AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2693, 24 November 1882, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

[beuteb’s telegrams.] Received November 23rd. SYDNEY, November 23

Sailed, this afternoon, the Union Company’s steamship Wairarapa, for Auckland.

Parliament was dissolved to-day, and writs have been issued for a general elec, tion, which will be concluded before the close of the year. Nominations for the Sydney constituencies will be made on the 28th inst. ALBANY, November 23.

The P. and O. Steamship Rosetta, with the inward mails via Suez and Brindisi dated London, October 20th, arrived in King George’s Sound this morning. The cricket match between the English team and twenty-two of the Sandhurst concluded to-day. The weather was fine, and the attendance of spectators was again large. The visitors, with six wickets down, and thirty-six runs to their credit, continued their first innings, which closed for 117. S. F. A. Leslie, 48 not out, was highest scorer. The homo team then commenced their.second innings, and were all disposed of for 119. The Englishmen then went in, and at the conclusion of the day’s play had scored 28 runs without the loss of a wicket. Being a two days’ match, the game was drawn, the visitors requiring to make 75 runs to win. During the past week the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have offered 2230 hales at their wool sales, of which 1900 were sold at prices which were considered satisfactory. There has been a good attendance of buyers, and a brisk competition was experienced. Good qualities are about- the same as at last sales. • Coarse and inferior crossbreds, in sympathy with the London market, axe a shade weaker.