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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1123, 24 November 1879, Page 2

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LATEST lIOMK AND FOREIGN NEWS. {K£CTKR r sTEt.r.r:r..OC. S-KK rKESS ASSOCIATION) Lojmns, November 20. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is L1U,023,000. At the wool sales to-day 8000 hales i were catalogued. The tone of the market |ii active ; all descriptions of foreign pur- | chases continue limited. Scoured wools i are a half-penny higher. The brandy vintage of France i 3 only one-third as much as that of 1878. j The persons arrested in Ireland are a barrister, an ex-Fenian convict in Dublin, and the proprietor of the National newsj paper at Mayo. There is great excitei went throughout Ireland in c onsequence | of the action of the authorities for further [ warrants being issued for the arrest of prominent agitators. ! " CAL'tTTA, November 20. I General Roberts is taking precautionary ! measures to prevent an outbreak of the ■ Afghans. Five regiments which had i arrived from Turkestan were disbanded at Cabut, and it is expected that others will follow. iS.vx Francisco, November 20. A terrible explosion of petroleum has occurred in a tunnel at California. Twentyfive persons killed, and many othere injured. • _ Rome, November 20. A new Ministry has been formed, under the presidency of Cairoli. ~ (SPECIAL TO UELBOCR-VE Alters.) Losdox, November 20. The Cabinet has directed the arrest in Ireland of Dewitt, a released Fenian, who has killed a barrister who was proprietor of the Daily News. TJife Home Rulers have convened meetings in Ireland and England to denounce the" Government and raise defence funds. Count Schouvaloff has resigned, disgusted at the duplicity of Count GortschakqtF in connection with the Afghan disclosures. Tire Pope lias condemned Ultramontane doings. ' .The Tfc.lm.tn Bishop counsels moderation in submission to the lawa of the country. An escape of petroleum in a tunnel caused an explosion in California, by which fifty .Chinamen were killed. The "Wesleyan centenary funds amount to L 200,000. The Arab-Tabia dispute has been settled in favor of Roumania. (SPECIAL TO MELBOtrRXB AGE.) . - Losdo $, NnMier22. A Tbo Govermaent withthe

Home politicians of England generally j would not object to a plebiscite. The Duke of Argyle charges Lord Salisbury with making an untruthful explanation in a newspaper. • LURECT AUSTKALIA-X NEWS. (nztrrEK's TELEGRAM. PER PKK.SS association, "j Stbxey. November 22; The intercolonial ciic'ict match was continued to-day. Victor i:, Ist innings, 168 ; New South "Wale?, 2i.J innings, 113 ; Victoria, in her second has three wickets down for 63 runs. Novejnber'23. Arrived —Zcalandia, from' New •'Zealand. Constable Bowen has died from the wounds he received in the encounter with the bushrangers. '• Cooktown, November 23. Arrived —Brisbane. The Eastern news is unimportant.