AUSTRALIAN.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 174, 16 October 1886, Page 8 (Supplement)

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, October 10.— During the discußsion on the Divorce Bill in the Assembly yesterday morning another scene occurred in the ante-room, whereby Lysaught struck fcribba. Further blows were prevented by members present. In the Legislative Assembly, on Saturday afternoon, the Divorce Extension Bill was shelved, owing to th& want of a quorum. The conference for discussing matters reJjting to live stock was concluded to-day. The , committee recommended that the restriction now placed on the importation Of stock into the colonies should be removed. I Stdney, 13.— The debate on the vote of censure, on the Government, proposed by Sir Henry Parkea,has been adjourned until to-mght. , . Guests for the municipal jubilee will be t*ken on a trip round the harbour to-day.' The Jubilee municipal gathering which took place last night, was a brilliant Bucoew. . Five hundred guests .were |>W«ot at tkd Mayor's reception! when

the Mayor of Sydney delivered an address of welcome to the visitors., The Mayors of the principal oities of oil the colonies (with the exception of Western Australia) reeponded to the address. . '' ! Melbourne, Oot. 13.— The manager of the National Mortgage Agency Company of New Zealand reports as follows of the loqal grain market:— Shipping wheat is quiet, 5a 5d ; malting barley, no improvement, 3s 9d to 4a 3d. New Zealand feeding oats, steady, but not active demand, 3a Id to 3s ; milling oats have moderate inquiry, 3s 4d to 3a 5d ; New Zealand oats find alow sale, 2a 5d to 2s 7d. Adelaide, October 13.— The Legislative Council have rojected the bill providing for the payment of members, which was passed by the House of Assembly.