AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 968, 13 June 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

■- [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT. ] • 1 Shipping. ,■ • 1 '• . Melbourne, Yesterday. ; i! ‘ Sailed; this afternoon—The Union Company’s steamer Manapouri, for the 31uff. : Commercial- , .The, Melbourne manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Com-vi.'pany-.of New Zealand, Limited, reports -t«of the local grain market as follows :4—. ‘"^Shipping’wheat is quieter, but steady to 5s id. For New Zealand oa’ts are. barely maintained; , feeding sorts;, are quoted at 3s to 3s 3d, arid .'.’milling ditto at 3s 36103343; New t : Zealand oats, under bond, 2s 3d to 2s ■ -fid,' ' Thfe market is slightly in favor of c . buyers.' ■ -■rti..;., Approved of. James Service’s proposal for the annexation of the New Hebrides islands ; .Received the cordial approval of Lord ’■] Normanby, and his ' Excellency telegraphed to Lord Derby urging the expediency of the project. The Victorian Loan. The Victorian loan of L 2,000,000 < .will be 'placed on the’ London market TtcnJay. ~ ' The Convict Sweeney. \ ; prisoner Sweeney, alias Long- ’ mpre, who 1 was arrested at, Sydney on 5; ig charge of robbing the Colonial Bank ■*. at Brunswick in April last, was brought - op at the Police Court to-day and com‘Wmktedifdr trial.' " [Received June 13, 1 p.m.} - - • Victorian Loan. *•’“ Melbourne, To-day. ’“‘lt is now stated that the Victorian ! Ipap has, b,een' postponed till next that tenders will be opened j. Jn London on the 3rd July. A new Defence Scheme, j ; to-day» publishes the ’ rmodtline of a new defence scheme, which -^states-that it Ts : proposed to disband : ' volunteers and establish a volunteer mflitia of 1,506 men; also that it is intended to obtain the services of offi;iJcei[B , and.: sergeants from England to -<»cbntml the force, the total strength of .Awbfcfcy-in cavalry, infantry, engineers, ■: Mfond artillery, will be 2,6 pp. t,'The Argus in a leading article of to : 'day, considers the action of the Victbrian. Government in regard to the , f proposed annexation of New Hebrides, premature and calculated to ":-?v defeat in view.