AUSTRALIAN

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 78, 29 November 1884, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN

Mllj-oI'KM-, N'i\. 22 — Loid Derby has telegraphed thattho qucMionsof the appointment ol a Council foaclwilh JMujor-Ucmeial .Sei.ttohlc/, and of incic-id conhibutions- by the o ilonic-. for the ro-t, oi the: 'Jovcrnmcnt of X< >\ (^ui'!C r i, ft iv io bo left in abeyance nntii AJojor Ciefci.il Hciatcliley's anival in Au-.lialui ?\] i Li'OLj.M . Km . "2."). -The death is an-noanr-cd of .Sir Willi.nn Mitchell, ] 7 rchident of the Lf;;i-lati\e Council, firm gasttits, induce d by eating ])aii-onous fish on F.i* i i id iy l.'-t. >li i.i! m "tM , i v u\. l.) — A dispute has ari-e*i between tb.o op^i alive bootmakers ami bcof inaiuifacti ici« in this city, and li.lt resulted in the locking-out of twelve hundred employ ea.

1 Sydney, Novomber 22. — New Zealand wheat, per bushol, 2s lid ; Now Zealand oats, 3s Id ; maize, 2s Sd. Sugar Company's No, 1 pieces, per ton, £31. The steamer Hero, bound from Newcastle to Fiji, broke her main shaft .shortly after starting, and returned to Newcastle. The English cricketers commenced a match yesterday against an oleven of Now South Wales. The Australian team, which recently returned from England, was not represented. The Home team went in first, and at the close of the day's play had lost 5 wickets for 154 runs. Sydney, Nov. 24. — The ciicket match botween the English team and an eleven of New South Wales was resumed on Saturday. Owing to recent rains, the wickofc was hoavy, and the Englishmen in their first innings only scored 110. The Homo team then commenced their second innings, and at the clo.^c of the day's play had scored 27, with three wickets down. Sydney, Nov. 23. — Arrived, yesterday, s.s. Tarawera. The steamship Horo has been towed here safely from Newcastle. The passengers for Fiji ™ ill be transferred to another vessel. Sydney, Nov. 25. — The cricket match between the English team and an eleven of New South Wales concluded yostorday afternoon, and resulted in a victory for the visitors by four >\ ickets. Ani'LAiuK, Nov. 22. — The wheat market is very depressed. Quotations, 3s od to 3s (id. Town Hour, £8 10s to £8 12s 6d j country brands, £7 15& to i'S. AnnLAirw., Nov. 2.1. — The South Australian Government have ottered a reward amounting to £6,000 for tho conviction of the incendiaries by whom, it is alleged, tho various fires -which have occurred in the colony during the year havo been caused.