REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, December 5. At the wool sales to-day 8000 bales were catalogued. Tlie tone of tlio market is firm. Biennan, secretary of the Laud League, lias been arrested at Dublin for seditious language at Balla. December 6. Three per cent, consuls, 97|; NewZealand 5 per ceut. loan, 101. " The wool sales are closed ; 129,800 bales were catalogued. Glasgow; December 6. Gladstone in his final speech vehemently denounced the Government policy, especially th-3 Afghan war, which he characterised as dastardly. Vienna, December 6. The Lower House has passed a Bill for raising tne Austro-Hungariau army to 800,000 men. St. Petersburg, December G. Two persons have been arrested at Moscow on suspicion of being connected with the recent attempt made on the Czav's life. Several words previously omitted in transmitting, show that the railroad to Moscow had been tunelled and the explosion fired as the train passed over. Paris, December G. The Minister of Finance has proposed new taxes to the extent of two millions sterling, in consequence of the deficiency.
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Kumara Times, Issue 996, 9 December 1879, Page 2
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