AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 948, 21 May 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

{BEDTBB’s TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT.] The Timber Trade. Melbourne, Saturday. Messrs C. S. Ross and Co., of Melbourne, report sales of kauri pine, ex Maria Vargina, at the following average - prices; per i ooft linealT. and G. 'flooring, 6by ys 6d; do, 6by 63.3 d ; dp, 4by t}i, 6s. The same firm . teppirt sales of while pine, ex Circe and I Welcome, as follows—Dressed boards, . ios6d per 100 ft super; flooring, 6 by 8,-53 6d per 1 ooft lineal. The timber 0 tnarket is depressed, b , [Received May 21, 12.45 a.m.] The Sydney Tramways. 111 ' . v ::. ... , Sydney, To-day. . ’ A special meeting of Parliamen - (which now stands prorogued till Jum 12) has been called for the 29th inst. '.to .deal' with the difficulty which hai - 'arisen owing to the decision of the -Supreme Court that steam motors foi ' the city tramways are illegal. . . A Gunboat for Sale. . Melbourne, To-day. - The Government have decided tc sell one of the new gunboats which were ordered by Sir Bryan O’Loghlen. 'The vessel was offered to New South Wales, but that Government has 'declined to purchase it. Shipping. ‘ “ ~ ; v , Adelaide, To-day. Arrived yesterday—Orient steamer ‘ John Elder, from Plymouth ; and the Messageries steamer Natal from Marseilles. ' A Bookmaker in Trouble. , Joseph Thompson, a well-known bookmaker,. was removed from the racing enclosure here on Saturday, for having failed to pay the necessary fees. He is threatened with an action for their recovery..