ENGLISH & FOREIGN.
Fbeutke’s telegeams.l LONDON, December 7. The Markets. Consols have advanced ito 99-1. New Zealand securities and (colonial breadstuffs remain at yesterday’s quotations. Australian tallow has advanced Is per per cwt. Best beef is quoted at 38s 6d, and best mutton at 41s 6d. Wool SalesAt to-day’s wool auction 9800 bales were catalogued, and a fair demand was again experienced for the various lots offered. The Londonderry Election. Sir Samuel Wilson, of Victoria, the defeated candidate for Londonderry, threatens to petition against the election of Mr Porter, Q.C., the newly-appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, on the ground that ho used indirect means of bribery to gain the seat. Volunteers for IrelandThe Government has invited 1000 men of the army reserve or retired policemen to volunteer for special protection duty in Ireland as Irish police. Killed by Lightning. A severe storm, accompanied with heavy thunder and lightning, was experienced here yesterday, during which two persons were struck by lightning, and killed instantaneously.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2398, 9 December 1881, Page 3
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