AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 807, 1 December 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

fKBUTKU’s TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT.] Commercial Items. Melbourne, Yesterday. Shipping wheat lias advanced-to 5s 7d, and is now very strong. Malting barley shows some improvement. Messrs Goldsborough and Co., Limited, report that they have sold 4,700 bales at their wool auctions this week. Prices have been firmly maintained. Greasy wools have brought from ?d to is id, and washed from is 4d to is according to quality and condition. The good attendance of home and foreign ■ buyers continues, and a very brisk competition has been experienced. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report havjng catalogued 3,000 bales at their wool sales this week; of this quantity 3,409 have been sold. There lias been a good attendance of .buyers and brisk competition, although no specially good lots have been offered. In sympathy with the London market, lower classes of wool are easier. In Honor of the Cricketers. A torchlight procession and display of fireworks was given in honor of the Australian cricketing team to-night. Sailed. Sailed, this afternoon—The R.M.S. Australia, fur San Francisco, via Auckland.

[llsceivad Doc. 1, 1 p m.] By Seven Votes, Melbourne, To-day. The election of a member for Meh bourne province, Legislative Council, has resulted in the return of Mr Ham, who beat Dr. Blaney by seven votes. Mr Coppin was also a candidate. The Elections. Sydney, Yesterday. The election of four members for East Sydney constituency took place to-day, and resulted in the return % of Messrs Reid, Borton, Griffiths, and McEhone. Sir H. Parkes and Dr Ren wick were defeated. Great excitement prevails in the city to-night.

Sir fienry on his Defeat. | : 1 [ Sidney, To-day. In his speiech at; Hastings last evening Sir''Henry Paj-kes said that he refused ;to accept his defeat for East Sydney as-.the verdict of the country, but t}iat it would probably icoult in certaitLchanges in the Government.