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(Rruteu'b Telegrams.) [SrEciAL to Mail.] London, May 8. At the wool sales to-day, 8400 bales were offered, making a total of 172,800 bales catalogued since the opening. There was a fair demand. Herbert Gladstone, the son of the Premier, has been elected for Leeds unopposed. Washington, May 8. The Select Committee appointed to ,revise the tariff of the United States has recommended that the import duties on wool be reduced.
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London, May 7. The Channel Squadron has returned . / from its cruise in search of the uiiitslrig training ship Atlanta. The mission has proved fruitless. May 8. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,95,0,000 quarters. Bes,t Australian beef tallow, 32s 6d ; * best mutton tallow, 345.; copra, £17. At the wool sales yesterday, 8500 ', > bales were offered, making a total of 164,400 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the market has a slightly improved tendency. Hides had a fair demand for most descriptions. The Board of Trade return of exports , t and imports for the last month show a decided improvement. Meat importation is seriously occupying public attention. A prospectus has been issued for the establishment of a Colonial Fresh Meat Company, with a capital of £200,000, half of which has already been issued. It is expected that . the Company will commence operations . immediately. -• Jsjr 'Win. Verjlori Hancom . has been -Jw his 'SHCOTwMection contest, which took place at Oxford. v i^ Constantinople, Majr"rr*Xs. The assassin of Colonel Cominerofl, late attache to the Russian Embassy, has been sentenced to death.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 393, 11 May 1880, Page 2
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259LATEST EUROPEAN. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 393, 11 May 1880, Page 2
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