AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1470, 21 February 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(kKCTEh’s TELEGRAMS COPYRIGHT. 1 Sydney, Yesterday. Shipping. Sailed, this afternoon—Wairarapa,for Auckand.

Cricket. The return match between the English cricketers aud the Combined Australian team commenced tO;day. At the close of the day’s play the Australians had made 97 for eight wickets.

The Markets. New Zealand wheat declined to as 8d; New Zealand oats have advanced to 2S 7d, and maize is quoted at 3s Sd ; sugar (Company’s No. 1 pieces) remains at L 26 per ton.

Breadstuffa. f ■ Adelaide, Yesterday.' The breadstuff's market is quiet with nothing doing. Wheat, 3s 4d to 3s $d j town flour, L 8; country brands, L 7 4s to L 7 10s. (Received February 81, 3.30 p.m ) Annexation. Adelaide, To-day.-

The Governor has received a telegram from Earl Derby stating that the Imperial Government are willing to share the expense of the annexation of New Guinea. J j I The Troops. i Sydney, To-day. At a meeting last night in connection with the patriotic fund, the. prih* cipal speakers were Sir James Martin, Chief Justice; Hon Edmund Barton, Speaker of the Assembly: ~ and Sir Patrick Jennings. Resolutions, weirf); passed confirming the object -of : meeting. The total amount subscribed? how amounts to over Li 5,000. r; Thd e preparations for the despatch -ol the troops are nearly complete. Coughs, Bronchitis, etc., arc quickly cured by using Baxter’s “ Lung Preserver. Ibis old-established medicine is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by members of the medical and clerical profession. Read adverfisemeat,