AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1234, 28 December 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(BY CABLE. —RWTKB/fi TELEGMMB). SYDNEY, Dec Telegrams ere. to hand from the tfarenoe River Heads, reporting that steamer New England, 360 Btruck on the bar at the entran.ee to t' 3# 4 q Ve , and has become a total wreck. T'oe majority of the passengers and or ew were Safely landed, bnt some wore left clinging to the wreck, which is in a cntica position and likely to up. The se a j 8 rising on the bar. t Th[s day. . /Atest, telegrams from Clarenee report that ! SXX persons have been drowned through th& I wreck of the steamship X; cw England Seven still remain on the vesBe i. Twenty, right have been saved, ’ oBt it is supposed that there are twely 6 oti)ers unaccounted for. A terrific sea is running at the Heads ! and the position 'of those still on the vessel |is most critical. The catastrophe has caused I great eor JS ter- a ation at Clarence,

MELBOURNE, Deo. 27. -C*- match was commenced yesterday at fAllarat between the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s English Eleven and a team representing the Ballarat district. The home team went in first, and were all disposed of for a total of 226. The match was continued to-day, and when the stumps were drawn the visitors had scored 269 for the loss of nine wickets. The Intercolonial match between Victoria reales was resumed here to-day. The home team with one wicket down and six runs to their credit, continued their second innings, and at the conclusion of the day’s play had scored 332 runs with four wickets yet to fall. The principle scorers were—Horan 129 and Midwinter 38. Great interest is being taken in the match, and arrangements have been made to nlav it out. r ?

The U. 8. S. Co.’s Manapouri han sailed for the Bluff. The previous announcement of her arrival was incorrect. Wheat shipping, is quoted at 4s Bd, with downward tendency; malting Barley is steady at 3s 9d to 4s ; New Zealand oats continue weak, feeding sorts are worth from 3s 9d to 4s, and milling, ditto, from 4s to 4s 2d. . . . This Day. Arrived—The P. and O. Company’s steamer Ballarat, with the Inward Mail. The Union Company’s steamship Arawata, from the Bluff'. In she International Cricket Match yesterday, McDonnell, for the Victorians, scored 70. The following is the latest betting on the Champion Race 6to 4 against Navigator, 2 to 1 Commotion, 7 to 1 Guesswork, and 8 to 1 Darebin.