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[‘bectek’s t»legk«ms—copyright.) New Guinea London, Jan 3. Baron Maclay, the New Guinea explorer, addressed n. letter to Lord Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, urging the British Government, if it should decide to annex New Guinea, to respect the rights of the natives, and expressing feass that attempts will be made to kidnap them for the labor market. The Calcutta Exhibition. Calcutta, Jan. 2. Up to the present time the International Exhibition has been visited by 238,500 persons. The juries commence allocation of awards on January 15 th. Railway Accident. Ottawa, Jan. 2.
A serious disaster occurred on the railway near Toronto. A workmen’s train collided shortly after leaving the city with a goods train, and twenty passengers were killed, thirty others being seriously injured. [Received Jan. 4, 1 p.m.] Monetary and Commercial. London, J an. 2. Consols are at New Zealand securities are:— Five per cent 10-40 Loan, Five percent 1889 Loan, 103)4 ; Four and a halt per cent, 1879-1904 Loan, Four per ceMt. Inscribed Stock, 100. Colonial breadstuffs :—Adelaide wheat, ex store, 465; New Zealand, 38s 6d to 43s 6d; Adelaide flour, ex store, 325. Australian tallow—Best beef, 395; best mutton, 44s The stock in London amounts to 7,000 casks. The market rate of discount is now at 2)4 per cent., )4 below the Bank rate. The Suez Mail.
The Homeward Australian mail via Suez-Brindisi, which left Melbourne on Nov. 22nd, was delivered to day.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 3
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243CABLE NEWS. LATEST FROM EUROPE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 3
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