CABLE MESSAGES.
(reuter's special.) London, August 18. At the wool sales to-day, 10,600 bales were offered, making a total of 17,500 bales since opening. The tone of the market showed a better demand, and prices were firmly maintained Arrived: The Coromandel, barque, from Port Chalmers: left on the 6th May. A report was current to-day that two barrels of gunpowder had been found in the railway tunnel under the Cork barracks, but an enquiry proved the whole thing to be a Hoax. THE CHIEF SECRETARY STARTS FOR IRELAND. August 19. In the House of Commons, the Employers' Liability Bill has been passed. Mr W. T. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has started suddenly for Ireland. His mission, however, is at present unknown. DISMISSAL OP HAPIZ PASHA. Constantinople, August 19. Hafiz Pasha has been dismissed. London, August, 17. The wool sales opened with prices from a half-penny to a' penny lower than last sales. News comes to hand that the citadel of Candahar is invested on three sides by Ayoub Khan's army. General Stewart reports he has reached Gundamuk with the British force which was left at Cabul after General Eoberts departed for Candahar, and the evacuation of Cabul is now complete.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XIII, Issue 3684, 20 August 1880, Page 3
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