CALOGRAMS.
[Eeuteb's Special.]
London, July 6.
Tenders for two South Australian Government loans of £980,000 and £390,000 respectively, which were placed in the market last week, were opened today, when it was found that tlie total amount ofi'ered was £2,000,000. Tenders at £102 18s 6d will receive in full.
In the House of Commons last night, during the consideration of tbe Irish Land Bill in Committee, the Eight Hon. W. B. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, proposed as an amendment t,u one of the clauses that the Government should be
authorised to lend one half of arrears of Irish rents for the years 1878 and 1879 in cases where the tenants are thirty pounds under the amount of their agreements with the landlords. The proposal was debated at some length, bui its further discussion was adjourned \to today's sitting. ' •"■'.
Calcutta, July 6
Intelligence is to hand from Candahar that serious discord has arisen among the officers of the Ameer's troops stationed at Girishk and Candahar. Dissention has been apparent for some time past, but is now daily increasing and is creating a considerable disunion in the ranks of the .Ameer's army in Candahar.
Washington, July 7. President Garfield Recovering.
This morning's bulletin reports that General Garfield continues to make satisfactory progress towards recovery.
Constantinople July 4
Midhat Pasha is to be exiled to Arabia for his complicity in the murder of Sultan Abdul Aziz, the sentence of death passed in his case having been commuted.
Paris, July 7
In the Chamber of Deputies last night, a debate took place on the subject of the negotiations now proceeding for the renewal of the Anglo-French commercial treaties. In the course of the discussion, Firard, Minister of Commerce, stated that France wonld insist upon specified duties being levied upon British goods and no French treaty could be concluded on any other terms.
A new loan for Government of £400,000 was placed on the market to-day.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3908, 8 July 1881, Page 2
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322CALOGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3908, 8 July 1881, Page 2
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