Australian Telegrams.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 443, 3 January 1867, Page 2 (Supplement)

Australian Telegrams.

From the Sydney Morning Herald. MELBOURNE. 9th December. Inter-Colonial Rifle Match.—The match for i&uti was won by New South Wales, witli a score of 9U points over tuat of Victoria. This total score is us inflows

Slade and Fawcett tie for top place with 243 each. There was much excitement during the match, and the Governor was present every day. Du its conclusion the health ot both teams, umpires, and top scorers was proposed and drnuk, w hen Ensign Strong took occasion to express, on behalf of the New South Wales team, that they had been treated in the most considerate and hospitable manner by the Victorians. There are 26 entries lor the Champion Match, whicii comes off' on Monday. News from Hobart Town states that Mr Chapman, Treasurer 111 Mr Hay's iMiuistry, had been defeated m the election for that place. Breadstuff's, no quotations; hams and bacon are improving, 16d in uond being asked. 10th December. M’Clure won the championship of the Australian colonies, with a score of 158 points, at 3UU UOO, and 90U yards, 10 shots each. Slade, second prize; Sharp, 3rd; Liusey, fourth ; and Strong, sth. The niiemen will return on Thursday. The Supreme Court refused to grant leave for an appeal to the Privy Council in the case of the owners of the i’cuola till after the new trial. The Supreme Court has decided against the At-torney-General iu the bazaar lottery case. Tlie entire cargo of tlie ship Netherby will be saved, and a large quantity has already arrived. The markets are dull; nothing doing in breadstuffs. Adelaide flour nominally £l2 to £l3 10s. there have been no sales of wheat, but the cargo of the Woodlands is to be offered at auction tomorrow ; barley is wanted, and there are no sellers at the price offered: only one sale is reported at 3s A portion of the Tcll’s cargo of lea n'SS Suivi—gOOu COlxliuOu CCH£Oil5, x 5 iUid <4 good orange pekoe, long leaf, realized ‘2s. Hth December. A woman named Yance, at Daylcsford, has murderously assaulted her husband, who is dying. To-day was “ Speech-day,” at the Scotch College, at which the Governor presided. A shark, 16 feet long, was caught below Brighton. Californian wheat, ex Woodlands, was offered at auction, and but a small quantity sold at 55., the rest was w ithdrawn: the attendance was large. Oats, 3s ud to 3s Sd; barley, 3s. Sales of fine salt at £4 ios. Curusacks are increasing in demand; sales, Dundee, at 13s 6d. Woolpacks, neglected. Prime beef brought 25s lUOlbs. Fat sheep, no alteration on last week’s rates. The Nil Desperandum, from Mauritius, goes on to Sydney. 12th December. | r-'-por:. ir.;u. iheir have swept av,.;;y 1 riel treucheff on the paid-up rapitni. The Upper Murray is rising and the steamers are again running. At G-iidburmqgU’s wcbl sale to-day over 0,000 . Rues wale catal guod. Some of the largest clips • were withdrawn on account of the non-arrival of ■ the English Mail. Thera was a brisk competition I for that sold, and prices were fully equal to late ; rates.

