CABLEGRAMS
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
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LOSS BY STORMS. LONDON, April 11.
In the recent gale on the British coasts the fishing'fleet at Lowestoft lost gear of the value of £20,000.
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.
':l_ie Westminster Gazette regrets the precipitancy of the New Zealand Midland railway debenture-holders in petitioning the Stock j'xxchange to refuse to quote the colony's loans. It advises the Exchange to be cautious. . : ■ ■ '
THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.
Commenting on the personnel of the Australian . Eleven, Prince: Ranjitsinhji says that no liner combination ever visited Britain. The pace, method, and variety of the bowlers are splendid, and there will be no weak fieldsmen among them. The captaincy of Harry Trott will, however, b3 greatly missed. . \ ■■-''.
COMMERCIAL.
The total quantity of wool that has arrived for the next series of; London sales is 255,000 bales, of which 81,000 have been forwarded direct to .the manufacturers. - The quantity available for, sales is 185,000 bales. ''
The tin market is strong, j CANCER MICROBE.
PARIS,. April, 11.
(Received April 12, at 5 p.m.) -, Le Figaro states that Dr Bras, the wellknown bacteriologist,' has -.cultivated the cancer microbe.
TRIAL OF A SENATOR.
NEW YORK, April. 11.
The trial of American Senator 'Quay, on a charge of conspiring to misuse the Pennsylvania State funds, lias commenced at Philadelphia.
PERSONAL.
NEW YORK, April 11. (Received April 12. at : midnight.) Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, is the guest of Cardinal Gibbons, at Baltimore. He has studied the working of .the Catholic University in Washington:
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11396, 13 April 1899, Page 5
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246CABLEGRAMS Otago Daily Times, Issue 11396, 13 April 1899, Page 5
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