AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3912, 12 March 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, March 11. Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association : — London, March 10. Arrived — St. Leonards, from Wellington, December 2 ; Fernglen, from Auckland, December 2; Hedwig, fromOamaru, November 13 ; Timaru, from l*oit Chalmers, December 18. The following further Exhibition awards have been announced : — First order of merit : P. and D. Duncan, Chrislchurch, and Reid and Gray, Dunedin, for ploughs. Second order of merit : P. and D. Duncan, Christchurch, for ploughs ; John Walker, C.E., Thames, for designs for farm buildings. The inquest on fclw remains of the men who met with their death by tha disaster to the boat of the Cerberus, failed to

elucidate any fr^ah f< ;t3 in connection with tha explosion. In tha Legislative Assembly lest nigh^ the Reform Bill was under consideration in Committee of the whole. As the Government declined to submit to any amendment, the Opposition abstained from discussion, and most of the clauses j of the Bill were passed through Committee. Adelaide, March 11. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4i 4d, firm ; tow/i flour, LlO 7s 6d to LlO 10s ; countiy brands, L 953 to L 9 7a Gel. Freights to London — steamers, 45a ; sailing vessels, 40s to 42a 6d. Sydney, March 11. Hennessy's brandy— case, 383 ; bulk quarters, 12a ; kerosene, Diamond, Is 7|d ; Devoes, Is 9d ; New Zealand oats, 2s 4d ; maize, 3s. Becket has been committed for trial on the charge of setting fire to hia premises in Barrack street, in January last.