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Otago Witness, Issue 1486, 8 May 1880, Page 16

INTERCOLONIAL,

(Reuter's Special.) Sydney, May sfch. Dr Hecfcor has bought a diamond drill which waa shown at the Exhibition. Brisbane, May sth. Very valuable deposits of tin have been, discovered on the Tate River. Melbourne, May sth. In reply to a deputation of farmers asking that a policy of Protection should be adopted against admitting New Zealand grain into Victoria, the Hon. .f. Service offered no encouragement that anything of that nature would be sup* ported by the Government.

The following messages appear in the Mel' bourne paper* to hand by the s,s. Albion at Hokitika :— (Special to the Melboubnh Agus ) London, April 27th. E»rl Derby, Lord Rosebery, and Mr G. J. Goschen have declined office in the new Ministry. The Pall Mall Gazette strongly condemns tho Service Ministry for righting the injustice perpetrated by the dismissals of " Blaok Wednesday." Frederick TJlrioh Morri«on has oharged himself at ihe Livorpool Police Court with having embezzled L2OOO from Dongharby and Co, of Melbourne.

The Great Powers require that Turkey shall re-occupy territory ceded to Montenegro, and tranfer it to that principality.

April 28th. The Daily Telegraph states that Mr G. J. GoEcben will probably be appointed British Ambassador to the Porte.

A telegram from Lisbon says the Chinese are blockading Macao, and have captured 17 vessels, The Portugese are sending a man-of-war to the Chinese Seas.

(Special to the Mblboubnb Agb.) London, April 26th. The market rate of discount is 3f per cent. Consols are advancing to L9B 17s 6d. The tone of the wheat market exhibits a tendency to decline. Toe tone ef the leather market is firm. Australian leather (best), ll£d to Is per pound.