LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
THE SALFdED EXPLOSION." . THE GBEEK FEONTEEB QUESTION. PEEEMPTOEY DEMAND BY , rTHE GEEEK GOVERNMENT. IMMEDIATE WAB, THREATENED, . London, 15th January. 11 €008018)931.- j • ¦ \ ; : -, , r , The market rate of discount has been raised to 3£ per cent., : eqnal With the Baiik rate. New Zealand securities ate unchanged. Australian tallow has advanoed, best beef being quoted at 343, and best mutton at 36s 6d.' Information has been received which seems to prove that the attempt to destroy the armoury at Salford, as reported this morn* ing, was actually made. It is now definitely known that an explosion took plaoe, but the cause of the same is a complete mystery. Telegrams are to hand from Athens reporting that the Greek ' Government haa decided that an attack shall be made at the end of this month to obtain the required territory in Epirus and Thessaly from Turkey, unless the oession be previously made. In consequence of this information, the Powers are making renewed efforts to prevent the outbreak of hostilities between Turkey and Greece, and to bring about a settlement of .the frontier difficulty.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 13, 17 January 1881, Page 2
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181LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 13, 17 January 1881, Page 2
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