AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1239, 4 January 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(»Y CABLE,—BKUTER'S TELEGRAMS), MELBOURNE, Jan. 8.

Messrs Goldsborongh and Co., Limited, report having offered 2800 bales at their wool sale to-day. 2000 bales were sold at satisfactory prices, a fair average of greasy realised up to J2d, and good washed to22jd.

SYDNEY, Jan. 3.

The new Parliament opened to-day. Mr E. Barton, one of the members for East Sydney, was elected Speaker. The election of Sir G. W. Allen being negatived by the Opposition by 51 votes to 47. Sir Henry Parkes announced that the Ministry had tendered their resisnation to His Excellency the Governor. It is expected that Mr Alexander Stuart will b» summoned by Lord Loftus, and charged with the formation of a new minitry. This Day. Mr Alexander Stuart was summoned by the Governor to undertake the foundation of a New Ministry, and is now engaged in the task,

BRISBANE, This Day. The Queensland revenue during the last puarter amounted to £505,000, an increase of £81,500 compared with the corresponding Seriod of 1881. For the half-year ending the Ist December the revenue was £1,160,000, an increase of £153,000 on the second half of the previous year. The expenditure in the December quarter amounted to £857,000.

ADELAIDE, This Day.

A fire broke out last night at the Post and Telegraph Office in this city. It originated in a store-room, but was fortunately discovered early, and was extinguished within two hours. The damage done was not serious, and principally arose from water and the hasty removal of goods.