AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3760, 15 January 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, Friday. Hennessy's brandy (bulk), quarters, lls ; New Zealand wheat, 4s 4d ; New Zealand oats, 2s 6d ; maize, 2s Bd.

The Intercolonial Conference met to-day, and approved of the resolutions carried at the Melbourne sittings, on the the subject of intercolonial legislation, viz:— (1) That warrants for the arrest of offenders issued in one colony should be good in all, and that provision should be made for anticipating by telegram, the effect of such warrants ; (2)' that all processes for recovery of debts or damages originating in any one colony should have full effect in all colonies; (3) that warrants for apprehension of men who have deserted wife or child, or both, should have force and effect in all colonies. The Conference also agreed to consider a bill drafted by Mr Vale, the Victorian Attorney-General, and representative at the Conference, for the establishment of an Australian Court of Final Appeal. Telegrams from JBlackall have been published stating that Mr Skuthrope's statements regarding his possession of relics of Leichardt must be accepted with reserve. Melbourne, Friday. The wreck of the ship Hereford, as it lies at Cape Patton, will be offered by auction here to-morrow.

The ship Fiji arrived iv London, Jan. 13, from Lyttelton, September "30.