LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 105, 5 January 1881, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

■ ■ •-,.. ■■ ::V : : f^\ gvr f-/ • ZiqjoaoH, December 30. Consols are unchanged : aV'l6oi. New -Zealand securities remain at last quotations,. Tho total reserirefn notes andr bullion m the. Bank of England" is £12,875,000. The markets for Australian .-«nd _ He.W^~ Zealand produce are unchanged.;? • ;: : r December 81. Owing to the. excitement which is prerading id Dublin m. consequence of the trial of tbe.ljand.. Leaguew,^ extra military pre-«. parations are being raAde' m |h£'6ity for the. preservation of order. •'*•••' . Y«rj heavy snpw-atormt hare fallen in<4V England during Die paist few* '"days, and m, j many districts serious flooda i haTe resulted, " on the breaking up-of the frost. Considwable. Jos* of property has occurred, and* owing to. the extreme cold, much distress has beeA e^ptrienced by the poorer classes. Subz, December 80. - Tb» steamer. Projtos, with a cargo of meat,, has arrived here bound fronx lifelbourue. .'.■.'•' Oaebtowk,' December 31. A report comes to hand'to-.day from theTransvaaKtbat the fioera hare followed apt their recent successes by occupying Pretoria, the capital ; town: v The. Jjumqt^ ho^erer* requires confirmatios.. NEW , Yoke, December 31. Intense cold continues tc b* expejfiencedi throughout the States, and heary snow storma bay© f aH«*n ! ih majnjt Jpaxte. Mslbofe^b, Diecjmber-31. The VictoriariiGpyprj^n^a^^era a free pardon to accomplices m tEe'T&,rß ( ruj& gold robbery, wb^ niay/gw^ eSidwwa fod«ig ta a conTiction. . ! -•::-. .>■**} ■;■'[ _ig u f r \....T.«'»'»O»n r -l. The attendance on the Kemingtoix Con^tix ■.today- was 'the., jlarges.t.'jof any Champion meeting, . The went Her was tpleadid, Hi» iflxcellehw-'Mie'JGHJTei'ntir w:.-,. . ■ ■ ; ; e following '«• the rwultaof Ha» itra obitf

Kormanby Stakes, 5 furlongs. — Liberator* 1 ; Monmouth, 2 ; Welcome Jack, 3. Won by a bare half, head. Time, lmin. 4isee. <■-" -•'•■■■• : •r Stakes,-r3 miles. — Grand Flan*"eur7l';' Progress, .2 ; Sweetmeat", 3. Wellington and Trevallyn also started." The race resolved itself into-a lnatoh between Grand Flaneur and Progress, who were together all the distance, but the — former finally won by two lengths. Time,' 6min..;4oseq.^ ; <; .• „ t , . : \' V_SJDNBT, December 31. Produce and other markets remain unchanged. -V :^^'i~< f ■ i ■'../. .1 o .'.t Mr. Brown, writing from New [ „, Ireland on Nov. 12th. reports that favorable progress is being made m.De Bays' new colony. The City of Sydney, with the outward San Francisco mail, sailed for Auckland yesterday,. „ ./... f „■ „ ... , ! ... .-, Beisbane, December 31. It is announced; I thati Mr. Pope Cooper -> „ c F*U,' ; be^ appointed , Attorney • General of ' • ■Queensland, pice Mi. Beor, deceased; 1"" ' "" Adbllidh, December 31. Price of wheat, per bushel, 4s 3d to '4k 4J"d." The tone of the wheat market generally f«&&wra tittle fifing during the week. Town flour is quoted at £10 10» • country, £9 5s to £9,ios. 1 v Freights to United Kingdom from Ade- . >Mde/*7s 6d ikfiOs, and from outporfcs, 60s.