AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 222, 3 September 1875, Page 2

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[Per Cit* of MBtßouaNß.] ; _. _ Svdhhf, August 20, 1 be Hawkesbury Handicap was won beaaitfully, and W4s a very fast race, gtar and King of the West had the bad at the straight run. and were forced to keep op the pace, until star was competed to retire. Ladybird took the second place with Kingfisher , close ou her girths. King of the West w B « ' first to hnd in the etraight, but Ladybird and Kingflsher were hard upon him, and Calumny and Goldeborough were coming ap fast, and Benjiroo and riweetbriar begun to improve their positions. The two firefc mentioned were on good terms »t the distance, when King of the West came up against .Lady bird, and for a moment Kingfisher looked like winning but Calumny creeping against i the ra-lB caught them ten lengths from home, , aad won a woaderfully feat raca by about a length. Ladybird beat Kingfisher by a thead for second place, and the same distance ' separated Kingfisher from King of the West. bweetbnar was two or three lengths away. , then followed Goldsborough, Beniirbo, and the Stir, lime 3 nrins. 35 sec 9. ' Mklbourwe, August 20. ' A pma'e London telegram dated August ' 25, states that the wool market is weaker in , some kinds Greasy is down a penny, and prang are irreaular and about equal to the third eates last year. There was a email attendance of buyers. English wheat is firm- I flour slightly lower. „. . „ , Bbisbutb, August 20. The Assemoly have pissed a resolution oflering a subsidy not in excess of £15,000 to a Steam Company to trade in the Queensland waters, to include five steamers of 400 Eona tegistee, ono of 120 tons, and two river . steamers, with a guaranteed minimum speed of eight knots. — . 1