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THIS DAY. [Pee Electric Telegraph Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) (Received 10.30 a.m., Jan. 21st.) AFGHAN REBEL CAUGHT. Cabul, Jan. 18. A chieftain named Isau has been captured, REES’S CROFTER SCHEME. London, Jan. 18, MrCrackuell has been appointed deputy chairman of Mr Rees’ company, A POPULAR LOAN. A Cape loan of half a million at 4 per cent -has been subscribed threefold, the average being £llO 3s. A SOCIALIST.
Burns, the Socialist, has been elected to represent Battersea on the London County Council.
BELGIAN WOOL SALES. Antwerp, Jan. 18. The wool sales closed very firm. DR. McGLYNN. New York, Jan. 18. The followers of the revolted Catholic clergyman, DrMcGlynn, are threatened with excommunication. (Received 12.20 p.m,, Jan. 21sfc.) THE EAST AFRICAN TROUBLE. London, Jan. 15. Sir John Kirk, formerly British Consul General at Zanzibar, has been sent on a special mission to Zanzibar, on behalf of the British Government. HOW AND WHERE? One of the two aeronauts who ascended in a balloon at Antwerp, with the intention of crossing to England, lias been rescued. EARTHQUAKE AT EDINBURGH. A shock of earthquake was felt at Edinburgh last night.
STRINGENT IMMIGRATION LAW. Washington, Jan. 19. The Immigration Bill now before Congress provides for the exclusion of idiots, paupers, anarchists and| socialists from the United States, ABYSSINIA. Cairo, Jan. 19. Memlek, king of the southern district of Abyssinia, has made peace with the Negus Johanni, and has ceded ten provinces to the latter. THE MORIER AFFAIR. Berlin, Jan. 19. It is reported that Prince Bismarck has assured Sir E. B. Malet, British Ambassador, that tho charges made against Sir R. Morier were neither directed against England nor approved by the German Government.
(Received 1.30 p.m., Jan. 21st.) LONDON COMMERCIAL. London, Jan. 19. The English wheat market is dull, and the Continental unchanged. The American market has an upward tendency. For Australian new crop wheat on passage sellers are asking 40s. Australian flour, 29s 6d. New Zealand flour, 31s. Colonial oats, 295. Colonial peas, 39s 6d. The money market is depressed owing to the outside markets being fully supplied. In open market three months bills are quoted at 2£. Best coke tin plates are quoted at 15s f
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4911, 21 January 1889, Page 3
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