AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 68, 9 December 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.! TREUTEBB TKLKGKAMS.I Received December 9 12.40 p.m. Mklbobun e, This Day. Arrired. this morning — The Mampouri from the Bluff. The Argus to-day, in discussing the proposed Colonial conference in London, suggests. the Government and Opposition should both be represented thereat. The Aiie considers further information re caired. Sydnky, Oecomber 8. A portion of a board, with the wor ■ Ermopylae printed on it. has been "picked up at Port Macquarie. It is supposed tt belong to the ship Thermopylae. Mi:lboubne. Deeembpr 7. It ia intended to inrite their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to the inaugural ceremony in con* nection with the Centennial Exhibits n in 1888 Tenders for the Newcastle (S.S.W. Municipal loan ofLl6,ort<) at fife percent were opened to»day. The tolai amount offered was found to be L 48,000. Tendecs at LIOB 10s 6d. receded 81 per cent, allotment above that in full. The Governments of Victoria and New South Wales have decided" to reduce the terminal charges on ordinary telegrams between Australia and New Zealand to sixpence, each colony to place a shilling on the first ten words as at present, The change is to take effect on January I. Messrs E. Goldsborough and Go. held their usual weekly sale this afternoon to a large attendance of buyers. Competition for all lots was brisk. Seven thousand bales were offered, of which 4100 were sold at prices which are on an equality with those realised at the London sales. Greasy wool is £d to Id lower 7 and scoured from Id to l£d lower. In good greasyj lambs and flight erossbreds there is no material {change to report. Sydnbt, December 8. The Torangimite is still stranded, and little hope is entertained of floating her. The insurances on the vessel amount to L 25.000, a portion of which is held by the Union Insurance Company of New I Zealand, Heavy rains have fallen m parts of the country, and serious floods have occurred in some places.