AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 223, 6 February 1865, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

ADELAIDE. January 11. At a meeting of the land proprietors in the Northern territory, a resolution was passed appointing a committee to draw up an address to the Governor, requesting him to allow no site to be fixed for the capital of the settlement until a proper exploration of the country has been made. Business quiet..' Small parcels of flour realise £2O 10s to £2l for town brands. In wheat there have been no transactions ; buyers offer 7s lOd to 7s lid. Holders ask Bs. Arrived. —Algerton, . from London; Penola, from Melbourne. Mo signs oil the mail at present. January 13. The Government have appointed a commission to inquire and report on the most effectual means of protecting the coast from invasion. ’ The Government have refused to institute any inquiry into the cause of Ward’s dismissal from the Northern Expedition j they also decline to pay him the cost of his passage back to Adelaide. Business dull. . Flour in fair demand at £2O to £2l for town brands, and £l9 to £2O for country. Wheat steady, at 8s for immediate delivery, 7s lOd to 7s lid for advanced delivery. Bran dull; sales at Is lid. Com sacks, 19s to 19s 3d. Oats, 4s to 4s fid. In the stock market, fat cattle £7 2s to £7 12s for middling to good ; inferior. £5 14s. Fat sheep, in fair demand, at 14s to 20s. A mob of store cattle sold at 50s. Little doing in store heep ; sales at 6s to 10s.