London.
The Duke of Cambridge has abandoned his claim to an additional pension. Messrs Boosey have engaged Miss Ada Crossley, the Australian contralto singer, for all their ballad concerts next season. Lord Salisbury has gone to his villa at Beaulieu, in the Riviera, to stay for a month. MrCurzon, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying to opponents who twitted the Government with leaving the Armenians to their fate, said the policy pursued for 50 years of preventing Russia overrunning any portion of Turkey was entirely wrong. He was convinced it would be preferable to let Russia fulfil her destiny to having 25,000 people massacred every decade. New Zealand mutton — First quality, B£d per lb; second, 2si. Lamb, 4£d. The English wheat market is quiet and inclined to weakness, Continental inactive, and American changing a little for the worse. Colonial oats, fine quality, 24s 6d ; common, 20s 6d. The butter market is flat, and prices show a decline of about 2s. The tallow market is lifeless, and sales have been postponed till April 10. Rabbitskins are flat, and have declined £d. There is a scarcity of rabbits, and Australian are selling at lid to arrive.
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Manawatu Herald, 2 April 1896, Page 2
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194London. Manawatu Herald, 2 April 1896, Page 2
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