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LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

GOVERNOR BOWSN" APPOINTED TO VICTORIA. Auckland, Nov. 18. The following later English intelligence has just been received by the Hero, from Sydney. London, Nov. 9. 1.30 p.m. Sir George F. Bowen has been appointed Governor of Victoria, and Sir Jame3 Fergusson (the present Governor of South Australia) Governor of NewZealand. Three hundred Warwickshire laborers have sailed for Queeuslaud. Money is stringent. Queensland six.^a, January- July, 113 ; Tasmania n, 109£ ; Back of Australasia shares, 55| ; Union Bank, 46£ ; London Chartered Bank, 25£; National of Australasia, sf . Copper ia steady, .from £92. . Australian tin ore, £35 to £95 ; inferior, £44. Tallow ia steady. Petroleum, 9£. New Zealand hemp, £32 to £3S. London, Nov. 10. Money ia tightening. Discount 7 per cent. General Grant has been re-elected President of the United States. Secretary Fiah haa tendered bi» resignation. He will relinquish his post in March next. The Gazette haa published the terms of the French treaty in regard to the following important duties, which will come into operation on the Ist of December: — Wool (greasy) 3 franc's 7 centimes ; washed wool, 6 francs 11 centimes ; bar copper, 70 francs 12 centimes ; tin, 15 francs each per 100 kilogrammes. A commission has been appointed to meet at Paris to discuss certain unsettled questions respecting the duties. The commissioners will afterwards make an enquiry into the fishery laws. It is believed that Holland contemplates the establishment of a gold currency. The exports for October amounted to £22,657,736. Legada has been elected President of the Mexican republic. At a banquet held in the G-uildhall, Earl Granville ia the course of his speech did not touch upon home affairs. He referred at length to the American claims, and said tkat the verdict of the Genera tribunal affected the purse, not the honor*

of the country. He advised that England should pay without grumbling. He lihcmld be ready to give a full explanation on the opening of Parliament. He strongly attacked the slave trade, re marking that the Government were resolved to maintain the honor and interest of England, and were desirous to promote peace everywhere.

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Southland Times, Issue 1665, 19 November 1872, Page 2

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LATER ENGLISH NEWS. Southland Times, Issue 1665, 19 November 1872, Page 2

LATER ENGLISH NEWS. Southland Times, Issue 1665, 19 November 1872, Page 2

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