AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 532, 12 January 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[PER KBOTEu’s AGENOV.] The Produce Market. ■ Melbourne, Yesterday. The market for New Zealand oats is steady and the demand moderate. Feeding oats are quoted to-day at 3s 2d, and milling at 3s gd. Wheat, per bushel, $s ; barley, 4s Bd. As Well as can he Expected. Another case of smallpox has occurred amongst the Garonne’s passengers at the Quarantine Station. The sufferer is a passenger named Prene, a Dane. Two more cases of sickness are regarded as suspicious, and have been isolated. All the patients are progressing favorably.

What, Another? The Melbourne Cricket Club, at a meeting to-night, passed a resolution unanimously approving of the proposal received from the Hon. Ivo Bligh to bring a team of gentlemen cricketers from England to the colonies next year. Off She Goes! The ship Melanope, which rs.n aground in the South Channel yesterday, was floated off to-day. The Wrecfc of the s. s. Wotonga. Sydney, To-day. The enquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the steamship Wotonga, at Port Macquarie, has been opened here before the Marine Board. The evidence of the captain and the mate has been taken, but has not yet been published, as it is of a conflicting nature. The enquiry stands adjourned to Monday next