CABLE NEWS.
London, December 16. A tremendous explosion took place at a wharf at the mouth of tha Weser, by which seveoty people were ki led, and 100 wounded. The perpetrator h»s con'esso.l thit it was a plot to sink ttie steamer Moxelle, for the sake of getting 1 he insurance. j The Northern Powers have Bgreed to I certain reforms in Tv key!, but in the meantime the Sultan ha* taken the initiative, and proclaimed the legal equality of his subjects Parliament will reassemble on the Bth of February. ' December 18. The Australian mail via San Francisco was delivered on December 13. The mail via Brindisi has also arrived. COMMERCIAL. j The wool sales closed firm, but without an advance. 104,84<> bales were catalogued, 30,000 of which were taken for exportation. . The imports are 50,000 bales in excess of lastyear. The next series of sales will commence on the 15th February. 1 Wheat is lower. Adelaide is quoted, at I 53s to 545; New Zealand, 50s to s?s per quarter., ! Copper is firmer. Burra Burra, £88 to £89; Wall»roo, £90. Tin is quiet. Australian rules at £81. .' Hides and leather continue depressed. SHIPPING. ; Arrivals— Essex, from Melbourne; Alexahde; Duttiie, from Sydney; Koval Diadem, from Adelaide; Lochiovar, from Sydney. Sailed— Steamer Zea'andia, for Sydney.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 347, 28 December 1875, Page 2
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214CABLE NEWS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 347, 28 December 1875, Page 2
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