AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(ggeHOI'STKXKOHAM.)
mrStftli Wales Parliament. o «ti'!ffiursflay.—A resolution has been thanking those who j'crtook the rescue of tho miners overSSSe'BiilW Colliery disaster, j'MlwyMnnnscment Bill has been liSw™?' a Hrst timo. ln the * mblv It provides for the appointment I btanl of three commissioners, ?LW<r!i°m shall receive a salary of '«VWner.innnm. The commissioners are , f fidUco durinp their rood behaviour, /ire to be empowered with all the foments of the railway departments. The departure of tho steamer Huuroto f ßspostponedtil! tlO" day' Melbourne Exhibition. MttBOORNE, April 14. -Mr Gillies, 'premier ha? received a telegram from Wan' announcing that the Prince of £| W baa agreed to accept the position ol jteident of the Imperial Commission conjectol with the forthcoming Melbourne Inhibition. ■
New Bishop Installed. J)r Goe was formally installed Bishop of Melbourne at St. JnmeVs Cathedral to-day. flic Anglican Bishops of Rivorinu, Bullamt,anA!o«lburn, and a large number of deify of the city, were present at tho ceremony.
Australian Mail Contract. SirO. Berry has telegraphed Mr Dcrham thattbo P. and 0. an(l Orient, Companies lave declined ta amend the terms offered forthecatrinjre of Australian mails. The Victorian Apenl-Oeneral suggests that a middle course should be taken in the matter. Mr Derbniu is at present conferring uith the Governments of the other Austra'fljncolonies relative to the mail contract.
\ MauritJns Sugar Market. Adelaide, April 14.— The Messageries, MnriWneS.f'.s- Yarra arrived to-day from Mamitio!. Under date of March 31, Messrs IteW. Fraser, and Co., of Mauritius, Bport:-Weather very favourable ; prospects of sugar crop greatly improved. Monti's engagements : For Christchurch, 251 fas per Gamma ; for Duncdin, 124 tons per wine vessel. Freights: New Zealand, 2.55. ExchanM(6o clays' bank credits): New Wind, 38 per cent, premium. Total stock of sugar on hand : 56,000 tons. Exports to New Zealand this season : 3,405 ton.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1887, Page 3
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