NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 440, 12 April 1890, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL to STANDARD.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. ALSACE TO BE NEUTRALISED. DECLINE IN THE MONEY MARKET. PRICE OF WOOL ON THE DOWNWARD TENDENCY. The Czar is visiting Poland. It is rumored that Alsace is to be neutralised. O’Connor’s claims to be considered champion oarsman are coolly received in London. The Duke D’Orleans is to be released. A financial crisis, arising from a building mania, is imminent in Rome.

Professor Huxley, who is a passenger by the Aorangi, only goes as far as the Canaries.

Edward Lloyd, the famous tenor vocalist, is dead.

Succi, the-Italian faster, is confident he will get through his task. The Chancellor of Germany, and the Premier of Italy have exchanged assurances that the pacific policy of those countries will be unchanged. The Calliope’s men were warmly received at Portsmouth. The ship will probably be visited by Royalty. The Australian ballot system is becoming general in America. Money is declining. Three months’ bills are quoted at 2%. The Bank rate of interest is per cent. The quarter’s exports show an increase of /,2,080,000, and imports show a decrease °f 16784,000 compared with the corresponding period in 1889. Messrs Balm, Jacomb and Co. report of their wool sales that 8300 bales of moderate quality were catalogued. There was a good attendance of buyers, and fair competition for all lots offered. Merinos and coarse crossbreds were five per cent below February prices, while good crossbreds were unchanged.