AUSTRALIAN. (REUTER'S—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, Jan. 28.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2689, 29 January 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN. (REUTER'S— PER PRESS ASSOCIATION .) Sydney, Jan. 28.

Kerosene, diamond, Is B£d. Maize, 3s. Tobacco— Raven twisfc, la 4d. The marketo for brandy, rice, sugar, New Zealand breadstuff's, and candles are unchanged. Adelaide, Jan. 28. Wheat, 48 6d, without buyers. Town flour, LlO 10s to LlO 12s" 6d; country brands, L 9 ss. Freights to London — Steamers, 455 ; sailing, 45s \ freights to United Kingdom for out-porls, 455. Melbourne, Jan. 28. The Geelong Cup was run to-day, and was won by Progress. The Melbourne banks have reduced their rate of interest on deposits to 3 per cent. The following Exhibition awards aie announced to-day : Firsts — Miss Annie Wilson, of Dunedin, for specimen of English modern point laoe ; A. Moore and Co., Christchurch, for wheat, etc ; Royse, Stead and Co., Christchurch, for 12 samples of cereals. Seconds — Dr Hector, for geological maps ; Miss M'Tavisb, of the Thames, for specimens of needlework from New Zealand flax ; Marshall and Copeland, of Dunedin, for malt and barley. Thirds — Board of Education, Napier, for school apparatus; Professor Yon Haast, for geological report ; Mrs Jessie Logan, of Dunedin, for lace work \ J, and E, Paul, Marlborough, for barley; Thomas Surman and Co., of Tnveroargill, for malt ; J. Bycroft Audley, of Auckland, for biscuits. Fourths — Walter Deverell, Invercargill, for specimens survey drafting ; A. and W. J. Spreat, Wellington, for map of Otago j Miss M. F. A. Jones, of Nelson, for point lace. Fifths — General Mueller, Hokitika, for map of Westland ; Charles O'Neill, Wellington, for plan of Wellington ; and Almao, of Dunedin, for hats.