BRITISH & FOREIGN.
[By Electric Telegraph. —Cop yiug ht. (Per Press Association.) (Received Oct. 21, 7.45 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 20. Mr Licht, sugar expert, estimated the new campaign will give a surplus of sixty thousand tons. The first month's production shows a docroase of 57,000 tons. During the week wheat has experienced a rise of 6d per quarter. Tbo Australian section of the Chamber of Commerce intend to petition the Federal Council of Australia against the differential treatment of British vessels in the Western Australian pearl trade owing to the alleged systematic intimidation of crews by labor combinations. The shipping federation is maturing a scheme to lay up every vessel in every port of the United Kingdom. This will involve the stoppage of mining and many other industries. An organisation is being rapidly perfected to enable all to act at a given signal. The gas companies in anticipation are laying in large stocks of coals. (Received Oct. 22, 0.40 a.m.) PARIS, Oct. 21. Tho revised French tariff admits wool and hides fx*ee. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 21. The Sultan in a note to the Powers states that lie will defend Tripoli while a soldier is left. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21. Forty arrests have been made in connection with the recent murders.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5902, 22 October 1890, Page 2
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