NEW SOUTH WALES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1746, 21 January 1888, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES.

I Sydnbt, January 20 A shipment of butter sent Home from here ha-, fetched is per lb, and is described as the best ever seen, excelling Danish, and that there is nothing m the market to compare wjith it. The agents to whom the shipment was ponsigned are confident of being able to readily establish a permanent market for it,

The Czit's cousin, the Grand Duke Michael-ovitch, is a passenger by the Russian warship Rynda, not the Avillan, as previously announced. The Rynda is a oomparaiively new vessel, having been built about three years ago. She is an ironclad with armour the thickness of one and a-half inch at the water line. Her tonnage is 2950 tons, and the engines are 3000 horse power. She carries eight six inch and three five inch guns. The Social Purity Society have asked the police to stop the Butke-Foley fight, but they have declined to accede to the request. Sailed— U.S.S. Company's s.s. Wakatipu. Sir John Hall is a passenger by her. The Parkes Fund has now reached ;£Booo. The Government have decided to replace the present tramway system by either cable or electricity. The annual cricket match between teams representing the Sydney and Melbourne Universities commenced here to-day. The home team m their first innings made 430, the highest scorers beini? Wood 96, and Allen 90. The Melbourne team is considered a weak one. The captain of the J. T. Berry insists that the second boat was launched, but admits that he did not see it leave I the vessel. He also declares that the explosion occurred before either boat was launched, The chief officer and a passenger decline to make any statement. The Postal Conference are discussing what contributions to the mail subsidy should be made by colonies outside of the contract, and whether such contributions should be levied on the basis of population or the amount of mail matter received, The decision will probably be m favor of the former method. Newcastle, January 20 Sailed — S.s. Elderslie, for Lyttelton, with 2000 tons of coal.