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A COAL RING, VICTORIAN LOAN. A TWO MILLION PURCHASE. AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS. [UNITED FRESB ASSOCIATION.] Beblin, April 4. German Companies are buying enormous quantities of coal m England and America for the purpose of creating a German ring. Sofia, April 4. An anonymous letter threatening Prince Ferdinand, Princess Clementine, and M. Grekoff, unless they leave the country, has been traced to a cavass, belonging to the Russian .Embassy. [ London, April. 4. It is expected the Victorian loan will realise a minimum of 97£. Tenders will be opened on April 13. The Banks are discussing the underwriting, but their decision has been kept secret. » It is reported a Company has secured two blocks of Broken Hill consols property, for half-a-million. Received April 6, 11.10 a.m. London, April 4. Sixty thousand enumerators are engaged m taking the census. The Ringardoma, one of the Australian cruisers, has completed a ten days cruise, during which she gave every satisfaction. During a trial of speed she averaged six- \ teen knots an "hour for twenty- four hours. ■' A serious defect has been discovered m the shaft of the Boomerang, another of the cruisers, and it will take a fortnight to effect the necessary repairs. A petition has been lodged against Alderman Collury, elected for Sligo," on the ground that the priests induced a hundred | electors to declare they were illiterate, thus destroying the secracy of the ballot.