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Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 136, 22 March 1873, Page 2

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Colonial wool hns (Wlnicd Id and 2d jmr Ib* sfnt'c the opi-nmt! fti the vali>M M^sir [IJm'uHi :nrl Sfliwnvi/ ropovl 7rHM«.) Iml , uitl,tln«i, ,-mi| .iii.ji \i. (yuan Ik.Loau.tHoul

I m grease wo 2d per lb lower tUn sit t ho December tjlos ; i good Aiolnlini ikvu", 3d , superior, SA to Id, imd niteuor , gwa*. , stl pei Jb lower. The lull on giva^ wools is neailv IJ.'1 J .' }.lt U-nt us conijuireil with^thc sale, ol^l'Ybnwrv, 1172. Alesni Cricdclla A. G), to'om.il b okcr-, have failed" Ihe Hunk ol 1 AustralasM li.h ilcdaieil .1 dividend of ten per cent. In the House of Common-, the Gom-mreait, ontheantion of Mi- Samuel Pliinsoll, member lor l>erbv,liMe agreed to appoint a Jtotal Coinnii^ion to inquire into the eonditiou of the meivantile niarine. with a Mew of lemedwug certain |o\ ds eou.plained of. .Mr Plimsoll's book on tiio condition i of the inereliaut seamen has produecd angry feelings apiongat i the shipowners. ° The ilawanan Government, under a reciprocity treaty, ceded to the Lnited ytato. of America a iinal station near Jionolulu. I

! . - M.yeh 7. llv J.iromb reports of wool sales that the market ha s been drooping from the opening, ami that all di-si-rmtwm are i low or. Greasy 2d to 3.1 as compared with tliu pnow of lebnmrv, 187:'. 7300 bales have be, n withdrawn. L.u.ms are apathetic, and foreign competition i a slender.

„,, c . , March 8. Lhc price- of wool lms improved. Com petition is better for fleece and grcwy. Combing wool is slightly dearer. Jiarl Jumberley, in reph to a question bj lJurL Lamd.ilc .11 the House ot lx>rcU, said that 12.0Q0 A-»hnnleo» had imatlml British territory on tiic West of .linen, but the en u ■*(.> of the lmiuton is unknown. In the House of Commons Lord E. C'eeil mo-.ed a resolution to the eilbct that the colonies should contribute according to their population and « ealth towards 4lm dofenct- of the Itinpire. lhw was opposed by M^ss, PowJer, KnatH.bullllugcaaon, Lnder-SecretjM-y for thu Colonies, .tud Mr til.illstone, upon winch the motion was withdrawn • Government miumties have been granted to the >;,tcrs oi Lieiiteuint Uaghorn, tho pioneer ot the Suez route. JJorgi'd bills l mu . been negotiated bj tin* Jlank of En.land, the lloUi-chiids, and (lie Bariu^, the London ami AVeitiiiiiHcr, and the Union Banks of London, mid Uennan and Belgium banking firms. . Wfaivn h.i- not yet been .arrested, but three of his accomplices are m custody. The exports for February aro 23.), millions, and imports 2/ J- millions. l Money is hardening.. . . , ~ ' 'Tlie New- Zealand consolidated fiwi are 10/ Tallow is quiet, and sperm oil unaltered. Wheat i, easier m consequence ot large arrivals. - The lfidwui Fox has sailed.

».| r, Ye . „ MlU'dl 10 llie Calilormim mail service has been discontinued. In the lfm.se of Commons Mr Ulnditotie naul the Government would aA Parliament to vote a sum of money in order to present u piece of plate valued at £1,200 to each of the ftmis,, Italian, and lh-.i/.dian arbitrators for their mm vices on the commission and late proceeding* at Geneva.

.„„..,, - *- March 11. AnMionj Irollopesuciv work, '-'Lady Anna," has been purchased for publication in Australia. - P uring tbo month of Eebrtiary the exports to Victoria mi-'UO 'tO Sjdl!ejr> £moom ' 000 ' and to Adelaide, J/itest London Shipping : Ann ed—Counless of Kiutore, from Auckland ; Halciom., from Wellington ; City of Auckland, fijwn -Aiicklnnd, o» Mardi 10 ; and the J. X l-'lcminir lrom i'ort Chalmers.

iri ' i ,'■," * " • *hwh 12. Atler a Icwgtliy disotoMon tlie-If&.w.'ox Con moiw rejected tho Irish University Ml by a majority (ft to 281 M<tHudstonc demanded adjournment till Tlmrsduy, '

„.,,, " Washington, Mnxch 5. 1 resident Grant lms delivered his inaugural message, lie Q*pre.«»es his belief that the whole chilised world was fast lending towards Republicanism, imd that tlie Governments were not neccsutrily weakened by territorial extension. He liirtheraddccUhat he behoved God is jn-oininng the world to bocomr one great nation. It would, the President said, be his endeavour to ciuhse the Indian tribes, but, ll'unsueccsslul, lie would exterminate them.