AUSTRALIA

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 835, 6 January 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIA

' ' faROTEE’P TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] Kauri Timber- ) . ' Melbourne, Yesterday Messrs C. S. Ross and Co., of this —city, report having sold a cargo , of kauri timber Cx Fleetwing, at- an averI per looft (super.) for hewh-logs.- The market is very { - weak:

. /*“ . The N.S-W- Ministry- ‘' ' • ' 1 Sydney, Yesterday. J Mr- Alex. Stuart has succeeded in i' forming a Ministry, and the various portfolios have been allotted as follows: . -—A. Stuart ? -Premier and Colonial 2 Secretary; P. Jennings,* Vice-President of the Executive Council (without portfolio); the Hon. VV. B. Dailey, AttomeyGerferld ; G. R. Dibbs,-Colonial Treasurer ;.J: 'S. 'Farnell, Secretary for ; " laridsj H. ' .Copeland, Secretary for f Public Works ; W. ,A. Abbott,, Secrej, for-Mines;,H. E. Cohen, Minisof Justice; G. H. Reed, Minister of S ,f .' Postmaster-General. The majority of .. .the.lb-electibns of Ministers have been lh(edfor 'January gtb. The Ministry the House on January 16th. TcJt K is. .'generally considered that the J .new Ministry is weak, and unlikely to > hold office for any length of time. . '.-’I- ’*• The Markets. •' New Zealand wheat has'advanced to "4*ifdlpfer bushel; New Zealand oats p. i £(6naatea|'3S 3d per bushel; maize has rlrisen to's3 per bushel. Sugar. Comi* ; cany's Nol i pieces, per ton, L 3 5. ‘ ’ ' Adelaide, Yesterday.

%••• ;Wbea£ is steady at 4s iod. Town 1 advancedto Ln 5s per ton; < : *~ 1 ' country brands, Li 1. Freight to Lonj'; , dott gcr ; steamgr has fallen to L2 per & r V irCTghtyjtOi, United, Kingdom from 16s; ditto from out ports, Freight for cereals Jia rather firm, perietal dargb fs weaker. - ||§f^ f : ■/, A" Collision. . 'Victorian,’ 715 tons, Steamihjp ComISf itito :'shipsustained severe damage. jTh* £s; ‘ .His Excellency Sir F, D. Jervois was ply i, lgtot hetoast of his health, hporr the prospects of the ijit .[pa able and exhaustive 1 expressed confidence in its development, but urged caution iHe fivorcd immigration, advocated federation of the Auswfetfajßfai ‘V v - 1 ' .. r j.. Mail. i-. Axbany; Yesterday. and O.'steamship Clyde, with ■v lh(* inward .mail via. Suez, and JBrindisi, l^^mrtedLondon, December Ist, .arrived g r - : .ilfMiog GedJge’a.Sound this morning. 4 _ ------