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SPECIAL TELEGRAMS" London, September 7. The Russians entered Batoum without opposition. Mehemet Ali Pasha and twenty of his suite have been massacred. The bank minimum is unchanged. The market rate for three months* bills is 4£. Consols are ’extremely depressed. They have experienced a heavy fall of 1 per cent. . The wool market betrays symptoms of weakness II medium and faulty parcels, which preponderate. Superior wools are firm. The corn market unchanged. * / The weather is fine for the harvest. Captain J. C. Wilson succeeds Commodore Hoskins on the Australian station. ' The Paris Exhibition closes on . the 15th November.. . Further colonial awards are expected. • ’ The first innings of the Australians against Gloucestershire closed for 183. Gloucestershine in the second innings made only 85. ’The. game, was thus won by. Australia, with ten wickets to spare. The bowling of the Australians was very effective, and the wicketkeeping of Blackham excellent. The attendance was_ large. The weather was hot, and the wickets good.
The remaining scores were as follow : —A.. Bannerman, run out, 19; Spofforth, b. Gilbert, 44 ; Murdoch, run out, 0; Gregory, c. off Mills, 1; B'ackham, b. Mills, 0 ; Allan, c. off Hr. Grace, 14; Boyle, not out, 11. Gloucestershire, second innings;—Gilbert, b. Spofforth, 1; Townsend, b. Spoffortb, 18; Bush, b. Spofforth, 3 ; Mills, b. Spofforth, 4; Cranstone, c, off Spofforth, 0 ; W.. G. Grace, hb.w. b. Garrett, 5 ; Moberley, c. off Allan, 0 ; G. F. Grace,, b. Garrett, 6 ; Hr. Grace, c. off Garrett, 13 ; Wright, b. Allan, 12; Smith, not out, 9; byes, &c., 4. Australians, second innings : Bailey, not out, 9; Spoffortb, not out, 4; byes? &c., 4. Paris, September 7. Bosisto, of Melbourne, has received a medal for his pharmaceutical exhibits. - (REUTER’S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCYJ London, September 7. Consols, rates of discount, wheat and flour, unchanged; New Zealand Fives, 100 J. Australians securities declining. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, Monday. Edwards unsuccessfully attempted to walk 110 miles in twenty-four hours. He succeeded in doing 102. Arrived : Wakatipu.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5446, 10 September 1878, Page 2
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