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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1573, 3 August 1882, Page 3

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English Markets. Londov, July 31. Consols remain at par. New Zealand securities live w ithout quotable change. The market for colonial breadstufFs is quiet, and Australian tallow continues firm at List quotations. The accounts now coming to hand of the Kentish hop crops arc more favorable, but reports from other districts show that the crop will be very short and extremely indifferent in quality. Galvanised iron, 26 gauge, remains at £17 15s. Best Sydney copra has advanced 15s to 17s per ton. The Australian Cricketers. The Australian cricketers commenced & match to-day at Liverpool, agaiust the Liverpool club. The wicket was heavy, owing to the recent rain. The visitors went in first, and their innings closed for a total of 240. The highest scorers were : Giffen, caught, 81 ; and Palmer, not out, for 33. Tne attendance at the match was very large. The Arrears of Rent Bili. London, August 1. In the Lords to-day, the Arrears of Rent in Ireland Bill came up for consideration in committee. Two vital amendments to the measure were proposed by the Marquis of Salisbury, and after a debate were agreed to by the House.

A new insulating materal, which is said '»£ by several eminent authorities, including -*■ Sir William Thomson, "to promise results , far surpassing all other knowu insulators, has been invented by Dr Fleming. The process is still a secret, but the material its stated to consist of cellulose and a mineral hydro-carbon found in the Brazils. The cellulose may be procured from wood sawdust, cotton waste, grass, and other fibres. Insulite is stated to he impervious to damp and uninflammable, r two prbperties which fit it for electric ligh ( tißg leads and telegraph wires. It ( ''can be 'cut or moulded into any desired shape,' and will, itis- expected, take the ■; p^a^bbohito or paraffined slate forelec-. t ']', fj[pffl J Hss?Utteht cases, as ebdnite/'is^apt^ fajjm^tytef.rm&ev exposur? flight;;, '* ftud'olSteis bwd to work; •/' „ -;