New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-28
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

.. ANNA, Congress of Cooks has just
hsen held at Paris under the auspices OF .ne e'"
d,cate of the Cooks Corporation. Inc si'''hs' "
Eve congress lasted for three days. ana aIho"e ''
resolutions adopted, or wishes eHpresSe' ,,s res,
,or,tv vote were some In favor OF a uas ~ sal
Jv ,nrv fortnight of the bimonthly payin,e,t ar =.
ey,cs and the determination OF the a sor COOK
i,oun of rs francs Gl5) per montn ~, zoo, for
mn, n,t from apprenticeship. and 80 francs 's"' io
coon COOKS with an experience of some years
Tho new arrangement proposed by the cover n'''e
=, paraguay for the extingushment OF the external
dsbt does not seem to work satisiac'ol"'' 49,
sa.ms that no payment has been eiecteu en-
1anuarv 1892 The Republic had contracted III Ao,
don through its Minister there, Senior Don "eeo' ~
psntes two loans in 1871 and 49, amouh'ns w
.,s on oOo The Minister, whose personal hohor was
,.dgsd saw TO 1t that the interests OF the ioal'
houd he paid regularly. which was done u, nre
Since that time political trouble, dli;nS the obliga-
,,ons entered into by the Minister; whose pa New
nersecuted and himself imprisoned anu ,sSs To- con-
Combinations have been tried since ios av the an
vert the old debt into new bonds anu P9?rest at
nual interest. Unfortunately THESE ,hpnnsh the
. .s,,a could be made successful only lhiou7 80
!peanpprtment of Paraguayan Commerce anu noe;nts
seaueny an increase In the Custom aoa as the fiscal
es,gences Of the Argentine Republic through h the
Paraguay is compelled to so nm aTe now
world remain eXacting as they "iS "
The vintage season in the Bordeaux dis'rie' na'
haen favored this year with dry not we@ =.
80 oausod the prape-gathering to be begun III
xlx
the last days of August, an extraoiui"' ,,,
date The wine has fermented and lts eA" The for
can be known as to quality and quantt,,Nr 70 larger
mer is excellent, and though the ai hso drinkers
,hsn usual It's figures will surprise tnosu zen ,i
who Imagine that all high wines they fnS on The
come from the famous vineyards Pil1et thie vear
label For instance, there were prouuend Wha;eou
nn1v 400 barrels of Chateau Marganx ana Cna.enu
Lafitte respectively. $50 barrels OF n cours
10 of Leoville $50 Chateau d1ssan' lou "scou'S anu
325 of Portet Canet.
Coal from Tonkin for California raiiroaus may
look somewhat like the proverb "coals 10 Newcas,
tie hut 1t is one of latest news items receveu
from the distant Indo-Chnese French colony Inc
good quality of the Tonkinese coal has been dern-
onstrated by the use made of 1t on the steamers
of the Nessageries Martmes, plying between Mar
SeuIes and the Southern and Eastern Aslatlc ports
Of saigon Haphong, Shanghai, ETC. A san iran
cisco frr, has lust ordered 2OOV tons OF lonkilese
Goa FOR the use of California railroads. Inc frencn
Navv has ordered also 12.cW tons IRON the coai
,ninss ~ Hon Cal, in which a Hong Kong Ameri-
cam and n Parsee merchant invested quite recently
more than sl,5O0VV
New combinations and schemes to begin again the
cutting of the Panama Canal are fairly raining
inst at present in the Paris and other European
naners Moreover interpretations to the Govern
ment will be made in the Chamber relative to the