ENGLISH & FOREIGN.
SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. LONDON, October 20. The Australia has broken her shaft and is returning. THE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA. The popular vote in California has condemned Chinese immigration. EGYPT AND ABYSSINIAAbyssinia has resumed relations with the Egyptian Government. CENTRAL ASIA. The Russians are reported as being at Merv. THE MARKETS. The copper market is steady, and prices firm at from £72 to £74. Sugar has advanced 6d per cwt. Tho tin market is strong, with a slight advance. Prices range from £93 to £95. The corn market is quiet. MADRID, October 21. Disastrous floods continue in Spain. A thousand persons have been drowned, and great loss of property has occurred. [eeuteb’s telegrams.] LONDON, October 21. THE AFGHAN WAR. Tho “ Daily Telegraph ” publishes a telegram from Peshawnr stating that tho Governor of Jollalabad reports that Russian troops have occupied Merv. This is unconfirmed from other sources. BOMBAY, October 21. It is stated that the Indian Government are going to construct a railway through tho Scindo Valley to Quettah, and thence on to Candahar. CALCUTTA, October 20. Tho magazine in tho citadel of Cabul exploded. Thirty British and many Afghans wore killed. The Ameer will abdicate.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1770, 22 October 1879, Page 2
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