AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1487, 13 March 1885, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[ (kBOTEk’s TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT. ) . (Received March 13,1.20 p.m.) ; Shipping. | Sydney, To-day. ; Arrived, last evening—Pacific Mail I Steamship Australia, from Auckland. Sailed yesterday afternoon —Hauroto for Wellington ; Ringarooraa for Auckland. Vindication. At a banquet last night at Dubbo, the Hon W. B. Dailey, AttorneyGeneral, made an eloquent speech vindicating the policy of the Government in reference to the Soudan contingent. Combined Contingent. Melbourne, To-day. “■ The Victorian, South Australian, and f Queensland Governments, after con- 1 suiting as to the proposed joint contingent for Egypt, desire to obtain fur- . ther information from the Agents-Gene-ral, and the question is consequently in ' abeyance. 1 Altered Situation. 1 In home quarters it is considered 3 that the Anglo-Kussian question has altered the situation as regards colonial T troops for the Soudan. The Victorian Cabinet has had the question of local 1 defences under its consideration, but its decision In-the matter has been kept j secret. Is The Wool Market. h Messrs Goldsborough and Com- w pany’s annual review of the wool market shows last season’s sales as follows;—Victoria, 197,000 bales ; New South Wales, 109,000. and South Australia, 32,000. The shipments to the J Continent last season amounted to 63,000 bales, and the total shipments to 936,000, a decrease of 19,000 as a j compared with the previous year. " u