CABLE NEWS
ENGLISH & FOREIGNLONDON, October 7. The MarketsConsols are at 98. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £15,500,000, being three-quar-ters of a million less than last week. There is a fair demand for most descriptions of Australian leather at full prices. The shipment of wheat from America to England last week exceeded half a million of quarters. LONDON, October 8. The Turkish QuestionIt is stated that, with a view to coerce the Porte, the British Government has proposed, and the Powers have agreed to occupy and place an embargo on the chief Turkish ports in the Aegean sea, and it is further reported that the admirals in command of the combined fleet have been instructed by their respective Governments to carry this into effect. The “ Daily News ” of to-day hints at the possibility of the Saltan being deposed. Distuibances in PersiaIntelligence has been received from Teheran that the Khurds inhabiting the district of Kurdistan, on the western border of Persia, have risen in largo numbers against the local authorities, and are attacking and pillaging the towns and villages in the district.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2068, 9 October 1880, Page 2
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188CABLE NEWS Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2068, 9 October 1880, Page 2
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