AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 633, 8 February 1870, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Melbourne, Jan. 31. Flour nominal', Ll2 to Ll2 10s ; feeding grains slightly lower ; maize, 3s 8d wheat, 6s 4d ; cornsacks, 11s 9d. Sugars maintain their upward tendency ; white, grey, and yellow crystals in demand Victorian Sugar Company advances another twenty shillings. Martell's case brandy, 24s ; Hennessy's, 265, three dag ger brand; stout, 9s 3d. Exohange oi London firm, three-quarters per cent, sixty d»ys. Downer's kerosene, 2s l£d

tea at auction realised — gunpowder, lOd ; JPekoe, Is If d ; currants firm, 4f d. Wool sales : Bight hundred bales sold ; competitions less buoyant-. Greasy, 6d to 9£d ; scoured, 9£d to 15£ d ; fleece, lid to 16d. John Brougham, St. Kilda, squatter, is insolvent Liabilities : L 25,000. The Argus has published a series of articles condemning ad valorem duties. Arrived : Claud Hamilton, 26th : Tararna, 31st. A detachment of the 18th Regiment sailed in the Lincolnshire. Tenders are called for conveying the 2nd battalion of the 14th Regiment to England. Dennison M. F. Newark, son of the Bishop of Salisbury, died in the Melbourne Club. J. C. King, manager of the Argiuf, and first Town Clerk of Melbourne, is dead, and wa3 buriod in the old cemetery. William Davis is committed for trial for murdering Eliza Cassells, at Trentham. Arrangements are pi'ogressing for the amalgamation of both the Hebrew congregations. It is also proposed to build a a magnificent Synagogue on the site of the Princess Theatre. Graham Berry's election is considered certain. Rutherford, of Colac, contests the seat. Aspinall was returned for St. Kilda without'opposition. ■ > ■. The Government propose remodelling the pilot service, maintaining three permanent boats. Akhurst received a splendid benefitbumper house, and sails in February. William White has been killed by machinery in Harper'B rice mills. Mr and Mrs Steele are passengers per Rangitoto. Raynor's Christy Minstrels sail for Auckland to-day. Aitcheson French, a squatter at Hamilton, broke his neck while diving in five feet of water, in Kenny's baths at St. Kilda. Bishop Perry has published a letter de fending the course he pursued in re Rev. Mr Hayward. Thomas Moffat, the first settler in the Warego district, has died in the bush through thirst. The mail steamer Geelong sails tomorrow. Sydney, Jan. 31. Parliament was opened by Commission on the 27th. Arnold was elected Speaker, and the House adjourned till Oowper's election was over. Mr Robertson took his seat. Mr Cowper is returned for Liverpool Plains. The Joint Stock Bank dividend is 8 per oent. Wool sales brisk ; the bulk catalogued was cleared at full rates. CaptainMacklin,sen., Marine Surveyor, died suddenly. Arrived at Newcastle — King Oscar, from Auckland. Mrs M'Taggart, Burt's mother-in-law, has obtained a rule nisi, for sequestration of Burt's estate. Adelaide, Jan. 31. Baker has carried a want of confidence motion in the Council. Mr Carr's motion, that South Australia join Victoria in guaranteeing a half per cent, to a company forming a telegraph line to King George's Sound, was carried. Severe floods have occurred in the north-east portion of the Colony, with most remarkably heavy losses. Treasury stopped all payments till the Estimates are passed. The Pastoral Leases Bill proposes to extend leases from ten to fourteen years. The Assembly refused to vote a thousand pounds for the extension of the Governor's residence. Shipping. — Arrived at Hobart Town : Eucalyptus, from Dunedin ; atMelboijrne: Maid of Erin, from Westport. Sailed : Lismore, for Dnriedin, on the 31st.