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(Received at 1.20 a.m.) ENGLISH CABLE. (Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Rkotbr's Aoknoy.) (Received 0.40 a.m., April 13th.) April 10. The San Francisco mails dated Auckland, March 3rd, were delivered here today. April 11. The New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Tongariro left Plymouth this afternoon for Port Chalmers, via Teneriffe and the Gape. April 12. Intelligence is to hand to the effect that Ayoub Khan, the late Ameer of Afghanistan, attempted to escape from custody, and ia3 been conveyed to the citadel at Teheran. Intelligence from North-west America states that the insurrection fermented by the half-breed Kiel m Manitoba is growing gradually, and that the Indian tribes have surrounded several outlying stations and massacred a number of white settlers at Froze Lake. The death is announced of the Right Hon. George Swan Nottage, Lord Mayor of London. (Special xo the Press Association.) (Received 5.20 p.m., April 12th.) London, April 11. The Indiana Jare joining the rebel Riel m .the revolt among the Indian halfbreeds m North West Canada. Pending the result of the parleying on the question the Canadian Government have despatched seven thousand troops to the scene. Lloyds' Australian war risks have been increased five shillings per cent. Mr Geo. Anderson, Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, Melbourne, sails for Australia on May 7th. Captain Alison proceeds to Sydney as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Carringfcon, the new Governor of New South Wales, and the Hon. Joskeline Amherst, a barrister, will be Private Secretary to His Excellency. A shipment of beef ex the steamer Liguria has realised only 3Ad. The meat arrived m an unsatisfactory condition. The shipment ex the Westminster brought 4|d per lb. The wheat market is excited and prices are unsettled. April and May cargoes have been sold at 36a 6d, and February shipments at 37s 3d. Holders, however, demand a higher price. The wool market is weaker and is especially low m greasy sorts. Since the commencement of the series 178,000 bales have been catalogued, of which number 25,000 bales were withdrawn. +
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3289, 13 April 1885, Page 3
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336THE LATEST. Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3289, 13 April 1885, Page 3
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