AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1218, 6 December 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(BY CABLE. —REUTER’S TELEGRAMS). MELBOURNE, Dec. 5. The trial of Mr William Hill on a charge of bein" concerned in the robbery of the Colonial Bank of Australia, at Reedy Creek, of which he was manager, in August last, was concluded to-day. In the absence of any circumstantial evidence he was acquitted. Sir Julius Vogel is a passenger liy the Rotomahana for the Bluff, whence he will proceed overland to Dunedin. MELBOURNE, This Day. In the Legislative Assembly last night Sir Bryan O’Loughlau made a statement regarding the Hawthorn collision, but deprecated any discussion of the subject at the present time. Mr Gillies made a lengthy speech, in which he insisted that radical changes ad’e necessary in the railway service, and declared that the political system of management had completely failed. Many other speakers followed, and supported Mr criticisms. Mr Bent. Commissioner of Railways, spoke at length, and defended the conduct of the railway department. A desultory discussion followed, lasting six hours. Mr Bent later introduced a bill for the better management of the railway, which was announced in the Governor's speech at the opening of the session. Arrived, this morning, the Union steamship Ringarooma, from the Bluff'. An inquest on the body of W. Thomas, who died from the effects of injuries received by the railway collision at Hawthorn, was commenced yesterday, but the enquiry was adjourned to the 13th inst. (

The Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Li* mited, report of the local grain market m follows; —Wheat, shipping parcels in good demand, at 5s 9d to 5s lid ; malting barley, 3s 9d to 4s, with moderate enquby. New Zealand oata improving, feeding qualities worth 3s 9d, milling do, 4s 3d ; duty paid in bond, 3s 4d to 3s 8a respectively. Demand steady. Messrs C. S. Ross and Co., of this city have sold consignments of kauri timber ex Robin Hood and Laira, at the following average prices :—Per 100 feet super strewn log, 16s t sawn flitches, 15s 6d ; sawn boards, 1 inch, 19s.