AUSTRALI A N .
Melbourne, 24th October. Falmouth and Lord < 1 fd"n have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup. Somnns is first favourite for the Derby at 2 to 1. Somerset's price is 3 to 1. The betting on the Cup is unchanged. Duchess, 8 to 1 ; Trump Yoss, 10 to 1 ; Sweetmeat and Odd Trick, 14 to 1. The steamship Alhambra ha? been chartered here for six months for the New Zealand trade. This Day. The prospectus of the Westport Colliery Company of New Zealand has been issued here. Shares to the amount of £25,000 are offered for application. Albany, 24th October. The P. and O. Company's steamship Indus arrived in King George'B Sound this morning from Galle, with the ontward mails via Suez and Brindisi, dated London, 23rd September.
MELBOURNE CUP BETTING. ! reuters telegrams.!
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 99, 25 October 1881, Page 2
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