AUSTRALIAN.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—(COPYRIGHT) (REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 19. A meeting was held here to-day at which twenty-one captains of vessels now in port were present, to consider the rates for freight upon wool, and they unanimously resolved that no wool should be taken on board at a lower rate than Ad to fd per lb. r pending further instructions from the owners of vessels.
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, held their opening wool sale for the season to-day. The catalogue was fairly representative. The attendance at the sale was very large and representatives from all parts of Europe and from America were in greater numbers than at any previous sale. The bidding was animated, and brisk competition was experienced, nearly every lot on the catalogue being sold. A general advance of fully a penny per pound was obtained for sound i well grown wools of all classes. The highest price realised for greasy merino was Is l£d, j for greasy cross-bred Is, and for scoured merino Is The Australian lines are interrupted. Two men, who were arrested by the police on a charge of attempting to rob the Commercial Bank of Australia at Avenal, on the 6th inst., were committed for trial to-day This Day' The Railways Construction Bill was finally passed by the Legislative Assembly last night. The rumors which have been current that a meeting of the members of the Constitutional Party has been held with a view to the change of the leadership are denied, but the “Age” reiterates its statement regarding the meeting. Telegrams from the country districts report that rain is urgently necessary. It is raining in Melbourne. Bridget Ryan, the wife of Patrick Ryan, who is in custody for horse-stealing in New Zealand, has been arrested for aiding to defraud her husband’s creditors. Deposit receipts for £,1200, and Securities to the value of £9OO have been found in her possession. SYDNEY, This Day. The strike of the men engaged at the Nepean Waterworks for a reduction of hours has commenced ; and a strike for increase of wages has also occurred among the workmen on the Malta Railway Contract. Arrived, last evening, the Pacific Mail i steamship Australia, from Auckland,
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1180, 20 October 1882, Page 2
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370AUSTRALIAN. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1180, 20 October 1882, Page 2
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