AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 265, 7 November 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[The following telegrams did not reach us until just as we were going to press yesterday.], llokitika., November 6. The Claud Hamilton left Melbourne on the 30th October, and arrived at 8 o'clock this morning. MELBOURNE. October 30. — A dispatch has been received from Earl Kimberley stating that the British Government will grant no more Bank charters. The quickest communication, between' Melbourne and London was effected in a little over three hours. Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the character of Reuter's messages. Californian news via England has hardened lUg breadstuff's market. First- class flour £18 10s., j and advancing rapidly. Small parcels have been sold up to £20 for trade lots. Medium Adelaide wheat, Bs. l{d. Henry Pyke, a squatter, has committed suicide. A lady is concerned ia the, case. Notwithstanding the hardness of breadstuff's, millers decline New Zealand wheat as being of an iuferior quality, except at a low figure. Teas firm; kerosine advancing; beers in glass •scarce; corn sacks scarce. Th? Melbourne Woollen Factory is in full: operation. ' ', . Latest betting : Maribyrnong Plate, sto 2 . against JJaemar; Derby, 2 to I, against Loup Garou; Melbourne Cup, Dagworth firm at 2 to 1,. Watt, who was shot by bushrangers at Beechwester, lias since died. Tha Vogel-Waterhouse Cabinet is '. regarded here as an interregnum Ministry, owkg to. their 'small majority. Latest wool sales : Greasy, Is to Is 3d 5 ecoured Is.6dto2s3d. Fleeces Is 9d to 2s Id. ; : ; .'; Sales of New Zealand' wheat have been effected at7s6d. ; . '■"'., .;„•»."..■,■.• ■ i -;.\v.-"sTi>BßY." '■■-,■;• '■•-••■' i October ,3o.-~Flou'r : jEl7; malt 12s 6d. - • An Imperial despatch has been received announcing that England retains, her. jurisdiction over British subjects ;in the Jfijis. ;' A Protectorate is thought probable. . . ;; , : ; /.- (■' * -' ' : '":'-': 1 /:'V.aidel^ii)e.], ";■■,;, J ;-.jv:;;ig;, ''••.'■' ■"■.., . October 30.^-FJpur £13 to JEIS; wheat firm at : ;6s6d; ;' . ..' v - •'■;','^.v,; '.V^ V r^Vvy,.V .)*<;?, •■• Arrived:^ ?e r 9j '■from : "^ueWan.^::! 1 8n|'Alcandre.' vfrom.H^okian^^^ 'for Auckland; 1 Havershain! for y^elUngton^ from • ;^|«;iT^uayT^4B:Melb^utne;on ; j; 6n;#h^Mhj;^