CABLE TELEGRAMS.
London, February 7th.
Discount remains firm. France is importing gold. Business in Stocks restricted. Australian securities are dull. Subscriptions are invited for £400,000 Tasmanian railway certificates, at 70. The price of wool remains unchanged. For flax the market is depressed, and some small parcels have changed hands at £17 to £19. Transactions in corn are limited. The death of Baron Mejer Rothschild is announced.
Berlin, February 7 th. The German Parliament was opened by a speech from the Emperor, in which he expressed his confidence that the efforts now being made by the various powers for the maintenance of peaoe would be successful.
London", February 9th.
Gladstone's resignation has not been confirmed, but it is inevitable. Five hundred elections have been completed. The ConBervatives gained 75, and the Liberals 27 seats. Numerous home rulers have been elected in Ireland. Out of 536 elections, the Conservatives gained 80 seats, the Liberals 28. Jenkins author of Ginxs's Baby, has been elected.
(Unpublished.) London, February 10th. The Australian candidates who have been returned to Parliament are Messrs Lowe, Ohilders, Young, "William Macarthur, Alex. Macarthur, Yorke, Brogden, and Charles Reed. The Australian candidates who have been rejeoted are Messrs Torrens, Macfie, Banks, "Williams, Liardet, and Lord Newry. Obituary. — Jules Michelet, historian ; David Frederick Strauss, German author.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1161, 28 February 1874, Page 12
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