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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2907, 20 July 1882, Page 2

VERY LATEST

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[‘‘Age ’’Special.] London, July 19 (10.8 a.m.) The English occupation of the Suez Canal is to be for three months. Alexandria is now quieting. • Arabi Paaha commands the water supply for the city and threatens -to put itoff. The Governor of Cairo has suppressed attempts which were made at looting. - Ten thousand Arabs are assembled in the vicinity of the Canal. The, , Arabs at Oran are suddenly arming end assuming a threatening demeanor. ' AUSTRALIAN. i[EBUTBa’s Agbhoy.] Grain. * Melbourne, July 19. Malting barley is dull at 6s 4d to 6s 6d. The wheat market is firm. Shipping wheat has advanced to 6s 6d. New Zealand oats are rather weaker, at 4s Id to 4s 3d for feeding and 4s 3d to 4s 5d for milling, Insurance- f The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’Association has received a telegram from London stating that English Marine Insurance Companies are now charging a war risk' of ten per cent. -:v Later. The war risk now demanded by the English Insurance Companies is one half per , cent, and not as previauely stated, ten per cent. ! ~ ShippingSydney, July 19. Arrived this morning—Union Com pany’a steamship Eingarooma,- from Auckland. The Late Bank Bobbery. Mcßride and his, two accomplices, named Savage Wilcox, were brought up at the Grafton Police Court to-day on a charge of robbing the Australian Joint Stock Bank, of that oity, Mcßride, the accountant of the Bank, was committed for trial. One of the acomplioes, named Savage, was acquitted. Wilcox, who had previously- turned informer, gave evidence for the prosecution, and stated that, be and Mcßride planned the robbery of the Bank.