AUSTRALIAN.
[per keutrr’s agency.] A Coming Comet. Melbourne, Yesterday. It is expected that a comet will be visible in Australia some time during the next few days. Legal In the action the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand versus the Melbourne Harbor Trust, for damages sustained by the Rotorua in October last, when her propeller was stripped and rudder damaged by fouling the anchor chain of the dredge in midstream in the Yarra river, a nominal verdict was returned to-day, after a protracted trial, for the defendants. Leave was granted, however, to the plaintiffs to apply to a full Court to a enter a verdict for L 52 xos, the amount ot damages sued for.
The Address Wired. Melbourne, To-day. At the request of Sir Byran O’Loghlin, the Governor has telegraphed to Earl Kimberley the text of the resolution passed by the Assembly on Thursday night, on the subject of the Irish address, signed by certain of its members. Forgery. Bryant, the informant of The Age regarding the alleged Russian designs, has been brought up at the Police Court on a charge of forging a cheque, and has been remanded. A Brig in Trouble. Brisbane, To-day. The brig Syren, from Kaipara, has arrived here partially disabled. She met with a severe gale during the passage, and suffered considerable damage, and two of her seamen were drowned daring the storm. Run Into and Sunk. Sydney, Yesterday. The Union Company’s steamship Arawala, shortly after leaving the wharf last evening, ran into and sank the brig Sea Nymph, 289 tons, of this poU. The crew of the brig were rescued and landed at Port Macquarie, and the Arawata then resumed her voyage. It is stated that at the time of the collision the lights of the Sea Nymph were hidden by a ketch, and could not be seen by those on board the Arawata.
The Markets.
New Zealand wheat is quoted at 6s Bd, and New Zealand oats at 3s lod j maize at 5s yd, and Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces, per ton, at L 35. Adelaide, Yesterday.
Wheat is unchanged at 6s to 6s 3d. The market is firm. Town flour, per ton, Ll 4 ; country brands, Ll 3.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 659, 10 June 1882, Page 2
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368AUSTRALIAN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 659, 10 June 1882, Page 2
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