AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, 31 December 1868, Page 317 (Supplement)

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, Dec. 10. The prospectus bf; a Postal , and .Passenger Steam': Company,: for a / service via the Gape of Good Hope; in fortyfive days, has been issued. The capital in £600,000, /in £lo.shared and with limited liability- Provisional Committee is highly inflii. ential. ■ '' vv : /• ; ' ; DeA <vv. A private letter states / that tlie Duke of , Edinburgli -will : visit vMelbourne,::and' ; probably open the .: new - * ■; ' "-’"""V . .The>bj6at;;tdr'3ay: has; been very , op! pressiye,virith^dusi;stormvand/thnilT ' i Tw?cj ;h ; unare3%das"6f?flour/ Chow;Ed’s cargo/of teas has beehhalf sold, thej /,best "at / and the" low qualities?a -loss market-d glutted^ f " Brahdi^iare /still" active ; The iCustom ; authdritieß"haye made psyaalbeen; each found to .contaia . 2 cwt. tobacco.- *v«|M>rtr f %. 4s pjjr vt nr-3. -4 -r *2, rT - Nb-T

•, H.MiS, is j sjigbllr^ open to thepublic. ; - - The Otago takes. 40 recruits for New Zealand. ‘yr- -;■ V " • There was an extensive’fire at Carlton on Saturday, . nights A dozen housed, tvere burnt. of the estimatd value of .£5,000. They .wgre{partial; ly insured." ; V‘ y sugar from Raff’s, of Queensland, are much admired. ‘At Carnghamy a’ stockrider was*;\bitten by a carpet snake, when Halford’s injection system was successfully applied.

The late G-. Y. Brooke’s bust was unveiled, Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, bbfpre a good audience, on Saturday eyehinj*. * .. ' The markets are\uiet j dea sale , was well attended, and fair rates.w%e * realised; there have been large transactions in cornsacks, at 14s; Associated Vineyard brandy sold at 6s. Arrived.—Champion of the Seas, from Liverpool. \ The Herald is to published as * ah evening; paper :from the Ist Jan. A. prospectus of the undertaking has been issued. -r. . ..*»• '•

Adelaide, Dec. 10. ? Recruits are offering very freely for enrolment in the New Zealand service. - \ -

Transactions have taken place in wheat at 4s 4d per bushel, and in flour at £l2 per ton. ' The preparations for the Northern Territory . Expedition are proceeding rapidly. The Government have taken. Beeby’s old mill as a depot. ■/* " „ The weather both, in town and in

the Far North hot. ; ' Sales of cornsacks have been madeti? at 15s; wheat is lower, and is now. quoted at 4s 3d to 4s 4d; little do- . • *

Dec. 11. There were tremendous du3t; and thunder storms last night. . The teas ex Jane Bell were offered to-day, but only some 300 pkgs were sold at abbut last rates.

; The corn market isquieter;>farmers are very, anxious to sell; but buyers are holding off; wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3d. ‘ -V V'.". ‘

Dec. 12. : B.oonz of silver arrived from the Aluumda mine last night. ' > ' Cornsacks continue in great demand, _ and sales have been effected at 15s 6d,; candles sold at Is: 4 : The wheat mar-, ket shows a downward tendency, and sales have taken place at 4s 2d to 4s 3rd per bushel. . ~ Weather fine. .% * ' Dec; 14; - - The shipMoonta Itas.beeu chartered for the Northern Territory. Expedition. V. ;

At a meeting of the Hamley Gun;- ' Club the. Champion; Giipwon by. Mr RvJ>§auhdei ! B^^.pf^tlid % : Civil Service. -•’£* yCornsackis are very firm, and are not. to be obtained under 16s. The corn; market. For 4s 2d is the highest and buyers are 1 anticipating lowef "rates. ; ; ; r Rockhampton, . The drought has broken; sli.owejs of rain have: fallen." . Mr,; Manning -has so far" progressed that he; is enabled tokreturn.: home. Bowerman has, been.again remanded [fpr.:a.%eek; Vi /- *, J . 'There are fearful reports of. the drought;.; on. ; Sheep ~ar6 dying and communication between there and Brisbane-is almost; cut -off. It is saidythat at one place' there is 130imiles!. without water.y?

' Sitdney,Dec;, 9.

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