The import market ia active. Breadstnffs are more settled. Chilian wheat is quoted at 4s 6d : AileLildu and Californian, 5s to So 3(1, Californian , flour, £l2; oats, 3s 10id; maize dull, at 4s to , 4s 2d. eurra&is. 4d, Use lower sort* sf «”'*'! j have declined. „ 13th Deeesshsr. News from Foo Choo 11th October, reports the * loss of the T. E. Loyd, from Melbourne, with tea. * ivo particulars. Nothing is doing in breadstuffs. Adelaide Soar * remains nt #,v>. to £ i'i 10s. Chilian wheat a 4 uude. 4s Gd. Coliluruiau and Furs Has- . doneil offered at 5s to 5s 3d; old barley, 3s; 1 advancing; sales, 13s Sd. One parcel Biindccs. 14s. Patna rice, ex Thetis, 255. 1*44-1 1 December. ' Grant’s Land Policy is telling on station property. as four line stations Viiiri: prlTtirai this wiic.k t 1 for which there war not a bid, otherwise they : “onld have sole, readily, ac they ore eiiuated cn the North Murray. ] A bill to extend free selection over the whole colony will be introduced v/ben Parliament meets, but if it passes the Assembly, the Tipper House will probably throw it out, and the old difficulty will be revived. Business is almost suspended. Sales of Ade- , laide flour have taken place at current rates. ; White herrings are quoted at 33s 6d. A large - cargo of superior Bourbon sugars were sold at 1 auction at slightly advanced rates. 17th December. ] The Eliza, schooner, was wrecked at Belfast on Sunday. The crew-were all saved. The mail steamer arrived here at noon yestcr- ■ day, and sailed at 6 p.m. same day. 1 The disqualification of Dane is to be the subject of a lawsuit. The Earl of Caernarvon declines to re-open Governor Darling’s case. Business is rather dull. Breadstuff's are more ■ inquired for; maize is firmer, and barley shows an upward tendency. At New York, the Indian , was loading lor Adelaide and New Zealand; the Herschel had sailed for Adelaide; the C. D. Roberts was loading for Sydney; the Eastward Ho was to sail for Sydney in October. Sailed—P. &0. Company’s steamer Avoca, and Gordon, for Sydney. 18th December. Parliament meets on the 17th January. A deputation of farmers waited on Mr M'Culloch to-day by appointment. He declined to give any information as to the intentions of Government. 10,000 acres of pastoral land, being a portion of 200,000 acres advertized in large blocks for squatting, were offered at auction to-day, but none sold. The principal banks have agreed to reduce the rates ot discount to 7,8, and 9 per cent, for 65, 95, and 125 days ; the rate of interest on deposits is increased to 4,5, and G, at 30, 60, and 90 days’ notice. Breadstuffs more animated; Chilian wheat firmer ; numerous enquiries show that shipments to England are contemplated, Californian, for local use, sold at £4 10s ; barley at 3s to 3s 3d ; maize steady at 4s to 4s 3d; Glenshee’s Java rice was offered at auction, but withdrawn ; sales privately at £23 10s ; sugars ranged from £27 to £35 ; Java coffee, 8J ; small sales of malt at lls Gd ; the Ranti pole’s teas are selling well; kerosene dull—sales of Downer’s at 3|d. Messrs Dalmahoy, Campbell and Co. report — Prime beef, 25s $ lOOibs ; COlh shorn wethers, 13s 6d; sGib wotlled sheep, 16s. QUEENSCLIFP. Bth December. The Australia, from Java, with rice, sugar, and coffee, is ordered to Sydney. ADELAIDE. 10th December. Government received eleven tenders for the survey of land in the Northern territory. They will probably decide- to-morrow. Weather warm and fine, very favorable for the Business is very dull, and there is want of confidence, owing to continuance of failures. 950 bags sugar, ex Aldinga, all sold at an advance on previous rates; wheat and flour unaltered, and transactions limited, owing to the small quantity offering; wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; flour, lls to 12s lOd. Arrived.—Jcddo, from British Columbia. 11th December. A public meeting is to be held in the Townhall to-night to oppose the increase to the Governor’s salary. A meeting of Protestant ministers is to be shortly held on the subject of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill. Eight out of the eleven tenders for the survey of the Northern territory are from Victoria or New South Wales. No change in the corn market. Wheat 4s 3d to 4s 4d bushel; flour, £ll 10s to £l3 10s $ ton. Arrived.— Evening Star, from Memel, with limber. 12th December. A large meeting was held at the Town-hall last night, at which resolutions were carried opposing the proposed increase to the Governor’s salary ; and a petition is to be presented to Parliament, embodying the substance of these resolutions. The Assembly has agreed to a bill for borrowing £150,000 for the construction ot a new reservoir. The Estimates have all passed, and a speedy close of of the session is anticipated. £25,000 is io be expended next year in the improvement of the port. At the wool sales yesterday, greasy brought 8d to—B Jd ; wheat for immediate delivery is scarce, but the price is unaltered at 4« 3d to 4s 4d; flour is very dull at £ll 10s to £l2 10s. Arrived.—Elizabeth and Matilda, with a cargo of tea, from the Baltic,; both this vessel and the Evening Star are ordered off to Melbourne. 13th December. Very heavy rains in the for north. Wilpcna Creek flooded, bringing down large gum trees; the rain commenced os Saturday morning and continued until noon on Sunday. Mr Alfred Hailett is appointed Land Titles D: OV, r.Mr {rrr.rg-r Young. Tiie corn market is very firm, but quiet. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d for immediate delivery ; no change in flour. Crops on the plains are reported to be yielding much better than was anticipated, i j inth December. The phnt and gnon-will of the Daily Telegraph : newspaper ws wid to tue prop! k-tors of the Advertiser for £BOO. ! The Agent-General at home has purchased r-r-crsl Whitworth i-. nr.~-. aid ;■ number c-f Snider ■ ii.lv:- fur i’r.:-. g.-.;;::;., i The news of the rise of the price of wheat at 1 home, has not affected this market as yet. But 1 litt'e wheat offering for quick delivery. Small 3 poipr. at 4s 3d to -Is 4a. Flour very dull at £ll to £l3.

17th December. A large and influential meeting of Protestant ministers was held, at which resolutions were passed likely to resuscitate the discussion on t|>a MiliTUige Dill i some cSCcptiOii Woo taken to tli« action Of the Komaa Catholics in the matter. The proprietors of the Advertiser newspaper intend starting a new penny caper, to os styled ths Adelaide Argus. The com market is without chance - wheat. 4c 3d to4»4d; cour Ail 10, io MU with iSuitcU tffr : •• T-i=Clip -a-. VWtiinr-r Kpm 1.*.?, iiyt. r:>vort*T*l*r &**• transactions. Railed.—St. Tenor:]?, for London with s ter? cargo. ISth December. Nothing definite received from horns by ths (jovermnent on the Doothby question The Appropriation Dili was read a third time tliii* uliAiriiuoii. l/ut tirobtiblv r’arlifljiu'.it will uoi be prorogued for ten day:. Now wheat, for quick delivery, ie 3d to la id. Hour, dull at £ll to £l3 lUs. MAURITIUS. Melbourne Argus, 15th Dec.] sth November. Sugar is quoted ra.her lower, —white crystal* SG'4O to s6‘so; yellow counter, §5 00 to $5-75. Breadstuffs command good prices,—Australian flour, S4BO to $ j lOOlbs; Chilian, $5; there was no Australian wheat in the market; bran i, scarce; oats are advancing. Tallow dull; salt beef unsaleable. Horses are much wanted. A Creole lady was insulted by a son of Sir Henry Barkley, and her brother sent liim a challenge, winch was declined, —and he was afterward* thrashed in the street. BATAVIA. Ist November, The Dutch Government have appropriated ths sum of £8,500 per annum towards suusidizing a line of steamers between Batavia and Australia. The Woodbine had left for Melbourne, with sugars; and the Restless for Sydney, with sugar and rice.

There were ready for sailing three other vessels, for ports not named, also three for Sydney. Considerable shipments of rice had been made to Australia.

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