INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 135, 7 June 1879, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

Sydney, Friday. Hennessy's brandy, casej 33s 3d, quarter cask 9s; kerosene, Is 7d; rice, £21; New Zealanp wheat, 4s 4d; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; tobacco, Is 7d; candles, B|d offered. No alteration in sugar.

„, Adelaide, Friday. Flour, £10 lQg to XI I 10s; wheat, 5s 2d. Arrived — Aconcagua.

' . Melbourne, Friday. ■ ■•■'. ?*? re wno excitement here to-day, and it is believed the crisis has passed. The action of the associated banks created confidence. Intense excitement prevailed yesterday in the provincial towns. ■-■•- '■- The shareholders of the Australian and - 'European Bank have resolved to make a call of £1 per share in order to enable the Bank to reopen on a restricted scale early. At a meeting ;of depositors the directors arranged a settlement of claims, and the Eank will . . probably reopen soon, ": M>ost of the branches "-' hsve" < dißciontinaed;^ Greats confidence is manifested in the directors. The National Reform League propose a ;■;-. monstey bazaar to raise funds for the acclimatisation ;of Califorpiau salmon as the English salmon turns oat to be a failure. „ .Victoria has been requested to send vaccine matter to Fiji, a ship 'with 1 small pox on board having arrived at the Islands, but at present the disease is confined to the ship.

The City of Melbourne Bank paid thirty thousand sovereigns from its own resources on Thursday.

Saturday. Ihe Aconcagua brings news from Capetown to the 18th May. Cetewayo has made fresh overtures of peace and sent an enVoy to Colonel Clarke, the oflicer in command at Lord Chelmsford. On hearing this General Clearlock, commanding the district, despatched an envoy to ascertain if the proposals were honorable.