BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1555, 27 August 1881, Page 18

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(Reiser's Special.) London,' August 23rd. The August-September series' of Colo- ( nial wool auctions opened There was i. a good attendance of > Homeland Forpign buyers. The opening,. cataloguecomprised' 8200, bales,' and, there was a fair demand, l^ew South .Wales wools realised ' about 'the same .prices^ as a't'the close of last- sales, but Port Phillip wools were weaker, crpsßbreds and faulty ,and .scDiiredA BQrts being to id below the closing rates of ( lasfc auctions. v , In' the' House of Commons, ,t,o-day, a, Question was put to the Premier as to Whether Government intended to introduce a- bill to amend the English Land Aot during next session. ' In 1 reply, Mr Gladstone stated' thajb^he 'could, ndtpror inise that such a measure . would • ,be. brought in next session. I ' *' ' PABis^August 22nd. « Intelligence is to hand from ' Tunis ;to the effectj ,that the Bey's tr6ops are , now co-operating with the French army with a view to suppifeas the, rebellious feeling which is still manifest among the Arab tribes in the interior. '; ' Washington, August 2Slrd. To-day's bulletin reports that President (Grarfield's condition has materially improved. ,The fits of vomiting have beased, and he is now. again able to take food through the mouth. ' New Yoe,k, August 22nd. The Irish Revolutionary Convention, jwhich has recently ' been' meeting at .Chicago and deoided on an extended f c . dynamite" programme,' has issued a r notification warping , people to . avoid patronising ships sailing under the British flag after the end of the present month. Fjrom tha.fc time the schemes of the Revolutionises '' will, it is stated, commence to be carried into effect/ [ . ' ' ' i . Suez, August 23rd. Arrived— Orient Q6mpany's / steamship Ou^co, from Melbourne., Her cargo of frozen meat is reported to be in excellent condition. ■

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