AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1954, 29 May 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[EEUTEB’d TELEGEAMS.] SYDNEY, May 29. The Reported Pirate The alarmist report with reference to the Geni is denied by the representative hero of the Marquis de Rays. Ho explains that the vessel merely conveys a colonising party to Now Ireland, and her cargo consists of machinery and tools. The alarm is probably duo to the fact that there is a corps of 211 Gendarmes aboard. Triekett’s Expenses. A meeting was held last night to arrange for the collection of subscriptions to defray Trickett’s expenses to England. The sum of £4OO was subscribed in the room. BRISBANE.. May 29. StatisticalThe exports from Queensland for last year show an increase of nearly £280,000 as compared with 1878, but the imports show a decrease of nearly £300,000. MELBOURNE, May 28. Payment of Members. The debate in the Legislative Assembly on the question of the payment of members will take place on the introduction of that Bill at a special sitting on Monday, June 7 th. The Yarra Scheme. Many laborers employed on the works at Fisherman’s Bend have been discharged, pending Parliamentary sanction being given to the carrying out of the Yarra scheme. SYDNEY, May 29. The Markets. Patna rice, £l6 per ton; Hennessy’s

brandy, in bulk, quarters, 10s 6d to 10s 9d; maize, 2a to 2a 6d per 601bs; sugar, Company’s No. 1 Pieces, £3B. ADELAIDE, May 28. Adelaide wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 4d per bushel; flour, £lO to £lO 5s per ton.