NEWS BY CABLE.
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS./ Melbourne, Wednesday. Sir Arthur Gordon, Governor of Fiji, is not a passenger by the Assam, as previously reported ; he came via San Francisco. In the Legislative Assembly last night, the Opposition commenced to stonewall the proceedings against the Government. The House was still sitting at four o’clock this morning. Sydney, Wednesday. Mr. Robert Wisdom, barrister, member for Morpeth, has been appointed AttorneyGeneral. According to news received from Brisbane, the punishment inflicted on the natives on Brooker Island by H.M. schooner Beagle has had a salutary effect. Vienna, August 12. It is rumored that Count Andrassy, Prime Minister, retires into private life, and that Hoffmann, Finance Minister, will be his successor. London, August 12. The new series of colonial wool auctions was opened to day. The quantity sold was 9300 bales. There was a fair demand. The total quantity catalogued is 340,000 bales. The low prices of crossbreds are in favor of buyers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5733, 14 August 1879, Page 2
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157NEWS BY CABLE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5733, 14 August 1879, Page 2
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