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[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] Br Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. —♦» SCOTT-EDWARDS SIX DAYS' PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR £4OO. PARKES' MOTION ON THE NEW HEBRIDES QUESTION. MELBOURNE PRODUCE MARKETS. SALE OF THE WRECK OF THE SOUTH MALDON. THE NEXT MELBOURNE CUP AND MARIBYRNONG PLATE. (Received April 14, 1.30 a.m.) Sydney, April 13. At ten o'clock to-night Scott had accomplished 185 miles to Edwards 182. In the Legislative Assembly the debate on Sir Henry Parkes' motion in regard to the New Hebrides question is proceeding. At present it is impossible to say in which direction the division will tend. Melboukne, April 13. The Manager of the National Mortgage Agency of New Zealand, Limited, reports as follows : " Shipping wheat is decidedly firmer, 4s 4d to 4s 5d per bushel ; in malting barley, the demand is slackened and prices reduced to 4s to 5s ; New Zealand oats, feed sorts, quiet, at 2s lOd to 3s ; milling descriptions are in steady, though not active, demand, at 3s Id to 3s 9d ; New Zealand oats, under bond. 2s 2d to 2s 5d."
(Received April 14, 1.30 p.m.) April 4. The wreck of the South Maldon, which was wrecked at Barwon. Heads while on the voyage from Mnuritiue to Melbourne, has been sold for twelve pounds.
The Victoria Racing Clab has decided to double die added money for the Melbourne Cup, and the Marybyrnona Plate. J
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Kumara Times, Issue 2950, 14 April 1886, Page 2
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