LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.
(reuteb : s telegram, per press association) LQifRON, May 4. Five per cent. New Zealand Loan, 1889, 107. At the wool sales to-day 12,900 bales were offered, making a tptgl of 151,500 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the market was quieter; for washed pFoss-breds, 3d lower; and greasy cross-breds, 2d lower. May 5.
The University of Glasgow has. conferred an honorary degree on the Hon. L. H. S. M'llwraif;h, Cpjqnial Secretary of Queensland. The Right Hon. Robert Lowe has been raised to the Peerage.
A despatch from the Indian Government lias been published, which states that the cost of the Afghan war will probably exceed the estimate by at least four million pounds. Calcutta, May 5. The latest news from. Afghanistan reports that Genial Stpwwt has replaced General Sir Frederick Roberts in the command of the British forces at Cabul. | j
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1273, 6 May 1880, Page 2
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