AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 669, 3 May 1870, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Meibourne, April 25. Flour nominal, trade transactions Lll 6s ; wheat wanted, New Zealand 4s 7£d, Victorian sa ; maize scarce at 4s to 4s 2d ; oats offering freely at 3s 2d ; comsacks firm at 10s 6d ; sugars moving, low counters L 32 10s ; teas, medium to . fine congous, have been placed at Is 6^d to Is B|d ; candles, 12f d, firm ; Devoe's kerosene, 2s 7sd; New Zealand pine, assorted, 9s 3d to 9s 9d. Letters from Italy report Signor Carandini's death. The retrenchment in the civil service has commenced. The Hon. A. Michie has been returned for Ballarat West unopposod. Porter's tender for the first fifty-six miles of the North-eastern railway has lapsed. Deposit not accepted. Lieut. Panter } of the ship Nelson, has .

sailed iv the mail steamer, to bring out the Cerberus. Reductions in the intercolonial postage rates are announced to take place on the Ist May. The steamer Geelong sailed on Sunday with 100,000 ounces of gold. There were severe gales in the Bay yesterday. The schooner Josephine was sunk. Mr Sayers, Town Clerk of Ohilwell, has disappeared. Robert Cooper, Lyon street, has been found dead, with.his skull fractured. Arrived—Prosperity, from Hokitika ; Zephyr and Oreti from Lyttelton ; Waterman from Greymouth. Sydney, April 24. Arrived — Washington and from Kate Auckland. At Newcastle— City of Newcastle ; Devft, from Lyttelton. The proposed railway loan of LI, 600,000 was withdrawn after a long discussion. Mr Parke's motion for a pension to Plunkett's widow was negatived. Two distinct shocks'of earthquake were felt in the Macleay River District. Wool rates are fully maintained. Maize, 3s 3d. The wife of Alderman Davies, at Rockhampton, has been found dead. A man named Davies has been arrested, he confessed the charge, and was committed for trial. RANDWICK' RACES. TRIAL STAKES. Trump Card ... ... ••• 1 Charlton ... ... ... 2 CHAMPAGNE STAKES. Florence ... ... ... 1 Romula ... ... ... 2 ST. LEGER. Moselle ... ... ••• 1 Barbarian ... ... ... 2 publicans' purse. Juanita ... ... ... 1 Croydon ... ... ... 2 DONCASTER STAKES. Barbelle ... ... ... 1 James Wakefield, of Bathurst, has been sentenced to death for murdering a shepherd near Mudgee. Adelaide, April 24. J. H. Howe, a bootmaker, Handley street, has shot himself dead. The Press strongly urges the necessity of a telegraph line between Ports Darwin and Augusta. The corn markets are firm, without change. The man Goode, who was injured during the riots of the unemployed, has withdrawn his claim for damages from Court. It is rumoured that a reconstruction of the Cabinet is intended. Mr Colton has resigned the Commissionership of Public Works.