Last Night's Cables.
[PUR I'RKSS ASSOCIATION*. — COI'YEIGUT.]
Mr J. C. Williamson oi Melbourne, has arranged with Sarah Bernhardt aud her company for a ten weeks'season, opening in Melbourne on the Ist June, 1802. Among the pieces to be produced is " Cleopatra,'' by the French dramatist, Victorien Srrdoii. Messrs Steeusbrand, who carried th« Liverpool market last year, have failed for a quarter .if a million sterling. In reply to further applications by the Colonial Agents-General, the Treasury reiterate their inability to contribute to tho cable subsidy or guarantee. Shares in the Bank of New Zealand aro quoted at £G 15s, old issue, and £9 for lhe new issue.
Sybney, September .. After the federat'ou resolutions are finished tho Treasurer will bring down his financial statement and taxation proposals. Tho latter will bo distinctly Freotrade, and the Government are prepared to make a fair fight on the question of Freetrade or Protection.
Tho racehorse Craubrook has been found hidden in a cave about 20 miles from where ho was stolen. It is believed that he wus taken for said purposes.
A rich reef of gold has been struck near Orange, and the lode is 7ft wide and increasing m width. It is estimated that the yield will bo 5000 . to the ton.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5927, 4 September 1890, Page 2
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