CABLEGRAMS.
ENGLISHMAN!) FOKEIGN NEWS.
THE EGYPTIAtfJUTRAGES.
TWENTYOOS KILLED.
MURDER OF SIXI@EVEN EURO. PEAN&'
' AiixjusjpßU, June 12. The recent in this city lasted for eeverfcl •' KoiirS,; -"During- thit time the shops of tiiaay Europeans were attaoked and plundered,'and the occupants maltreated. As' a ■ precautioiiarv measure in case of a fresh outbreak, ill the European' women have been taken aboard the men-of-war and 'other vessels lying in port, Flutter particulars wliioh have transpired regarding the recent' outbreak in this city show definitely that ic arose through a Maltese stabbing an Arab soldier of the Egyptisri army, who was maltreating the Greek Coniul. It is also now known that the loss of life was much creator, than was at'first and according to the moat.authentio accounts, sixty-seven Europeans wdre, killed dmiug the disturbance. ''
Melbourne, June 18.
It is stated that-th'e Government intecd to modify the scheme for readjusting taxation fhichi was anqounced by Sir Bryan O'Loghlen in his Finanoiat Statement. Nothing, however is definitely known with regard to'the measures which the Government proposed to bring down, London, June 12.
The homeward mails, via Naples, whioh left Melbourne by the Orient steamship Cuzco, May 1, were delivered here to-day. Consols are unchanged at 1001. New Zealand 5 per cent. 10 40. loan remains at 106£, and the 5 per cent. 1889 loan' at 106. The 4} per cent 1879-1904 loan has declined to 103. The market rate of discount has advanced from 2J, to 2J per cont, Bonk rate, 3 per coot. / Adelaide and New Zealand!, wheat are quoted at 61s, ex store. " Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, hns advaqqed'ls per 2801b and is now quoted at 35! ;... '
Australian tallow—Beit beef, 43s fld; best mutton 44s 6d. ' ± At the wool auction bw were catalogued. The dflinani|.cpntinßw active, and prices, are' firm..';^:,. In the House of Lords this j>{lernoon a Bill for legalising marriage.witn a deceased wife's sister was rejected by a majorUjjfijf'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1099, 14 June 1882, Page 2
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316CABLEGRAMS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1099, 14 June 1882, Page 2
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