AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1209, 24 November 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(by cable.—reuter’s telegrams), SYDNEY, Nov. 23. j Sailed—This afternoon : Union Company’s ; steamship Wairarapa, for Auckland. i Parliament was dissolved to-day, and writs have been issued for a general election i which will be concluded before the close of I the year. ' Nominations for the Sydney constituencies ' will be made on the 28th inat. This Day. | At a recent special general meeting of the j members of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, the amendment of bye-laws providing for change in the mode of election of directors, and the distribution of profits, &c,, as proposed by the board were agreed to. After the distribution of next year, the , surplus profits of the Society will be divided I annually instead of quinquennially, as herei tofore. ALBANY, Nov. 23. The P. and O. Steamship Rosita, with the inward mails, via Suez and Brindisi, dated London, October 20, arrived in King George’s Sound this morning. MELBOURNE, Nov. 23. The cricket match between the English Team and Twenty-two of Sandhurst was i concluded to-day. The weather was fine, and the attendance of spectators was again large. The visitors with 6 wickets down j and 36 runs to their credit, continued their first innings, which closed for 117 ; C. F. H. Leslie, 48, not out, was the highest scoier. The Victorians then went in for their second innings, and were all disposed of for ] 19. The Englishmen then went in again, and at the conclusion of the day’s play had scored 28 runs without the loss of a single wicket. It being a two days’ match the game was drawn, the visitors requiring to make 76 runs to win. ' During the past week the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have 1 catalogued 2230 bales at their wool sales, of I which 1900 were sold at nrices which were i considered satisfactory. There was a good | attendance of buyers and a brisk competii tion was experienced ; good qualities about the same as at last sales. Coarse and inferior cross-breds in sympathy with the London market, arc a shade weaker. This Day.

The trial of the electric light at the Spen-cer-street railway station took place last night. Sixteen arc and forty incandescent lamps were in position, and the trial was completely successful. Subsequently Sir Julius Vogel entertained a large number of guests at supper. The room was brilliantly I lighted with incandescent lumps.