CABLE BREVITIES.
It is reported thab Baron Courcel, French Ambassador in London, is about to resign, and thab he will be succeeded by D. Barrere, ab present Minister in Switzerland. M. Barrere is hostile to England. Purchases are being made in London of notes, drafts and deposit receipts of the City of Melbourne Bank. Several thousand pounds worth wero bought ab 17s 6d in the £. Dr. Grace has already scored bwo bhousand runs this season in firab-class matches. The death is announced of Lionel Cowen. Mr Thomas Martin, the confidential agent of the Ameer, who waa appointed to accompany Naerullah Khan on hia tour, has been knighted. The British imports for the past month 6how an increase of £3,292,000, and exports of £2,160,000. The London and Australasian Corporation, Limited, is issuing at par £50,000, worth 4i per cent, mortgage debentures, to redoem terminable debentures. Obituary: Thomas Clesby, of Avoca, aged 111.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 190, 10 August 1895, Page 5
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151CABLE BREVITIES. Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 190, 10 August 1895, Page 5
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