AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2116, 4 December 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[belter's telegrams.] MELBOURNE, December 3. Mr Buckindan. Mr Buckindan, commissioner, is a passenger by the Rotorua. Pedestrlanism. In the six days’ walking contest. Swan has made 250; Baker, 248,and Seymour 240 miles. MELBOURNE, December 4. Results of the Conference. At the result of the Intercolonial Conference,} it has been agreed between Yictoria and South Australia to adopt a free trade intercourse across their borders. New South Wales and South

Australia have, however, decided to re- i new their existing border duties con- ! vention. ( SYDNEY, December 3. * The Markets. ; Hennessy’s brandy is quoted at 36s 6d , to 36s 9d; bulk, quarters lls. Kero- i sene, Devoe’s, per gallon, la 9d to Is lOd. New Zealand oats, per bushel, 2s 3d. Candles, D.R.J., per lb, B£d; D.R.0., per lb, Sjd. SYDNEY December 4. Another Massacre by Natives. News baa been received that the captain and three of the crew of the ©utter Neil a have beeu massacred by the Natives at Port Webber. Later, The scene of the massacre of the captain and three of the crew of the cutter Leilia is Port Webber, in New Ireland. Her Majesty<s schooner Beagle brought the news of the outrage. She also reports that the Marquis De Rays’ immigrants have shifted from Likiliki Bay, New Ireland, and are actively preparing to leave and settle in Queensland. Border DutiesThe border duties convention, which is to he renewed between New South Wales and South Australia, provides for the payment to the former of £47,500 annually, BRISBANE, December 4. A New GoldfieldNew goldfields have been gazetted in the vicinity of Mount Perry, New Burnett River, to the north-west of Maryborough, in this colony. ADELAIDE, December 3. Wheat and Flour. The price of wheat per bushel is 4s 9d with no buyers. Town flour, £11; country, £9 10s to £9 15s. The tone of freights is firm.