AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1207, 22 November 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

J (by cable.—reuter’s telegrams). SYDNEY, Nov. 21. I The inquest on the bodies recovered from | the Austral was concluded to-day. The veri diet of the jury stated that the captain, i mate, chief engineer and carpenter had committed a grave error of judgment in failing to take proper precautions for the safety of the vessel. ! The Marine Board of Inquiry which on the : 14th inst. found that the captain of the imi migrant ship Northampton was to blame for the grounding of the vessel on a reef at Port Hacking, but deferred dealing with his cori tificate for a week, gave their decision yes- . terday, and directed that the captain's certi- ■ ficate should be suspended for a period of I nine months. The Prorogation of Parliament will take place to-day. [The above telegram has been delayed in transmission between Australia and New | Zealand.] i The New South Wales Parliament was formally prorogued to-day. . The Australian cricketers were accorded a banquet to-night in honor of their return from England. A large number of citizens I were present, and much enthusiasm pre- , vailed. ADELAIDE, Nov. 21. A copious rainfall is now being experienced I in this. Colony, and especially in the nori them districts. MELBOURNE, Nov. 21. | The National Mortgage and Agency Com- { pany of New Zealand report that malting ' barley is nominal at 4 s to 4s 6d,and the market . is sluggish. Shipping wheat quiet but steady ■atss4d to 5s sd. New Zealand feed oats i are dull and easier at 4s !dto 4s 3d. The I heavy rains that are falling have reduced • I the value of feeding grains, and crops in early j districts, where cut, are suffering from the excessive wet, while the rain is benefiting the j late districts. i Sailed : This morning, steamship Manapouri, for the Bluff. Arrived : This morning, the Orient steamship Potosi, from Plymoih, Oct. 9.

Messrs Carlaw Smith & Co., held a sale to-day at Mr Tabuteau’s residence, of that gentlemans furniture and household ware. Mr Tabuteau *s departure from Gisborne‘will be generally regretted, he has made many and warm friends here, and while regretting the loss, we cannot but compliment the Empire city upon her gain. The sale to-day was good, and realised unexpected prices ; Messrs. Carlaw Smith and Co. evidently ■ made the most of their auctioneering J talent. i The members of the Cook County Council I met at noon to-day for the purpose of elect- | ing a chairman. There were present Crs I Weston, Clark, Ferris, Chambers, Westrupp, ' Gannon and Allanach. The retiring chairman, j in a neat valedictory speech, asked the I meeting to elect his successor. On the ' motion of Cr Ferris, seconded by Cr Westi rupp, Cr Chambers was unanimously elected chairman. In a few words he acknowledged ! the compliment, and the meeting adjourned —need we say there was a further adjournment ? we trow not. By the way, why was the irrepressible Captain Tucker so wrath with the Editor of the “Herald,” because a certain telegram referring to the Judge’s decision in the Hone Kewa matter did not appear in that paper? Strange, though nevertheless true, it appears that Hone Kewa had less to do with the trumping up that ease than the irrepressible gentleman himself. Will he please to remember the endless number of telegrams which he endeavored to have inserted as “ Press ” telegrams, and which, we are pleased to say, we took very good care should not receive circulation as such. Will he believe that some of those telegrams passed through our hands and M ere condemned by us as untrue. How ’cute people arc in that den of iniquity. Mr Robert Cooper says he’ll explain it all to Captain Tucker when he meets him.