AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1319, 6 November 1885, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT.] Shipping. yesterday. The City of Sydney sailed for San Francisco this afternoon, via Auckland, with Li 24,000 in specie, from this I port. Political. _ Sir John Robertson is generally recognised as leader of the Opposition. Efforts will be made as soon as possible to test the strength of parties. Mails. Albany, Yesterday. The Chusan arrived yesterday after- j noon with the London mails to October 2. Shipping. Melbourne, Yesterday. Arrived, this morning—Te Anau, from the Bluff. Wool SalesPrivate telegrams received to-day adrise the opening of the wool sales at \ntwerp. The market shows an improving tendency for all descriptions of 1 the staple. Messrs Goldsbrough and Co. held 1 their usual weekly sale this afternoon. Their rooms were crowded with British, foreign, American and local buyers. The biddings throughout were spirited, American buyers Being especially noticeable. Five thousand bales were disposed of during the afternoon. Greasy merinos sold up to is oj£d per lb, scoured wools to as much as i6^d.

I (Received November 6, noon.) I Wool Sales. { Melbourne. To-day. I The New Zealand Loan and MercanI tile Agency Company, Limited, held I their usual weekly sale yesterday afterI noon, when a fairly representative cataI logue of some 2,800 bales were subI mitted. There was a large attendance lof buyers, and competition was aniI mated, but there was no change in the I tone of the sale, prices ruling about the I same as on previous week.