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London, November 30. Consols 100J. Four and a half per cent New Zealand 1879 1904 loan 95|. Adelaide wheat ex warehouse 525. Australian tallow, best beef 325 ; best mutton' 355. Best Scotch pig iron f.o.b. in the Clyde 52s 6d. ; At the wool sale to-day 8300 bales* were offered, makiog a total of 53,000 bales since the opening. The tone of the sale was firm. December I. The Marquis of Salisbury addressed a large audience at Woodstock in Oxfordshire last night, and io the course of his speech his Lordship referred at length to the address of Earl Granville at Hanley on the previous day announcing the intention of the Government in regard to Ireland. Alluding to the proposed Lund Bill he said the Tories would oppose any measure which would lead to confiscation of the property of landlords, and he ridiculed the idea of creating a peasant .proprietary in Ireland. Referripg to Earl Granville's announcement that the Government would introduce a Bill dealing with the present disorder and providing for the future happiness of Irishman, his Lordship strongly urged the necessity of first repressing the existing anarchy before taking any steps to remedy the grievances of the people. The Government has decided to abolish the positions of Lord Chief Baron of the j Exchequer and Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas. It has been arranged that the sculling match for the Championship between Hanlon and Laycock shall take place on the 17th January over the usual Thames course. Laycock has now raised the necessary stake of £500.
[Special to the " Melbourne Argus."] (Per Albion, at the Bluff.) London, November 26. It is stated that the losses of the Albanians and Turks in the conflict which took place previous to the occupation of Dulcigno by Dervish Pasha were heavy. The discovery of a new Bystem of electric light, in which filaments of carbon are employed, is believed to have solved the diffi culty of bringing the invention into domestic use. William Herbert, a bootmaker, late of Footscrny Victoria, who shot his sister-in-law, Jane Messenger, in Finsbury Park, and afterwards attempted to commit suicide, has been tried for murder, convicted, and sentenced to death.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 241, 2 December 1880, Page 2
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