AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 91, 15 October 1881, Page 2

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4. SCRATCHTNGS FOR TBE MELBOURNE CUP. I heutbr's telegeams.] Sydney, 14th October. Honnes.-y's brandy, oase, 35a ; bulk, quarters, 12s 6d. Kerosene, per gallon, diamond, Is 2£d; Devoe's, la 4d. Patna rice, per ton, .£l5. Sugar Company's No. 1 piecoa, per ton, Tobacco, Raven's twist, per lb, Is 4£d. Candles, D.K. J.s, per lb, 7id ; D.R.O.'s, 7Jd. Mr. Forster has been appointed Minister of Justice and Public Instruction, vice Sir Qoorga Innes, who has accepted a JudgeBhip. A child named Denford died of small-pox to-day. All the other patients in quarantine are progresaing favonrably. Adelaide, 14th October. Wheat, 5a 53 ; there 'b no bußineas doing ; town flour, per ton, .£l2 5a ; country brands, .£ll 10s to ,£ll 15s. Freights to United Kingdom from Adelaide, 45a; ditto from oiitports, 47b 6d. Melbourne, 14th October. The following additional acceptances for the Melbourne Cup are announced : — Coorena, sat 101b ; Elastic, 6st 121b ; Hoaperian, 6sb 131b. The following soratohings for the Cup have been posted to-day : — Crystal, The Count, Lady Disdain, The Moor, and Souvenir. This Dat. Obituary— Mr. W. H. Odgers, Under Colonial Secretary of Viotoria. Private telegrams have been received here stating that the frost has destroyed fuliy 25 per cent, of the Virginia tobacco crop His Honour Mr. Justice Molesworth, who has for some time been in ill-health, has recovered, and has resumed hia duties on the Bench.