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From Stranger, Waitahnna, to 417, 418, 419 fhomas W. Walker, Invercargill, 419. M'Guffin, Dunedin, 414, 417, 418, 419. J. ¥ Goif., 414 415, 416, 417, 418, 419. A. E. L., 416, 417, 418, 419. Heather Bell, St. Leonards, 417, 418, 419. John Plod, Queenstown, 414. 417, 418, 419. Jos. Hall, Dunedin, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419. A. E. Hardy, Oamaru, 416, 417, 418, 419.
The stape trade of Ulster continues in a very depressed condition. The Belfast linen Trade Circular of March 13th, referring to the state of trade, says in nearly all branches trade continues inactive, and the progress of recovery is slow. Prices rule lew and unremunerative to spinners and manufacturers, and the question of reducing wages appears to ba forcing itself upon the attention of the trade. The demand for yarns from all quarters is quiet ; production is still limited, and has bean further reduced, so that Btocks have been kept from increasing to any appreciable extent Prices remain without quotable changes. Several lorpedo boats of private manufacture have been making trial trips on theriver lately, aud generally avail themselvesof the broad reach opposite the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich, to tew the steering: gear and practice manoeuvres. Some of these vessels have attained the extraordinary speed of 27 knots an hour,
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Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 3
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