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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1078, 19 October 1883, Page 2

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[rbitter’s tELEGRAM3 —COPYRIGHT.] Frozen Mutton. LiONDON, Oct, 17. The shipment of frozen meat by the steamship Catalonia, .from New Zealand, has been found in good condition. The portion placed on the market today realised 6d per lb. The London meat market is at present glutted, - and lower prices on all descriptions are ruling. Arrival. Arrived—Clynder, ship, from Lyttelton (July ist). ' Shipping Casualty. :;; I The ship Turakina, outward bound.; , for Auckland, when leaving the docks, collided with the quay, and sustained.' damage of so serious a nature that she has been compelled to retura and dish . ? charge cargo in -order to repair: the damages. Carey’s Murderer. London, Get. 14. ;.i: r; The trial of O’Donnell for the mur* ' der of James Carey has been postponed until next month. - : The late Earthquake. Constanxinoplb, Oct. 17. The latest accounts frotq the of the recent earthquake shoiy that the catastrophe fs one of extreme severity. Several villages were completely wrecked by repeated shocks, and it is reported on good authority that a thousand persons were killed, and that fully 20,000 are homeless and ip great distress, The Outbreak Quelled. Lisbon, Oct. 17. The outbreak among the peasantry in the Western Provinces has been completely quelled, and a number of Republican agitators has been arrested by the troops, who were despatched to the scene of the rising. [Received Oct. 19, 12.40 p m.] Vague Rumors. London, Oct, 18. Vague rumors are current that the Austrian Government is mediating with, a view to bring about more friendly r relations between the Pope and Italy. Slocking a Port. Hong Kong. Oct 18. Intelligence is to hand from Canton that preparations to block (sic) that port are being made by the Chinese authorities. "