CABLE NEWS.
MAIL STEAMER WRECKED. Albany, Tuesday. The large mail steamer Travancore, Peninsula and Oriental Company, ran ashore in the Mediterranean, at Otranto, on "the Italian coast, a few miles south of Brindisi. She was expected to become a total wreck. No loss of life is reported, LIBERAL VICTORIES IN ENGLAND. NEW GOVERNMENT. London, April 12. The Libera! gains are now equal to 108 votes. The 'Times says Lord Derby will probably be Colonial Secretary in new Liberal Government, LIVE CATTLE FROM AMERICA TO EUROPE. London, April 12. The s.s. Great Eastern is being fitted to convey live cattle from America to Europe. STARVING POPULATION. Population of Anetolia dying from starvation, caused by misrule. DEATH OF A PEER. Lord Rivers, patron of the Tichborne claimant, is dead. COLONIAL PRODUCE. Melbourne, April 9. There is moderate business doing in oats. The price of sugar is advancing. Sydney, April 9. Hennessy’s brandy, quarters, 11s to 11s 6d ; kerosene (Devoe’s), Is B£d to Is 9d ; Patna rice, IGs lOd to 18s ; New Zealand wheat, 4s 9d ; New Zealand oats, 2s to 2s 6d ; maize, 2s to 2s Gd, market firmer. Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces, 38s. Adelaide, April 9. Wheat, 4s 6d, nominal ; flour, £lO 15s ; freights, 50s to 52s 6d.
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Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 508, 14 April 1880, Page 3
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208CABLE NEWS. Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 508, 14 April 1880, Page 3
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