre to inspect the Otarama's beef. The French Minister of War. or an agent, is expected also to be present to test the usefulness of the meat for army purposes.

The New Zealand Shipping Company passed no dividend. The profits for the year amount to £','>?>,'AOQ. which will be carried forward. The company have purchased a 7000-ton cargo steamer. The Otarama's frozen meat is reported to be in perfect condition. The liabilities of the Liberator Building Society are put down at £o,: J )0(.).000. The Official Receiver reports that the condition of the society is most disgraceful, and that there are no free assets. The sufferers demand the prosecution of those connected with the management. i Wheat 1 has declined. Gd,

New Yokk, Oct. 3\. Wheat is being sold in New York below 76 cents, the lowest price ever known. It is believed the crop exceeds the hirgest estimates.

Iron expands with heat, and the Eiffel Tower is said to be eight inches higher in hot than it is in cold weather. An autograph letter of Abraham Lincoln to a friend is said to contain the following : "■ Do not worry. Eat three square meals a day. Say your prayers. Think of your wife. Be courteous to your creditors. Keep your digestion good. Steer clear of biliousness. Exercise. Go slow and go easy." A lady, while engaged in the pursuit of her domestic duties encountered a mouse in the flour barrel. Now most ladies under similar circumstances would have uttered a few genuine shrieks and have sought safety in the garret; but this one possessed more than the ordinary degree of courage. She summoned the man servant, and told him to get the gun, call the dog, and station himself at a convenient distance. Then she clambered halfway up stairs and commenced punching the flour barrel with a pole. Presently the mouse made its appearance, and started across the floor. The dog at once went in pursuit. The man fired and the dog dropped dead. The lady fainted, and fell down the stairs, and the man, thinking that he would be arrested for murder, disappeared, and has not been seen since. The mouse escaped.