INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 140, 12 June 1880, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

King Georoe's Sound, June 9. , . The Siam, with the inward Suez. mail, has "arrived. Melbourne, Thursday. Arrived— -Rotomahana, from the Bluff.

Friday. Arrived— Orient Company's steamer Lubltania, from Plymouth. It is believed that there is a possibility of Air Canliffe Owen, Mr Labelliere, barrister, and Mr Frederick Young, Secretary of the Colonial Institute, being authorised to, in a few months, invite the Governors and the heads of the Colonial Governments to assemble in Melbourne with a yiew to forming the basis of a uniform tariff, and laying the foundation of an Australian confederation. Saturday. Mr Service, speaking at Beechworth last nigbt, said it was possible the Government; might be defeated on the second reading of the Reform Bill, and should ifc happen so, the only courso would be to have another dissolution. Stdnet, Friday. Hennessy's brandy in bulk, 10s 3d to lis ; kerosene, diamond, ls ld to Is 2d ; Devoe's, Is 2d. New Zealand wheat, 3s 9d to 4a ; New Zealand oats, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; maize, ls lOd to 2s ; candles, D.R.J.'s, 6-|d. Newcastle, Friday. All the colleries, except the Wallsend and Co-operative, have decided to accept the scale of orders, and are booking them at 10s per ton. Adelaide, Friday. Adelaide wheat, 4s 3d to 43 4i per bushel, wi'.b slightly improved tendency, dealers arc, however, very cautious ; flour, £10 5s per ton ; country, £9 5s to £9 10s per ton ; freights to London, 40s to 42s 6d ; at outports, 365.