ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1841, 17 November 1884, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

' 9 = . European dates are to October 24. The iron and steel works of Crawshaw Bros., Merthyr Tydvil, South Wales, have been closed owing to stagnation in-the Welsh steel and iron trade.

A joint stock company is being formed in London under the auspices ot the Stock Exchange Committee, for the protection of holders of American railroad shares. The object is to supply subscribers with information in regard to American investments.

The London Standard of 20th October says in its financial column : There are renewed reports of serious difficulties inpending in the Liverpool produce and shipping trades, One company of Americun lines called a formal meeting of its creditors, and revealed its inability to fully meets its engagements, but formal bankruptcy was apprehended. Delegates to the Farmers' Alliance will hold a conference in London in November on the agricultural crisis. The programme of the meeting includes a proposal to refer the question of reduction of rents to courts of arbitration. The Scotch Farmers, Alliance has received favorably a report of a deputation sent to Ireland advising the application in Scotland of the Irish Landlords Act with fixity of tenure, fair rents, free sales, and remission of arrears.

Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, will start next spring on a long tour on the Continent, and will afterwards visit the United States and Canada. Mr Gladstone wrote a long letter to the St. Asaph Diocesan Conference on October 23, on tho subject of the disestablishment of the Church of England. In it he counsels churchmen to be tolerant of each others views, and

to conduct their controversies with charity, moderation, mildness, and reserve. Wheat reached the, lowest price in the London market on October 19 since the American Civil War.

Government has decided (o expend one million on its fortifications in Aden, Singapore, and Hongkong. Orders have been sent from the War Office to hasten the work,

Tory election agents throughout the country, in reporting to headquarters in London on October 19 as to the effect of the Government redistribution scheme, declare that it will be destructive to the fortunes of the party. A London despatch of October 19 says, on the opening of Parliament a commission will be appointed to inquire into the condition of the Navy, and the Admiralty will ask for an increased grant for shipbuilding to enable it to give orders to private firms for the construction of swift-armored and light-armored vessels, The distress at the shipbuilding centres of the North is increasing. Trade on the Tyne and adjacent districts is paralysed. Forty ocean steamers are lying idle in the docks at Sunderland, and most of the shipyards are closed. Public subscriptions are being made for the laborers out of employment.

It is reported that the War Office is about to send an expedition of 8000 men to South Africa, a portion of which will be drawn from the East Indian Armv.

The British emigration statistics for the nine months ending September 30, showed' a decline of 70,000, over 30,000 of the number being Irish, The total number of British-born persons who left the islands since January 1 is 200,078. A Home for Female Inebriates has been established in London.

A despatch of October 12 says it is now known that the English hop crop will amount to 415,000 cwt, which is considerably below the average yield,, hut the quality is better than for years. The Continental crop is an average one, but the quality is not so fine. The whole world's crop is said to be above the annual consumption, The Tichborne Claimant was secretly brought to Pentonville Prison on the night of October 20th. He was discharged next morning quite unexpectedly to himself, as his time had still three days to run. At Scotland Yard the claimant received a ticket-of-leave, requiring him to report monthly by letter to the authorities. He appeared to be in good health, and will remain quiet for the. present, keeping his residence a secret,

The Queen, on October 14th, requested Mr Gladstone to submit to the Cabinet for consideration the question whether special powers cannot he conferred upon the Prince of Wales to enable him to participate in conference of soverigns of Europe. The Paris Memorial Diplomatique is responsible for this item.

A fund is being raised in England to enable Henry George to continue his agitation in favor of land nationalisation, but subscriptions come in slowly,