AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4610, 13 October 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[Received Ootobar 13,12.50 p.m.} Cooktown (Queensland), This day.

Capfc. Armit (special correspondent of the Melbourne Argus), and a member of his expedition have arrived here from New Guinea. Only one of the, party is free from fever. Professor Denton, he states, died from exhaustion, after a severe attack of fever.

> Melbourne, This day. Brisbane and Ironhand are scratched for the Melbourne Cup.

News has been received from Warabah Bay that Martin Weiberg, the Avoca gold robber, had been drowned there. He went out in a dingy, when drunk, and it is presumed that the boat upset. Sydney, Yesterday. New Zealand wheat remains at 3s 9d ; New Zealand oats are quoted at 2s 3d ; maize, 3s Id. Sugar Company's No. 1 pieces, per ton, £35. The Land Act Amendment Bill provision, of which the introduction by Government was announced yesterday, has generally been well received by the Press throughout the colony. Meiboubne, Yesterday. Arrived, this morning: The Union Company's steamer Waihora, from the Bluff.

Adelaide, Yesterday. Wheat has fallen Id to 2d during the week, and is quoted at 4s 6d—the market is quiet. The decline in prices for flour still continufs; tawn brands are now worth £10 to £10 15s ; country ditto, £9 10s to £10 per ton.