AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2038, 4 September 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] MELBOURNE, September 3. Mew Zealand ExhibitsIt is expected that the New Zealand exhibits at the forthcoming exhibition will bo very good, there being 600 exhibitors. MELBOURNE, September 4. Retrenchment* The Government are continuing to make reductions in the public service, especially in the Customs Land and departments. Many officials will bo superannuated, including Captain Standisb, Chief Commissioner of Police. Shipwreck* A vessel, the name of which has not yet transpired, has been wrecked on Cape Otway and completely broken up. A portion of the crew have been rescued, and search is being made for the other survivors. ADELAIDE, September 4. The Sorata Ashore-

The Orient Co.’s steamship Sorata, which arrived yesterday from Plymouth, and left during the day for Melbourne, has gone aground at Capo Jervis, Kangaroo Island, at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Vincent. The vessel is in a dangerous position, but the passengers have all been landed safely on the island. SYDNEY, September 3. The Markets.

Hennessy’s brandy in bulb, quarters, 10s 3d; kerosene (diamond) per gallon. Is 9d; Devon’s, Is lOd per gallon; Patna rice, £2l to £22 per ton; New Zealand wheat, per bushel, 3s 7d to 3s lOd; New Zealand oats, Is 9d to 2s per 40 lbs.; maize, per 60 lbs., Is lOd to 2s 2d; caudles, D.R. J.’s, 71,d; tobacco, Raven’s twist. Is 7d per lb.