AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2705, 8 December 1882, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

[reutbr’s telegrams.]

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright,

Received December 7th, 9 p.m. MELBOURNE, December 7.

The steamship Rotomahana was successfully floated off this afternoon. She proceeds on her voyage to the Bluff to-night.

Sailed—This afternoon. Union Co.’s steamship Arawata, for Auckland.

Received December Bth, 1.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, December 7.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report that at their wool sale to-day 2275 bales were offered. The competition was very brisk, fine crossbreds being decidedly firmer, in response to the tone of the London auctions, and fine wools generally were in very good demand, and 2000 bales were sold at satisfactory prices. In the Legislative Assembly this evening, Mr Monro asked that precedence might be given to a motion which he had placed upon the Order Paper for the appointment of a select committee of seven to investigate the railway administration of the colony. Sir Bryan O’Loghlen declined to grant precedence to the motion. Mr Monro, however, insisted on precedence being granted, and he was warmly supportedby Mr Berry. The Premier thereupon stated that the Government considered the motion as tantamount to a vote of want of confidence, and moved the adjournment of the House until Tuesday next at ten o’clock. The discussion was still proceeding, the general feeling of the House being adverse to a vote of want of confidence.