LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.
London, December 7. Five per cent New Zealand 10-40 loan, 104 ; Five per cent New Zealand 1889 loan, 107 kAt the wool sales to-day 5200 bales were of ered, making a total of 92,550 catalogued since the opening. Tbe tone of the sale was firm. A serious riot took place at Brookborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland, to-day, owing to a land meeting to be held there being prohibited by the authorities. The Riot Act was read and the police and dragoons were called out aud t.he rioters dispersed. Mr Parnell has been prespnted with the freedom of the City of Waterford, Ireland. Washington, December 7. President Hayes has made a recommendation to the Cabinet that General Grant should be appointed Commander-inChief of ihe United States army a post nominally filled by the President. New York, December 7.: A projection is on foot for the consti notion of a cable to bo laid from San Francisco to Australia via the Sandwich Islands. San Francisco, December 7. Five Russian war vessels stationed in the Pacific have sailed from different ports to Japan. The object of their mission has not yet transpired.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 247, 9 December 1880, Page 2
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