HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.
«. SUICIDE OF A FRENCH CONSUL. THE FRENCH ARMY. FROZEN MEAT TRADE. (PKB PBEBS A88O0IATION). j Calcutta, October 11. Tho Ameer of Afghanistan is seriously ill. Paris, October 11. At the Chamber of Deputies to day the Budget was under discussion. The com* mittee refused to grant a vote for increasing the army by 35,000 men. London, October 10. Mr Patrick Henderson, British Consul at Cadiz, in Spain, committed suicide to day while in consultation with the authorities of the Foreign Office. No cause is assigned During one year South Africa has exported gold to the value of £8,000,000. Sir Hercules Robinson believes the annual output will be doubled before the close of the century. A shipment of beef sold in Vienna at prices slightly above London rates. Mr Weddel, encouraged by the success of the venture, is sending further consignments. Mr Joseph Nelson, in a letter to the Times, says the Canadian North -West is able to land a quarter of a million live store cattle per annum at a cost of £3 each, including feed and attendance. He considers it impossible for Australia to compete against this.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 92, 12 October 1894, Page 2
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191HOME & FOREIGN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 92, 12 October 1894, Page 2
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