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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 662, 14 June 1882, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE [per reuxbr’s agency.] Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister. London, June 12, In the House of Lords, this afternoon, a Bill for legalising the marriage with a deceased wife’s sister was rejected by a majority of four. Homeward MailsLondon, June 13. The homeward mails via Naples, which left Melbourne by the. Orient steamship Cuzco, May ist. were delivered here to-day. Money and the Markets Consols are unchanged at ioo]4» and New Zealand Five per Cent. 10.40 Loan remains at io6j£, and • Five per Cent. 1880 Loan at 106; Four and a Half per Cent. 1879-1904 Loan has declined to 103. The market rate of discount has advanced from to per cent. The Bank rate is 3 per cent. Adelaide and N T ew Zealand wheat is quoted at 51s, ex store. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, has advanced is per 280 lbs, and is now quoted at 345. Australian tallow—Best beef, 43s 6d ; best mutton, 44s 6d. The Wool SalesAt the wool auctions to-day 9,800 bales were catalogued. The demand continues active, and the prices firm. The Fracas at AlexandriaAlexandria, Juno 12. Further particulars which have transpired regarding the recent outbreak in this city show definitely that it arose through a Maltese stabbing an Arab soldier of the Egyptian army, who was maltreating the Greek Consul. It is also now known that the loss of life was much greater than was at first supposed, and, according to the most authentic accounts, sixty-seven Europeans were killed during the disturbance.