BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
' '- ' '7 ' . (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS PER PRESS V. ' . ASSOCIATION.) ,-j x . ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 4 6. Two prisoners have been arrested at Moscow on suspicion of .being connectedwith the recent attempt made on the Czar's life. Several words previously' omitted in tho "transmission of messages show that the railroad oto0 to Moscow 'had been J tunnelled, and^ tlie bxplosiveb were 'fired as tlie train passed over. ' A ' ' '^ ** LONDON, -Dec." 5. -
;;. jAt tiie wool sales on Monday, 8900 bales were catalogued/ , The tone of the market is firmer. _~.~™
-: Brerman- Secretary of „the ? Land,League, has beejfr arrested, at Dublin for seditious language at Balla. - - '-; -■ ~'' , " . - -D_d. G. a -ThreS per cent. consols^T^ ; <New Zealand 10-45-per ceiit.'loanfj 101: '■' ' The *fodol' sales' have closed; 129,800 M bales .were catalogued during^series. , , "" It thaffhe Empress'Eug-enie is going to Ziiluland to . visit the place h where the Prince, lmperial fell' t . , j i Dec. 6. ' Gladstone, in his final speech, vehem-' j, ently denounced jthe 'Government policy, P especially the" Afghan war. which" he' char- | acterised os dastardly.
~~ VIENNA, Dec. 6. The Lower House has passed a Bill for raising the Austro -Hungarian army to 800,000. ' PARIS, Deo. 5. The Minister of Finance has proposed new taxes to the extent of two millions sterling in consequence of deficiencies.
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Southland Times, Issue 3578, 9 December 1879, Page 2
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