AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1079, 20 October 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] Welcome Bain. Sydney, Yesterday. Rain has fallen throughout the colony, and the harvest prospects are consequently looking brighter. The Markets. New Zealand wheat, 3s gd per bushel; New Zealand oats, 3s 4d j maize, 2s ud; Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces, L 35 per ton.

Adelaide, Yesterday. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; the market continues quiet, with little doing. Flour, flat, and prices nominal; town brands, Lio to Lio 15s ; country ditto, L 9 10s to L 9 rs®. Freights to London— Steamers, 455; sailing, 455, for cereals; quotations nominal, and nothing doing. Freights to the United Kingdom from Adelaide—Sailing, 40s to 42s fid; ditto from outports, 425. to 455; the market is flat, and prices nominal. Sporting News. Melbourne, Yesterday. The weather is to-night unsettled, and appears unfavorable for the Caul-' field Cup meeting to-morrow. The following is the latest betting on that * event: —Calma, 6 to 1; Footstep, 7 to 1; Fryingpan, 14 to 1; Septius, 14 to 1; Norfolk, 15 to 1; Belmont, 20 to 1. Boscawen scratched for the Melbourne Cup.

[Received Oct. 20, lp.m] The Victorian Parliament. Melbourne, To-day. The Victorian Parliament will probably be prorogued on the 2nd November.

Severe Thunderstorm. A severe thunderstorm passed over the city last night, but the weathyp? now line.

Sporting. There is no change to report in the betting on the Caulfield Cup. It is expected there will be twenty-five starters for that event.