AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 851, 25 January 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[hBUTRB’s TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] The Suez Mail. Melbourne, Yesterday. Arrived, this afternoon—The P. and O. Company’s steamship Indus, with; the inward mails via Suez and Brindisi, dated London, December 15th. ShippingSailed, this afternoon —The Union Company’s steamship Wairarapa, for the Bluff.

The Grain Market. The Melbourne manager of the . Na-., tional Mortgage and Agency Company:, of New. Zealand (Limited) reports of the local market as follows -Wheat is firm at 5s id p4r bushel; malting bar*! ley is very strong at 4s gd to ss, 2d per' bushel; New Zealand oats, ..feeding, qualities, are worth 3s 3d; milling ditto* 4s per bushel. The quotation for seed'* is nominal *■'

The Wool Sales. At their wool sales to-day, Messrs; Goldsborough and Co., Limited, sold 1,700 bales. The competition wasj.

bdskj.and there was a large attendance y . o£ buyers. Fine qualities were in very ' good demand. - Greasy wool realised * up to is and scoured to is Bd. K' , ' [Received Jan. 26, 12.45 p.m.] !"- Melbourne, To-day. The Tararua Child Bobbery. The Union Steamship Company Of New Zealand have sent to Adelaide to ' claim the gold which was found amongst ' the effects of the deceased steward of the Tararua. Testing of Railway Brakes. . A series of tests of Wood’s and the Westinghouse railway brakes will take place to-day. ■