AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 941, 12 May 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

• ;? |B|6oTKb’« TKIKIORIM3—COFTRIGHT ] :: 4*. '■£.%'Accident. ■■ <•■.s. . : . Mkibotjbnb, Yesterday, i r ’ ,J " A fatal accident occurred at Girded 'Gaily mine, at. Sandhurst this afternoon. t Two men were ascending a ,;shaft£ : dheft- thie bucket jerked and , t typth were ■,thrown ; put and fell to - Ute hottoni bf the shaft, a distance of ijo' feet ‘Both bodies were terribly mutilated , ■ ' J ' He Postal Conference Yesterday. • '’The Intercolonial -Postal Conference dosed its sittings to-day. ( - a 'v <"> - The Markets.

• : 'J New Zealand wheat, per bushel, 4s 6d ; New Zealaqd bats, 2s gd ; maize^ . as-. 9d.il Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces; pet ton, L 35.. • ■ fJ/ May 12,1 p.m.] i r' The intercolonial Conference. Stonbt, To-day. ■ >’ ‘Before'the conclusion of the sitting of the Intercolonial Conference, a resoTlutioa was passed, in tavor of the reduc- * .tion.of the- rates’ on press telegrams I from Europe by 25 per cent. It was ~ also decided that the Intercolonial telegrams between Victoria and New South Wales should be reduced to one shilling per tea words. The other colonies represented would not agree to a similar .reduction. _ ", ” v. Abeludb, Yesterday. Wheat quiet' at -5s ’ 6d; town flour, -Lia los per ton ; country brands, Lir ios." The marketfor flour is dull, and without enquiry. "