AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1342, 3 December 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[beoiks’b xhlkora kb— cor ybiohi. ] Shipping. Melbourne, Yesterday. Arrived, this morning—Ringarooma, s.s., from the Bluff iho Markets.

The Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd, reports of the local grain market as follows: Wheat: Shipping, 3s nd to 4s, lair demand ; barley, malting, 3s fid to 43, dull New Zealand oats, feed ss $d 10 as rid, no improvement; New Zealand oats, milling, as nd to 3s, moderate enquiry; New Zealand oats, under bond, as id to as ad

Wool Sales. Messrs Goldsbrough and Co., Ltd, held their usual weekly sale of wool toTba of tyiyw «i|

large, and the competition for the various lots offered was of an animated character. Some 6,100 bales were disposed of, buyers operating freely lor America for light-conditioned wools. Greasy merino sold up to nd per lb. Scoured wools brought as much as ißj£d, while for washed fleeces the highest price obtained was i4j£d. The High Commissioner Telegrams from Cooktown report that by the latest arrivals from New Guinea the news is brought that sir Peter Scratchley, High Commissioner, Is seriously ill of fever. (Received December fc, noon.) Want of Confidence. Sydney, Todav. The debate on the vote of want of confidence introduced by Sir John Robertson as an amendment to the Ad-dress-in-reply came to a close in the Legislative Assembly last night On the division being taken, the amendment was rejected by a majority ot -two votes,the Government securing 58 votes only against 56. There was an unusually large house, only two members being absent

Obituary. m batsBANS, To-day. A telegram from Townsville announces the death of Major-General Sir Peter Scratchley, High Commissioner for New Guinea- General Scratchley, who had been suffering from jungle fever for some ten days, was returning from New Guinea to Australia in the steamer Governor Blackwall, and died while the vessel was between Cooktown and Townsville. | (Received December 3, I p.m) Federal Enabling BUI. MusotmNß, To-day. The Federal Enabling Bill was finally passed by the Legislative Council last night Commotion. The Hon Mr Pearson has offered a reward of Li.ooo for the discovery of the persons who tampered with his racehorse. Commotion, which, he stated, was wilfully injured on October 3 last. _