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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 129, 30 March 1881, Page 3

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Thdesdat. Consols remain at par. New Zealand securities are firm at last quotations. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 51s. ; New Zealand wheat, ex ship, 465, ; Adelaide, ex warehouse, 345. Australian tallow is without quotable change. At the wool *ale to-day 7500 bales were offered and the tone of the market remained firm. Pridat. It ie announced that orders have been telegraphed from the Horse Guards to General Sir Frederick Roherts, at the Cap., instructing him to return to England without proceeding to the Transvaal, m accordance with instructions issued to him on hi» departure from England. There is little enquiry for best sides of Australian hides and prices are Id lower. At the wool sale to-day 9000 bales were catalogued, and the tone of the market continued firm, 21,000 bales have been withdrawn from sale since the opening. A motion similar to that recently passed by the House m favor of the retention of a British force at Candahar, is now being debated. In the House of Commons to-day a question was put to the Under-Secretary of Ftate for Foreign Affairs with the object of ascertainiug whether the Gov rnment were In possessine of information as to the intentions of the Russian Government m regard to Central A«ia. In reply Sir Dharles Dilke stated that the Government had learned th^t o.n,e of the f\r«t acts, af the Cxar, Alexander the Third, bad been to definitely reoall General Skobeloff and order the permanent cessation of hostilities against the Turcomans. Saturday. In the House of Commons to-day, the motion m favor of the retention of a of n British force m Candahar was again under discussion and was firi^Uv rejected by a majority of 120. In the course of the debate this evening, the Marquis of Hartington stated m bis speech that a rupture of diplomatic relations between England and Russia woqld result if the Government of the latter country interfered with the affairs of Afghanistan. Consols remain at par. The market rate of discount has been raised to. 3, per eeut equal with the Bank; ra.te. Sole leather, }o£d, . The wool sales terminated to-.day The closing catalogue comprised 2900 bales, and a better demand was shown far mast descriptions, The total quantity sold during the series was 220 000 bales. 29,000 bales have hten held over foj next series.