AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 945, 17 May 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

> [REDTER’s TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT,] . ' Mr Berry. ‘ Melbourne, Yesterday.' , , The Hon. Graham Berry has re- • turned here from Sydney! ’ The Suez Mails. Arrived, this afternoon—P. and O. 1 steamship Ballarat, with the inward ' mails via Brindisi and Suez, dated April * | 6th; also, the Union steamship Rotomahana, from the Bluff. The Grain Market. ‘~ Shipping wheat is firmer at 5S adtp 55 3d ; malting barley, 5s iodt6 6s id. ’ The market is weaker. - New Zealand; oats are in fair demand; feeding, gualilies, duty paid, 3s id to 35 3d ; ditto*, under bond, 2s 3d to 2s. 6d; muling 1 sorts, under bond, 2s yd to ?s Bd. 'Jubilee.; Sydney, Yesterday, j The celebration of the Congregational jubilee commenced here? to-day, sixty delegates from other colonies being present. The Rev. J. Jefferies, the president, delivered an' address of welcome, to which the Rev. Daldy and' others replied. Only a Comp. Hobart, Yesterday. A meeting of the Marine Board was held to-day to consider the circumstances attending the death of the steerage passenger McKay on board the steamer Manapouri, and the burial of the body at sea when the vessel was; within sight of land. The Board in their decision exonerate Capt. Logan * of the Manapouri. [Received May 17,1.16 pTm.] The Suez Mails. “ Melbourne, To-day. The English mails via Suez for New Zealand, which arrived here yesterday., by the Ballarat, have been sent to Sydney, where they will be placed on board the Hauroto, which leaves for Wellington to-morrow. Bishop Moorhoose on the Library Question. ....... ,..r ( Bishop Moorhouse has written a letter to the Argus in which he favors the opening of the Public Library on Sundays. Trial for Manslaughter. Notwithstanding the evidence of the miners, the manager of the Ellenbo-. rough mine at Eaglehawk will be tried for manslaughter in connection with the death of two men, who were crushed by a fall of stone in the mine last month. A Defaulting Bank Manager. It is stated that a bank manager at Eaglehawk has made use of : three i thousand pounds’ worth of scrip deposited by customers. The name of the manager, however, has been with-' held. ;;; n: V' Adelaide, To-day., Shipping. Arrived—S.S. Sorrento, from London. •; ■; [Received May 17,2.16 p.m.] • • The Postal Union. . > Melbourne, The statement that Mr BSrjr itti-

' tended to proceed: to New Zealand was incorrect. He has undertaken to write fully to the Government regarding the decision of the Australian colonies to join the Postal Union.