A MILLION AND A HALF OF ANIMALS KILLED.
London, October 16. Consols, 98£. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 49s Cd ; Australian tallow, besfc beef, 33b Gd, best mutton, 34s 4d. New Zealand 4$ per cent 1879-94 loan 97*. Besfc Scotch pig iron, No. 7, free on board, in the Clyd», 52s Cd. There is a large speculative enquiry for brandy. Arrived— City of Quebec from Auckland. October 18. Mr Parnell made a speech at Longford yesterday, in the course of which he said tbe proposed prosecution by tha Government of the leaders of tho Irish League would be useless. / tThe detached squadron with H.M S. Bacchante have gone on a prolonged cruise. London, October 18. A report is current at St Petersburg on the best authority that, owing to the Czar having contracted a marriage with tbe Princess Dolgorouki, His Majesty will appoint the Czarewifcch co-regent and will live in retirementjafc Livadi3 in the Crimea. News has been received from South America of a terrible disaster in the Argentine Republic. A most severe snowstorm lasting for three days fell over an enormous tract of couutry and caused the death of 700,000 head of cattle, 500,000 Bheep, and 250,000 horses. No news has come to hand as to any los3 of human life. Paris, October 18. The Erench Government is continuing to expel the various religious orders from France.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 248, 19 October 1880, Page 2
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