AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 229, 29 January 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, J.n. 23. The R.M.S. Siam sailed this afternoon. Woolpacks have advanced 2s 9d in bond. The produce market is quiet. The Government contemplate large dismissals in the Land Survey Department. Mr Joseph Clarke is a passenger for England by the Siam. Great indignation is expressed outside at Mr Fergnsson escaping pnnishmen t for an outrageous assault on Mr Mclntyre in the Legislative Assembly. Jan. 25 . Obituary—Fenteman, captain of tbo Tan j ore. Jan. 2G. The Queensland loan has been deferred, probably in view of issuing inscribedstoek to tho amount required. The numerous applications for space which have been received from leading British manufacturers, and it having been decided to provide additional space at the Exhibition, gives general satisfaction. Jan. 27The date on-which the adjournment o dissolution of the Assembly will take pla- e is still uncertain, owing to tho slow progress which is being made with the consideration of the Estimates. Grainy yellow sugars have advanced LI. Competition is brisk in wheat; oats are weaker. Sydney, Jan. 23. Tho wife of Mr Dickson, ex Colonial Treasurer, is dead. She shot herself through the head with a revolver while suff ring from tetanus. English delegate farmers proceed to New Zeal ml by the Ringarooma. New Zealand wheat, 4s Gd per bushel; New Zealand oats, 2s 6d ; maize, 2s 8d to 2s Gd ; other lines unexchanged. Jan. 24. Carlyle, the Railway Traffic Manager, who was recently censured and fined for his conduct in connection with the Parramatta railway collision on Boxing-Day, has been ordered to exchange positions with Read, the Traffic Auditor. He will receive L2OO per year leas salary. Jan 27. A man name 1 Goulthard, aged 27, has surrendered himself to the police at Yass, stating that in January, 1878, while he was a chemist nt Everton, England, he poisoned his wife with prussic acid, weighted her body, and threw it into the Mi, rsey ; that he shortly afterwards emigrated to Australia, and now asserts he is wretched, and sees visions of his wife nightly. Arrived—Arawata, from Auckland. Adelaide, Jan. 23. Adelaide wheat, 5s to 5s 3d per bushel ; Adelaide flour, Ll2 10s to Ll 3 10s per ton, Brisbane. Jan. 23. Tho Queensland National Bank has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, placing L 21,000 to reserve fund and carrying, forward LSOOO.