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Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 172, 14 June 1873, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

The following unpublished cablegram from, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, London, "was received in Melbourne on the sth June : — " The wool sales have closed firmly. Up to date 200,000 bales were sold. 88,000 bales have been sent to manufacturing < l irtr.'o J s. 4,000 bales were withdrawn. During the past sales greasy advanced Id since close of last sales. Combing and clothine, washed, firmer. Lambswool, washed, declined 2d per Jb since the closo of last sales. Greasy declined Id. "Tallow market firm. Wheat firm. Leather market flat."

London, June 3. Thirty thousand people of the various trades assembled at Hyde Park, and adopted a petition against the law for the punishment; of workmen. ' I The Tichborne trial proceeds to tho prejudice of the claimant. Miss Loder and several witnesses from Wapping assert that the priioner is Arthur Orton. A war screw corvette is being commissioned for Australia by Captain G-oodenough. The Australian Customs Bill has passed through the I Home of Lords. The Queen has presented Queensland wit six red deer. The wool sales closed on the 31st. Competition was animated. Prices firm as compared with the average during sales. ?Greasy three-halfpence above March sales Lambs, halMbred, 2d lower ; best washed scoured fleece, shade better; medium lower unchanged. .. France and "7 principal foreign buyers. Total taken for export, 100.000 bales. Adelaide wheat, new arrivals, 63s per 4961b. ,JrA™i xt , w°olw ° o1 * ale commenceaon the 10th July. Arrived : 100,000 bales. MacMahon tells the army he relies on their enercy to maintain order and respect for tho laws, MacMahon promises implicit obedience to the Assembly. lhe new^policy is consemtive and free trade. Thiers join, the Left Centre. The Republic Uto be proaJaimed, »nd MacMahon made president for five years. lne boundary is quiet. Germany demands assurances from Mac Mahon's Government that it will faithfully observe the Treaty before it recognises his Government. The Bank of France advances Government two hundred million francs m gold to pay tho indemnity, A forced issue has been made of fiftj hundred million reals in notes on the Bank of Spain. The fire in Boston has caused a loss of a million and a quarter dollars. The eldest ion of the Princess Alice has been killed bv falling out of a window. J

(Summary per s.s. Bangalore.} In Ihe wreck of tlie Atlantic not one woman was Pared. Inere are contradictory reports respecting the conduct of thecrew. The officers behaved gallantly. . TheDukopf Edinburgh's espousal to the Czar* daughter is to be officially announced at an early date. Owing to the Pope's health it is understood that a new &Z nominated belonging to the Jeanlts. The Home News reports, under date of the 11th of April, that hemp has declined from £4 to £5 since January. The sale* are now up to £31, Crude sperm oil is £94 to £95. The imports of tallow for the past month have been exceeamgly light. The M»y sales opened with 17,500 bales, and 36,000 are afloat, lhe stock in consumers' hands ore low. The Bank of Australasia report referred to the continued prosperity of Auckland, and New Zealand generally.