AUSTRALIA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1125, 8 February 1870, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

Melbourne, January 31. Flour nominal at £12 to £12 10s. Feeding grains slightly lower. Maize, 3s. Bd. Wheat, ss. 4d. Corn sacks, 11s. 9d. Sugars maintained an upward tendency. White, grey, and yellow crystals in demand. The Victoria Sugar Company have advanced another 20s. Martell's case brandy, 245 ; Hennessy's three dagger brand, 265. Stout, 9s. 3d. Exchange on London firm, at J| [per cent., 60 days. Downer's kerosine, 2W 3d. Tea, at auction, gunpowder, lOd. ;. pekoe, Is. l^d. Currants firm at 4fd. " l " Wool SALES.—Eight hundred bales sold, but competition was less buoyant. Greasy, sd. to 9j|d. ; scoured, 9gd. to 15d. John Brougham, of St. Kilda, squatter, is declared insolvent with liabilities amounting to £25,000. The Argus has published a series of articles condemning ad valorem duties. Arrived — Claud Hamilton, 26 th ; Tararua, 31st, with detachment 18th Regfc. Sailed. — Lincolnshire. Tenders are called for the conveyance of the 2nd battalion of the 14th Regiment to England. Mr. E. Denison has been elected M.P. for Newarkson. Bishop Salisbury died in the Melbourne Club. Mr. J. C. King, manager of the Argus, and first Town Clerk of Melbourne, is dead, and buried in the old Cemetery. William Davis has been committed for trial on the charge of murdering Eliza Cassells Trentham. Arrangements are progressing for the amalgamation of both Hebrew congregations. It is proposed to build a magnificent synagogue on the site of the Princess Theatre. Mr. Graham Berry's election is considered certain. Mr. Rutherford, of Colac, contests the seat. Mr. Aspinall has been returned for St. Kilda without oflering himself. The Government propose remodelling the pilot service, maintaining permanent boats. Mr. Akhurst hns received a splendid benefit, having a bumper bouse. He sails in February. Mr. William White has been killed by machinery at Harper's rice mills. -. Mr. and Mrs. Steel are passengers per Rangitoto. Raynor's Christy Minstrels sailed for Auckland to-day. Aitcheson French, a squatter at Hamilton, broke his neck whilst diving in five feet of water at the Kenny Bath, St. Kilda. Bishop Perry has published a letter defending the course pursued in the case of the Rev. Mr. Hayward. Mr. Thomas Moffatt, the first settler in the Warego district, has died in the bush through thirst. The steamer Geelong sails to-morrow. Sydney. Parliament was opened by commission. Mr. Arnold has been elected Speaker. The House adjourned till Mr. Cowper's election was over. Mr, Robertson took hia seat. Mi*. Cowper has been returned for Liverpool Plains. Lady Belmor-e is in ill health. The Joiut Stock Bank have declared a dividend of seven per cent. Wool sales brisk. The bulk catalogued were cleared at full rates. . Captain Macklin, serior marine surveyor, has died suddenly. Arrived at Newcastle — King Oscar, from Auckland. Mrs. M'Taggarfc, Burt's mother-in-law, obtained a rule nisi for the sequestration of Burt's estate. Adelaide, Mr. Baker carried his want of confidence motion in the Council. Mr. Carr's motion that South Australia join Victoria in guaranteeing half per cent, to acompany forming the telegraph line to King George's Sound, was carried. There have been severe floods in the north-east portion of the colony, and most remarkably heavy losses. The Treasury have 'stopped all payments till the estimates are passed. In the Pastoral Leases Bill it is proposed to extend leases from ten to fourteen years. The Assembly refused £1000 for the extension of the Governor's residence. Shipping. — Arrived at Hobart TownEucalyptus, from Dunedin. At Melbourne —Maid of Erin, from Greymouth. Sailed -— Lisniore, for Dunedin, 31st Jan.