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LONDON. May 8. The reported arrival of the Californian mails on the 4th was false. The steamship Schiller, homeward bound from New York, with Australian and New Zealand mails via ’Frisco, and over ‘260 passengers, has been totally wrecked off Scilly Isles. Only a few passengers were saved. The Berlin Post considers the recent Belgian note in reply to Germany as meaningless and unsatisfactory. Thfi booUl, /vT_. mv precarious. Medical consultation decided a course of German baths to be indispensable. Vogel cannot return to New Zealand before September. April exports from Great Britain show an increase on the previous months. Wheat is depressed. Metals unchanged. At wool sales competition is unabatedForeign buyers, especially the French, are operating keenly, buyers being eager to supply immediate requirements. Trade average prices obtained are equal to the highest realized at the March sales. Total sales to date, 26,000 bales. Arrived John Diithie and Vincent Calypso. May 10. The Schiller went ashore during a fog and 311 perished. Forty-four passengers and a part of the mail saved. The Emperor of Russia arrived at Berlin to-day. The result of the interview with the Gorman Emperor is anxiously awaited for. The Italian Parliament has been engaged during the week discussing a motion blaming the Government for undue leniency towards Bishops, and allowing the law of exequaturs to remain a dead letter. Menzhctli promised to introduce legislation to protect the State, and administer ecclesiastical property. He also states that the relations with Germany were excellent. A vote of confidence in the Government was passed. Bourkc announced that the Government had received an entirely satisfactory assurance that Germany had no cause to apprehend disturbance. The Brindisi mail was delivered yesterday. The passengers by the Schiller were principally Germans, no Australians traceable. There were 56 mail bags, chiefly newspapers, saved. The collier strikes in South Wales have ended, and the men arc returning to work at the masters’ conditions. The Czar and Count Schakoff interviewed Bismarck immediately on arrival at Berlin. It is generally supposed the Czar exercised a pacific influence. Prussia voted for the suppression of religious orders. GALLE. May 8.
Nubia sailed for Australia.
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Patea Mail, Volume 1, Issue 12, 22 May 1875, Page 2
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