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Melbourne, April 15. — The ironclad Cerebus arrived at Williamstown on Sunday. Lieutenant Panten has been appointed captain and head naval' officer of Colonial defences. Ship Bengal, with 461 passengers from , England, has arrived all well. The Avoca arrived on Tuesday evening. The Eussian corvette Haydamack, sailed on Wednesday, it is said for New Zealand. ; Breadstuff's remain very dull of. sale. Flour, £14 15s. to £15. Wheat lower ; ; sales, Adelaide 6s. 6d., Port M'Donnell 6s. 3d. Oats more freely offered at 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. Maize declined, 3s. lO^-d. to 3g. lid. Sugars lower all round ; 3600 i bags of Thomas Brown's cargo ; 4000 ex variouß. ships, and 3000 mats Java sold, but all subject to this reduction. Corinne, from Mauritius, arrived yesterday. Speculations has again arisen in kerosine ;• 11,000 cases, on the spot and to arrive, have changed hands since the mail arrived. Prices withheld. Candles better enquiry; sale up to loid. The total decrease of shipments to the Colonies is £388,000, including a decrease to New Zealand of £125,000. . Nothing doing in brandies, but prices , are firm. The European Mail says the Annie, from New York, has 14,000 cases of kerosine for Dunedin ; this is a mistake ; she brings 4000 for Dunedin, and 2000 for Adelaide. Arrived;: Margaret ; from Dunedio, Southern Cross, from Lyttelton. Sailed : To-day, Hero for Auckland via Sydney. . Sydney, March 14.— Meat Preserving Company progressing favorably with their wo.rks. . . ,• : . ■ 7 Harbottle, from Honolulu, brings 18,000 packages sugar. 1 Spy won the Homebush Cup, two miles, in 3 min. 35, sec, the shortest time achieved in the Colonies. '• " '' .. F<jur : arrivals on Wednesday, brought 1035 .tons .... of sugars. : Market quiet ; prices reduced £1 per ton all round. '■'•' * ' H!;M. S. Blanche proceeds oak* cruise to . iith'6 South . Seas immediately.,) > ih i , ( ) { ', .rtivJL meeting: was held in GreViille's Rooms, and resolutions passed in favor of urging of annexing tho Fijie. :
Wool firm ; brisk sales. Sales of Adelaide wheat at 6s to 6s 3d. The Customs Bill N has passed the Assembly: The Naval and Military, Defence Bill has passed its second reading. The returns of last quarter's revenue show an increase of £18,000. / Brisbane, April 14. — The Parliament opened on Thursday. The Governor's speech promised Electoral Representation, Insolvency, and othei* Bills; " /Adelaide, April 15.— £30,000 worth, of South Australian bonds have been sold at premiums of tin rier cent, since the departure of the rajji* £>, The corn ma^Eet; is quiet. Wheat, ss. 7d. to ss. B'd. j 3
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 93, 21 April 1871, Page 4
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