LONDON WOOL SALES FIRM.
ACTIVE HOSTILITIES IN MADA- [ GASCAII.—TOWN SHELLED BY FRENCH, AND FIVE ENGLISHMEN KILLED. THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY'S VISIT TO SPAIN. (Received November 20, 10 p.m.) LONDON. November 21. The catalogue at to-day's wool auction comprised 9,800 bales. The tone of the market continues firm. November 26. Telegrams have reached here from Madagascar stating that active hostilities have been resumed by the French fleet under Admiral Galliber. Vohaman, a coast town, has been bombarded by tho French war ships, the principal buildings being ruined, and a number'of persons, among whom are live British subjects, being killed. The attack was carried on with great severity, and tho town was shelled for several hours, a large amount of property owned by neutral natives, as well as by tho Hovas, being destroyed.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3857, 27 November 1883, Page 3
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132LONDON WOOL SALES FIRM. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3857, 27 November 1883, Page 3
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