FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) • London, April 23. In the House, of Commons Mr Gladstone has tabled a motion to equalise the charges on: real and personal property. Extra police protection has been afforded to Mi" A. J. Balfour, in consequence of reports being received that the Invineibles were plotting against his life. t .„ In the House of Commons, replying to a,.quessi,on from Mr Howard Vincent, Sir James Eergusson, Under - Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that under the existing treaties even the colonies were prevented from conceding to British. produce fiscal advantages over that from foreign countries, and he considered that it \jfould be impolitic at present to hurriedly terminate such treaties. April 24. Tho New South Wales loan is a great success. There were 470 tenders. ; •' A syndicate tendered for the New South Wales loan to the extent of two and a-half millions at £103 10s. The official statement gives the amount tendered for as seven millions and fifty thousand, and the average at £103 12s 2d.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2464, 26 April 1888, Page 2
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168FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2464, 26 April 1888, Page 2
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