AUSTRALIA.
[special to globe.] MELBOURNE, August 7. Flour fell ss; sales were made at £ll 15s. The market is dull for Adelaide. SYDNEY, August 8. In the Hawkesbury Guineas 4 to 1 agst Baronet was taken.
For the Sydney Derby 4 to 1 has been given agst Nellie and 6 to 1 agst Baronet.
The betting for the Metropolitan is 10 to 1 agst Martingale, First King, Humbert, and Tocal; for the Melbourne Cup 100 to 5 on the field; for the Melbourne Derby 500 to 75 on the field. There is a hot conflict on the proposed tariff in Melbourne. Lbhtttbe's telegrams.] SYDNEY, August 8. Hennessy's case brandy, 32s 6d to 82a 9d; quarter-cask, 9s to 9s 3d; Now Zealand oats, 2s 2d; maize, 2s 6d to 2s 7d per bushel: candles, D.R.J.'s 8d per lb. Sir George Innes has been appointed Attorney-General. Floods are increasing. A heavy fall of snow has taken place. Thousands of sheep are reported to be drowned in the :
country districts. Tliero was a heavy gale on the coast last night. ADELAIDE, August 8. Wheat, 5s 3d to 5 s 4d per bushel. ALBANY, August 8. Arrived—Assam, at King George's Sound.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1707, 9 August 1879, Page 2
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