LONDON.
December 9. The wool sales have closed. 120,000 bales were sold daring the series, and 17,000 bales are held over for the next auctions. The sales terminated with good competition, and with prices firmly maintained. It has been ascertaiaed that the damage resulting from the Wood street fire is not co great as was at first thought. The loss is not expected to exceed £],000,000 sterling. The premises ofßylandsand Sons (limited) Manchester warehousemen ; Sargood Son and Co., warehousemen ; and Silber and Flemings, warehousemen and Manufacturers, have been completely burned down. The other premises in tbe block are not totally destroyed, but have suffered serioua damage. An election for the vacancy in the representation of Liverpool in the House of Commons took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Mr Smith, Liberal, by a majority of 370 over Mr Forwood, the Conservative candidate.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3564, 11 December 1882, Page 3
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144LONDON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3564, 11 December 1882, Page 3
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