AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1205, 18 November 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(BY CABLE.- RJiVTKII’s TELEGRAMS). SYDNEY, Nov. 17. New Zealand wheat has declined (id per bushel during the week, and is now quoted at 5s 4d : New Zealand Oats have fallen to 3s 4d, and maize to 4s sd. i Sugar Company No. I prices remain at £35 per ton. Nothing further has transpired regarding the political crisis, sir Henry Parkes left i town this morning to see Lord Loftus at His Excellency’s country seat. The inquest on the bodies of the men who were drowned in the Austral has been ad- • jourmad until Monday next, 20th inst. MELBOURNE, Nov. 17. A shock of earthquake was felt over the ; greater portion of this Colony last night. The Bon. Ivo Bligh’s English Eleven commenced h match against Eleven of \ ictoria. The weather was very fine and ■ favorable for the match, and a large number of spectators visited the ground during the . day, great interest being taken in the con- i j test. The Englishmen went first to the i I wickets, and remained in until late in the | ! afternoon, when the last wicket fell for a total of 273. The following are the respective ’ ' scores: -G. B. Studd, b, 1 ; Bates, c, 44 ; i C. T. Studd, b, 56; Barlow, b, 41; A. G. Steele, 62 ; Barnes, 8 ; W. Read, b, 1 ; E. F. | S. Tylecote, stumped, 37 ; C. F. H. Leslie, ; not out, 57, G. F. Vernon, b, 9: .Morley, b, I '10; extras, 4-total 273. At the cricket match to-day between the English team and an Eleven of Victoria, the i Litter, who commenced their first innings i lute in the afternoon, had lost two wickets when the stumps were drawn for the day for 16 runs. This Day. A congress of the Church of England which has been sitting here since Tuesday last has now been closed. Private tdegrrnns report that 600 tons of cargo, partly in good condition, have been saved from the wreck of the steamship Gulf of Finland at Jeblr.il Zoognr in the Red sea. ADELAIDE, Nov. 17. Wheat has fallen to 4s lid; the market is quiet, and no business is doing. Town flour is quoted at £l2 15s per ton, and country brands at LT 1 7s 6d —prices nominal. Several farmers in Pckina district of this | colony have sold out, and left for the Middle Island of Now Zealand. The South Aus- i tralian Farmers’ Association are circulating a large number of guide books and plans of that Colony and its agricultural advantages ■ and prospects, which are exciting much interest here. The Adelaide wharf lumpers have struck work, and it is feared th:.: -turbances may ! 1 be caused by them. This Day. | The South Australian Parliament Las been ■ prorogued to the 6lh of I'Vhruary next.