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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 961, 19 May 1879, Page 2

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© LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (RF.UTEIi's TELEGRAM, PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) j London. May IG. The publication of diplomatic corresI pondence shows that England and Russia j have come to an understanding for the ! strict execution of the Treaty of Berlin, relative to the administrative autonomy of Eastern Roumelia. St. Petersburgh, May 15. Numerous destructive fires have occurred in Eastern Russia. They are believed to be the act of an incendiary. (SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.) London, May 17. Money is rather firm. Business in all j departments is at a block. The Exchange I market is dull. Colonial Government debentures are quiet. The tane of the wool market is firm. Heavy prices arc being realised without any noticeable alteration. The Home trade is competing freely. Of 84,000 bales catalogued the withdrawals are only GOOO. Corn is unchanged. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (RECTER's TELEGRAM. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION) Melbourne, May IG. A new company is forming to resuscitate the Provincial and Suburban Bank, to protect the old shareholders. May 17. _ The season's yield of wheat for Victoria amounted to 5,750,400- bushels, showing a decrease, as compared with 1878, of 1,300,792 bushels, although there has been a substantial increase in the acreage. I May 19. Weiberg has been captured near the Tarwen river. He surrendered after three shots had been fired at him. (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, May 17. A co? ih was bailed up near Narribi. The horses were scared at the firing, and bolted. The driver steered for the postoffice at Wallget. The bullets penetrated the panels, and splintered the wood. The police are pursuing the bushrangers. Brisbane, May 17. Mr. Thomas has resigned the Minister of Justiceship. Mr. Spring was appointed AttorneyGeneral. Adelaide, May 17. Obituary—Mr. Angus, of Melbourne. Melbourne, May 16. The official statistics show the yield of last harvest to be 5,715,000 bushels of wheat. This is a decrease of 1,302,000 bushels compared with the previous year. The average yield was 8 "7 bushels, compared with 12 "4 bushels for last year. The yield of oats is 307,000 bushels, showing an increase on last season. The

additional acreage under wheat was 94,000 acres. New Zealand oats are plentiful, at 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Four thousand bushels were sold on Friday in two lines. The largest shareholders in the Provincial Bank contemplate establishing a new company, to take over' the assets and liabilities, and to recommence business after the liquidation - . •The Jessie Headman, from the Bluff, has arrived. Later. It is feared that Victoria will require to import a million and a half bushels of wheat for consumption.