AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 223, 13 January 1880, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Jan. 7. ■if liast year 214.0000zs of Victorian and j5»1,7000Z3 of New Z -aland gold were exGood feeding New Zealand oals are ySfeiling at 2s Idd, and likely to advance. W- Jan. 8. if Ailived—Tararua, from New Zealand. S- , . & JV 9. I y f A s.s., from Lonbon. r, -.■■■■■ Tasmatdif&onsiders the proposed Brindisi postal rates, of sixpence for letters and g. o penny for newspapers, too low. Jan. 11. y The Government consent to provide i'v 100,000 feet of extra spa< e in the ExhibiI' lion.

- The Lord Mayor of Dublin telegraphs to the Mayor of Melbourne that the distress is increasing, and aid urgently required. Sydney, Jan. 7. The revenue for Decemberquarter is £1,250.000, bung a deemse of £291,500 compared with last yen'-. Thel >nd revenue decreased £’438,750. The r- venue of last year gives a total of £4, being a decrease of 570,000 compared with 1878. The actual expenditure for last year was £6.090,000. Jan. 9. Atrived—Hero, from Auckland. New Zealand wheat is worth 4s 6d p'T bushel ; do oats, 2s 6d ; maize is quoted at 2s 6d.

Brandy, kerosene, rice, tobacco, sugar, and candles arc.unchanged. The barque Bobycito, bound from Dunedin to Newcastle, was spoken off Wollongong wi h only one mast Blending, and her for« hold ay patently tilled wiih ..ater. She declined »-s*is»ance. Tiie Bobycito is being towed into Newcastle. Jan. 10. Cress well, the lunatic alleged to be Orton, lias been dischaiged from the asylum on a Judge’s order on theappd* cat ion of his brother. The Bulli miners have struck drinking in consequence of the publicans rais-ng the prices in view of the increased tariff. 1 Brisbane Jan. 9 MnljjsjM), the prospecor, has returned from and Lukin rive, s, and reports, that he found goal, but not of a payable character. Adelaide, Jan. 9. Wheat is quoted at 5s 3i to os 6d per bushel ; flour, Ll 3 to Ll 3 10s y er ton.