DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1275, 8 May 1880, Page 2

DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(KEUTEE r S TELEGRAM PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, May 7. Arrived—Union C9mpany's steamshih Wakatipu, from New Zealand. Hennessy's brandy, bulk, quarters, lis 3d j Devoe's kerosene, Is 9d per gallon j Patna rice, LI 7 per ton j New Zealand oats, 2s 3d per 40 lbs j maize, 2s to 2s 8d per 60 lbs; Sugar Company's No. 1 pieces,. L 3 3; candles, D.EJ.'s, 6s-4d. May 8. A crowded pjeeting held last night adopted resolutions denouncing certain clauses in the new Licensing Bill, which are calculated to suppress Sunday lectures. The Hon. Mr. Bowie Wilson was in the chair, and Mr. David Buchannan, M.L.A., Mr Charles Bright, the free thought lec. turer, and the Rev, J, Bowie, spoke at the meeting. G. R. Dibbs, defendant in the great slander case, has been arrested, and his furniture attached for payment of Bhephard's costs. A meeting has been held to initiate i meat freezing company "syith a capital af LIOO,OOO. • Melbourne, May 7. The barque British Q-.rron. v/hifh 'ofLi.!.»:<•» .'wi;! j.tttUKrv i. ; -.-it i.: ;it (1.0 .; •> • () .V Jl r k r!.t> LTIV" linvir.g' A i'.olt'jL- jwis found on the beach at Portland coiitaiuiiig a paper ;jgne.d John Webster., mul .dated Fpb. 1

23, 1880, stating that the ship Locksley was -wrecked on fill, on board perished .except'three/who are*destitute and,are subsisting; oni fish. DottbtS are generally expressed.! as to the authenticity of the message. Adelaide, May g.

Adelaide wheat, 4s 2d- to 4s 4d per bushel, nominal ; flour, LlO 5s to LlO 7s 6d.

Freights from Adelaide to London, 37s 6d to 42s 6d. ;

Adelaide 'Cug*^First^"Wat«r,l Revelry^ ;: 2; r A !? • J' 7 " ! > Brisbane^-May 8.

-A meeting -was held here -yesterday, for the purpose of starting a Meat Freezing Company, towards which L 50,000 has already been subscribed,