SPECIAL CABLEGRAM.
[n:oM Ot'U OWN" COI'.KESI'ONDkNT.] LoNhon, June 5. The Liberals are very active, and are confident of success at the forthcoming elections. ll'jps have advanced Ss. At to-day's wool sales 10.557 bales were snld. ,1 une 0. L• ■i.'i I. f":s. rli*-Now Governor of 2sew S .-iiii \V.has started f.-r Sydney. Ai.has granted •_!SUii->|litrs f->r the representation of tin- o.untry at the Sydney International Exhibition. June 7. Snlovrifl'. who was sentenced to death, was executed to-day. The present cash quotations for Australian copper are from LO2 to LO3. The South Australian -t percent, debentures are quoted at OS. Colonial debentures are in great demand. The open market rate for money is , ! . per cent, under tiie bank rate. The Australian tallow market is quiet and easy. At public sales of Australian a considerable number of casks remained unsold. For mutton the prices ranged from 30s to 30s, 32s to 30s lid, and 33s 3d to 33s ; for beef, 25s to 20s. 2Ss to 2'Js, and 30s to 31s. The tin market is firm, with hardening prices. The present quotation is LOO 17s Od. j Trie com market is quiet and easy. I Foreign arrivals are abundant. : At the wool hales to-day prices were | well sustained, and 'J'.>B2 bales were '.Sold. Lord Chelmsford considers that the ' Zulu war is tinished. Cetewayo has sent in a chief to ask for peace. He admitted ' that the King Intel lost the youngest and bravest of his warriors. The negotiations for peace still continue. M. Lesseps promises to commence the Panama canal on the Ist January. The capital is sixteen millions. Sydnet, June 7. Great demorstrations will take place today and to-morrow against the execution of the two youths for rape. Messrs. Williams and Co., ironmongers, have been robbed in open day of LSOUO in cheques and notes, A portion of the stolen money has been recovered. ! " .June 9. 1 Twenty thousand persons attended ihe demonstration on Sunday against the execution of the two youtli3 for rape. Thiriy thousand on going as a deputation to Government House demanded a reprieve. The excitement is great. Mr. Butler, the famous barrister, dropped dead while addressing the bench.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 979, 9 June 1879, Page 2
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