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London, Julj 2. The Great Australian Gold Mining Company is announced, with a capital of £200,000, to work the Tambaroora mine.
London, June 28. The next wool sales commence on the 10th proximo, and 170,000 bales have arrived to date. The market remains u- Jinnged There is a good Continental demand Tallow, dull of sale ; mutton, 42« ; beef, 40s. During the month 12,000 sides of Australian were sold. Best sides show a decline of a farthing on previous rates. Others unchanged. Adelaide wheat worth 63s per 4961b5. New Ze iland hemp has fallen during the month 50s per ton. There has been a decrease in the revenue to tho extent of three-quarters of a milhou sterling. In the House of Lords a motion was rejected for founding an order of merit to distinguish literary men. Tho Government at St. Petersburg have given England assurance that thore is no intention to occupy Kbivan territory. Thero has been a great lock-out of cotton spinners at Staleybridge. An earthquake hai taken place at Venice. A church and several other buildings have been thrown down. Fifty persons were killed and wounded. Many of the neighbouring villages were mjuied by the shock. The fngbt which it occasioned is beyond all power of description. Men, women, and children were seen frantically rushing towards the water and iuto the country, in the hope of being saved from the injuries which so many sustained by the falling buildings. The Jiouao ol Lords rejected Lord Russell's Irish Bill, which has challenged a large amount of discussion throughout England, and a question is being raised whether the Lords is not a more obstructive body then their usefulness compensates. A large Now South Wales gold venture has been floated in London, with a capital of £300,000. Sir Samuel Baker telegraphs that the African country, ai far as the equator, has been annexed to Egypt. The portion annexed is quiet. The anti-slavery mission is successful. Coals are advancing. Discount, fix per cent. Moneys easy. Colonial stocks without change-
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Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 183, 12 July 1873, Page 2
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