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London, May 19. The Bhip Antipodes put in to Valparaiso, having to discharge cargo and undergo repairs. Consols 99 g. Adelaide wheat, 53s '6d; Adelaide flour, 38s ; pig iron, £5 Is ; leather, 11}. At. the wool sales to-day 10,200 bales were offered, making a total of 235,700 catalogued since the opening, The tone of the sale was dull. The mails per John Elder via Brindisi were delivered here to-day. .- . - May 20. A meeting of the Conservative party was held to-day, at which Earl Beaconsfield made a speech. His Lordship referred to the result of the elections, and said he could only attribute the defeat of the Conservatives to the desire felt by the electors for a change in the Ministry. He stated that he would retain the leadership of his party, and advocate a dignified^ opposition to the Liberals, and the formation of proper local Conserval tire organisations throughout the country Earl Carnarvon, who resigned his position in the late Ministry in 1878 in consequence of its Eastern policy, was present at the meeting. . .. Paris, May 20. The French war ship Finisterre has sailed with the exhibits for the Melbourne Exhibition.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 121, 21 May 1880, Page 2
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