Arrival of the English Mail at Glenelg
The 8 Wallarga Times Axire reports the English mail arriving at Glenelg on Sunday morning with papers dated to August 13. Telegrams to September 7, 1969 note the Queen in good health at Oxborne. Global news cover includes cable ventures, wool markets, currency and bond values, battles and politics across Europe.
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Wallarga
Axire
Mail
Glenelg
Oxborne
Oxford
Ceylon
China
Australia
Light
Sydney
Port Phillips
Consols
Marseilles
Southampton
Oxford Wins International Boat Race Against Harvard
The International boat race ended with Oxford beating Harvard by three lengths amid intense excitement. Wheat prices show casual ups and downs as wool sales improve and the market pauses on Livingstone amid unconfirmed imprisonment rumors. A new light telegraph cable project aims from Ceylon to Australia, funding £50,000, while colonial emigration talks gain press interest.
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Craig Ellachie
Oxford
Harvard
Putney
Hartlake
London
Wester
Ceylon
Penang
China
Australia
Livingstone
Wends
Armenian Bishop Release Report From Abyssinia
Intelligence notes claim Armenian Bishop released from detention in Abyssinia and en route via Mossowah toward Cairo with funds arranged by Munzinger. Gobazie requested a carpet and telescope as acknowledgment. Separately, villagers of Adyobo burned and looted as punishment for murderers of Mr Powell, aided by two Swedish missionaries and Kaawa, per Mofuauilite reporting.
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Aypobo
Kaawa
Mofuauilite
Albert Life Insurance Fund in Calcutta Faces Reconstruction
The Albert Life Insurance Company at Calcutta suspended payments on August 18 following a London telegram. London advices state the Provisional Liquidator proposes a reconstruction cutting policy values by 25 percent and creditors by 60 percent. Shareholders met in London on August 30 to decide on voluntary liquidation under the 1862 Act. The liquidator’s report shows profits of £114,774 from 1864 to 1861 and losses over £1,250,000 in the seven years since, due to large compensation payouts in amalgamations.
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Albert Life Insurance Company
Calcutta
London
Lord Napier
Magdala
Government
China policy and missionary troubles spark new tensions
Durber is held as policy debates intensify over China and missionary protection. Minister Browse addresses American residents, urging a firm policy, while Consul Gibson dies after recent troubles. The Shanghai magistrate blocks a required telegraph over spirits fears. Rumors of missionary massacres in Szechuan surface as Foochow trade gains push prices higher.
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Hop
J. Ye. Browse
Fry
United States
Haiea
Burlinghame
China
Gibson
Formoss
Toxtsi
Shanghai
Szerchurn
Foochow
Sugar production expanding on Mauritius estates
Mauritius reports the sugar manufacture has commenced on most estates with yields appearing satisfactory. The prop may reach 140000 tons. Lord Napier of Magdala was lavishly feted at Poona before returning to England. A Calcutta fancy ball is planned for the Duke of Edinburgh. A minute on railway extension in India by Lord Lawrence favors light rail for the country.
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Mauritius
Lord Napier
Magdala
Poona
England
Calcutta
Duke of Edinburgh
India
Lord Lawrence
Engand
Ely
Commons
Walmer
Ireland
Mr Bright
Balmoral
Prince
Princess of
Walon
Wildbad
Germany
Prince Arthur
Woolwich
Canada
Winchester
Exeter
Charles Mordaund
Prince of Wales
Jobson
Hull
J. Farrar
Supreme Court
Archdeacon Denivan
Chure
Jefferson Davis
Scotland
America
Wicklow
Mra Howard
Duke of Newcastle
Earl of Winchelsen
Anid
Marquis of Waterford
Vieian
Vaughan
Doncaster
Temple
Egypt
Oxford
Princess of Wales Bara
Halle
Fikibad
Peabody
Royal Exchange
Prince Motley
Birram Powers
Cuba
United States
Cawnpore
Lucknow
Simla
Culcatts
Agra
Trish Church Bill passes and undergoes royal assent
British Parliament debates Irish and Scottish church measures and civil estimates. Lords clash with Commons over amendments to the Trish Church Bill, leading to a final ascent and prorogation amid political stirring. Clerical reforms, press debates, and imperial concerns frame a tense adjournment.
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Trish
Lords
Commons
Lord Cairne
Lord Granville
House of Lords
New Zealand
Fawcett
Duke of Edinburgh
Australia
Cape
Ayrton
Ireland
Beatirring
Pbetibeltee
Roverning
Eink College
Catholicu
Denbigh
Limerick
Powel
Abyssinia
Curington
Grenville-Murrey
Paris
Groves flags Board of Trade reports as unreliable
European Mail reports Liverpool MP Mr Groves criticizing Board of Trade figures as corrupt and inconsistent. He cites months with drastic discrepancies in imports, including 255,000 worth of goods and large swings in previous years, accusing the statistics of undercounting vital data affecting the mercantile world. He notes cotton import returns under the Cotton Statistics Act align with broader trade and navigation concerns.
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European Mail
Groves
Liverpool
Bar
Board of Trade
Worthien
Ion
Sega Renee
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Jairn Baker
White Nile
York
Raves
Fortuni
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Prince Imperial
Chalons
Constantinople
Spain
Turkey
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Jron
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Iapahan
Durber
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