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[reuter's telegrams.] (Received May 30, 3 30 p.m.) London, May 29. New Zealand mutton is quoted at sd. (Received June 1, 12.30 a.m..) May 30. The Agents- General for the Cape of Good Hope aud the Australian colonies have presented a joint petition to Mr Ohildera, Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking for a reduction in the wine duties, iv spite of the fact that a rupture has occurred in the negotiations for a commercial treaty with tho Spanish Government. The project which was set on foot to establish a, hospital at Port Said as a memorial to the lace General 'Gordon baa been abandoned. Tho committee who have charge of the subscriptions are now considering to what use the funds shall be put. May 31. The reply of the Russian Government to the proposals of the Eogrlish. Foreign Office was received yesterday, and the contents have been made public. An arrangement has been come to that Maruchak and the Zulfikar Pass shall remain in the possession of Afghanistan, and that the work of the boundary commissioner shall only include details of delimitation, the main points having already been fixed.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7177, 1 June 1885, Page 2
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192[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7177, 1 June 1885, Page 2
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