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(REUTER : S TELEGRAM, P3R PRESS ASSOCIATION) London, May 7. The total quantity of whpat afloat for Great Britain is 1,956,000 quarters. 33est Australian beef 32s 6d; bept mutton taljow, 345. Copra, LIT. At the wool sales to-day, 85QQ bales were offered, making a total of 164,400 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the market has a slightly improved tendency. Hides had a faildemand for both descriptions.
The Board of Trade returns of exports and imports for last month show a degifjecj Meat importation is seriously pgpupying public attention, a prospectus having- been issued for the establishment of a Colonial Fresli Meat Company, ■with a capital of L2QQ,QQQ, half of which has already been issued. It is expected the company will commence operations immediately. May 8. Sir William Vernon Harcourt has been defeated in the re-election which took place at Oxford. At the wool sales to-day, 8400 bales were offered, making a total of 172,800 bales catalogued since the opening. There was a fair demand.
Mr. Herbert Gladstone ■~ the son of tlip Premier, has been elepted for Leeds unopposed. Washington, May 8. A Select. Committee has been appointed to revise the tariff of the XJnited States, and has -recommended that the import duties on wool, be reduced. . Constantinople, May 7. • The assassin of Comeroff, late to the Russian Embassy, has been sentenced to death.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1276, 10 May 1880, Page 2
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