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By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, (beuter’s telegrams.) Rome, May 6. The cholera has made its appearance in Northern Italy, several cases having occurred in Venice and Vincenza. London, May C. The Directors of the Bank of England have raised the Bank rate from to 3 per cent. The Directors of the London Chartered Bank of Australia recommend the declaration of a dividend for the half year at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, and carry forward and place to reserve £BOOO. The amount carried forward and placed to reserve by the London Chartered Bank of Australia is £20,000, not £BOOO, as telegraphed. Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association: Arrived — Waitangi, Port Chalmers (28th January) ; Laira, Auckland (16th January); "Waikato, Napier (29th December); Wairoa, Oamaru (Ist February). (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, May G. The body of Sir L. S. Leake will he sent to Perth for interment. Mr Pope, an Edinburgh student, has been selected as emergency man for the English cricket teata which visits Australia next season. (Received May 7, 7.45 p.m.) London, May 6. Bir Andrew Clark has written a powerful despatch combatting Mr Branston’s (Colonial Office) advocacy of a compromise regarding the New Hebrides. There is great demand for Victorian apples and pears.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7777, 8 May 1886, Page 2
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