REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
British and Foreign. .London, May 7. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,950,000 quarters. Best Australian beef tallow, 32s 6d ; best mutton, 34s ; Sydney copra, £l7. At the wool. sales to-day 8500 bales were offered, making a total of 164,000 catalogued since the opening. To-day's auction was marked by a slightly improved tendency. There is a fair demand for most description of hides. The Board of Trade returns of imports and fcxports for last month show a decided improvement.
The question of meat importations is seriously occupying public attention, and a prospectus has been issued of a Colonial fresh meat Company with a capital of £200,000, Half that sum will be issued and the company will commence operations immediately.
, , May 8. Sir William Vernon Harcdurt: who was appointed Home Secretary in the new Ministry, has been defeated in seek-, ing re-eleotion for Oxfordi
At the wool sales to-day 840 d bales were offered, making a total of 172,800 catalogued since the opening. There was a fair demand.
Herbert Gladstone, son of the Premier, has been elected for Leeds unopposed. . WlsHfirarofy May 8. A select committee has been appointed to revise the tariff of the United States, and has recommended that the import duties on wool be reduced.
Cons* anttnoplb, May 7-. The assassin of Commeroff, one of the attaches to the Russian embassy in this city in March last, has been sentenced to death-.
LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS* Sydney, May 10-. The barque Chandernagore has been seized for debt.
Some of the miners at Newcastle are charging 14s, and Others iOs per" tdtt for coal.
Melbourne, May 10. Mr Service, Premier, telegraphed to the Imperial Government to inquire whether there was any one of the name of Webster on board the Knpwsley Hall; The reply, it ia thought, will give conclusive evidence as to the truth of the letter found in the bottle at Portland.
Obituary—Moses Rinteh. Chief of the Hebrews is in Melbourne.
Six sailors on board the barque Tewee, from Java, have died of the aerious f«ver which was in the ship.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1128, 11 May 1880, Page 2
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