AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2250, 18 June 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

[EETTTEE’s telegeams.] | MELBOURNE, Juno 17. The Reform Question. J It ia currently reported to-day that the i Opposition in the Legislative Assembly ' will on Tuesday next move a vote of want J of confidence in the Government for its action in connection with tho reform question. ] Coursing. j The concluding course for the Anstra- j lian Cup was run to-day, and was won by ] Mr Eaulkner’s (Tasmania) dog Eraser. . SYDNEY, June 17. \ The Markets. Maize, per 601bs, 2s* 3d; tobacco — j Raven’s twist, Is 4td. The Smallpox. ! Tho carpenter who caught the small- i pox while working in Lower George , street, opposite the house of Ou Chang, I where the disease first broke out, died to-day. It is announced that the Government intend proclaiming all China ports infected, and all vessels coming from thence will be placed in quarantine, whether reported infected or clean. It is | further stated that the steamship Ocean, . due here with 480 Chinese, will be i placed in quarantine, and a restrictive 1 Chinese Bill will probably be passed [ before she is released. Although rumors were freely current to day of the outbreak of fresh cases of smallpox in the city, no authentic infor- ; mation regarding any has been received ■ by tho authorities. ADELAIDE, June 17. The Markets. Wheat is unchanged at 4s 9d, flour is quoted at £ll 15s, and country brands at £lO 5s to £lO 10s.