BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[Hkdteb’s Agency.j CommercialLondon, Hot. 18. Conois have fallen £ and are today quoted at 1001. The Bank of England's reserve is 10£ millions. Adelaide and New Zealand breadstuffs and Australian tallow are without quotable change. The total quantity of whecat afloat for Great Britain is 2,300,000 quarters. Homeward MailsThe Australian and New Zealand mails, via San Francisco, which left Auckland on October 11, were delirered here to-day. The TransvaalNo confirmation has yet been received of the statement contained in the Standard ’’ telegram, of the 16th inst., that Mopoch, one of the leading chiefs in the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal, has declared war against the Boers. Intelligence is, however, to hand from Durban (Natal) that the telegraph line between that place and Pretoria is broken and no nows regarding the reported outbreak of natives can therefore be obtained.
A Smart RobberyAn extensive robbery was to day committed at the Hatton Garden (London) Post-office. The gas in the office was suddenly turned off, and before it could be relighted a registered bank packet, containg diamonds and other valuables worth £IB,OOO, was stolen. The robber has not yet been discovered.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2706, 21 November 1881, Page 3
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190BRITISH AND FOREIGN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2706, 21 November 1881, Page 3
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