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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 297, 11 December 1873, Page 2

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.The Pscang and Singapore cable has beea repaired. The fault was caused by the cable be^ng *;fouled by ships anchors, aud then deliberately cut through with an axe. A reward has been offered. A telegram. has been ; received from London announcing*the death of George Peter Harris, ironmonger. Breadstuff's are unchanged. Tbeßaroda mth the; Australian mails arrived at Galle on November 26. ' London, November 28. The bombardment of Carthagena has commenced. . Discount 6 per cent... ...... November 27. The' wool sales opened this evening. The arrivals are 50,000 bales, Sydney and Cape preponderated. There were more home than foreign buyers. The. eagerness usually shown on the opening day was absent Prices ranged about the same as at last ealea, excepting for Cape wool.

November 30.— An inquiry into the eircumatancetfconaected with the nationality as to Virginian* shooting a portion of a crew is not concluded. The_eyidepcpjß contradictory as tothe execution 'of American subjects, but the Q<?v^nment t of r the United States are making navali preparations to provide against the contingency of being unable to obtain irom Spain, exqept- ty y force, a concession bf their demands.

December I.— The prosecution in the Tichborne «we ha^ recommenced... The American witnesses contradict the evidence upon which a portion of the line of defence was based.