AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4374, 10 January 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Launceston, This day, ' The English Cricketers in

Tasmania.

The cricket match between the English eleven and eighteen of northern Tasmania was concluded yesterday, and resulted in a victory for the Englishmen in one innings, with 75 runs to spare. C. T. Studd was the highest scorer, with 99, run out. The weather was fine, and there was a laige attendance at the match each day-

Sydney, This day,

The Government has appointed a Commission, consisting of Messrs" Augustus Morris and George Eankin, to inquire into the condition and working of the'estisjr: ing land laws of New South' Wales. 1

Meiboubne, This days;

The Melbourne Manager of the I*l ational Mortgage and Agency Co. of New Zealand reports on the local grain market as fo!>

lows : —Shipping wheat firmer at; 4s 9d to 4s lOd, malting barley 4s to 4s 3d, New Zealand oats, under bond, 2s 9i to 3s 3d. The demand for oats has slackened, and prices have declined.

. Arrived this morning, P. &O. Co.'s s.s Clyde, with the Suez mail.

Sydney, Yesterday.

Arrived, this morning: The Union Company's steamship Wakatipu, from Wellington. The le-elections of members of the new Ministry took plae* today. With thn exception of Mr A. Copeland all were returned without opposition. The construction of a cofferdam round the steamship Austral for the purpose of raising her is proceeding rapidly. The General Anglican Synod met to. day, and appointed a committee io confer with regard to the election to the vacant Bishopric of Sydney. Melbotjbke, Yesterday.

Sailed, this afternoon : The Union Company's steamship fiotomahana, for the Bluff.