AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 72, 5 February 1864, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

MELIiOCKXE. .Tan. 10. Flour is very firm, at advanced rates. No. sales to any extent have pcen made. Adelaide brands, with all faults. sold at miction at Cll 10s. per ton. There is a good demand for candles, but prices have not advanced. January 20. Flour is being "nought freely by tlio trade at £13. There is scarcely any wheat offering. Uusiness generally in very quiet. The ve.ol sales ix-.-timed io-da}- passed off without mush spirit. The greater portion offered was bought in. Only 10S3 b.tlo;i were sold, which realised fair pliers. . Mr. W. Jl . Nichoison is recovering' from the effects of a paralytic .stroke. January 21. The. ' Santiago,' from San Francisco, brings'a large supply of oat.s and -1000 bushels wheat. Adelaide tiour on the wav is ofierinsr at ,£IG lis. 10.1. The cargo of the ' Xatal's ' snjrar was withdrawn, not living up to importer's priees. The millers have advanced the selling priec of flour to £50 per ton. . Wheat is scarce, and worth 7s. per bushel. The bakers have held a meeting, and decided upcil advancing the price of bread to 'Jd. the 'lib. loaf. ADELAIDE. January 19. It is reported that Captain Hughes one of the proprietors of the Moonta Mines, is going to England. The I!ev. Messrs. Wu:cihoiKe, Cope and Hill will sail in (lie Ant, s.. for Guh-hen lie.;.', on Sunday, en route for Melbourne,.-to attend the "Wesleyan Conference. They expect to arrive in Melbourne on Friday morning. Mr. Watsford is to remain behind. The Sir John Burgoyne sails on Wednesday mornin t <; under steam. The A lex amir;! cleared for Invercargill. with a cargo of dour, bran and sundries. The Hangitira, s., will leave King George's Soutid to day, with or without the mail. No expectations are now entertained respecting the arrival of the English mail this month. Flour is in greater demand, priees hitvo advanced to £11 15s. and £12 10s. Wheat much inquired for, sales have been made at is. (jd. Messrs. Townseiul Co., offered a cargo of teas Ci Tuisihiilia, at auction, but there was not one bid. Government have resolved to establish a ferry at Thompson's crossing, as well as tit "Wellington, and to increasu the lures at each place. January 20. The export for last year of the product of the colony amounts to £2,0ii5,(X>0. The population l-M.OOO. The funds hi the .Savings' Hank at the end of the year £201,000. Flour and wheat are much asked for, in consequence of the advanced priees in Melbourne, as reported by telegram. Wheat was sold to-dav for •is. lid. Holders of flour are asking higher rates. January 21. Trivale letters received here give the following statement of the value of samples of cotton grown in this colony, the samples being vidued by Liverpool brokers—(jreorg.ann, grown by Messrs. Browne at Tort Crawler, its. 2d.; sea island cotton, bv the same growers, 3s. Sd.; Tauumbti, 3s. 2d.; other samples, 3s. Cd. to -is., the lowest value is Is. 9d., but uiosf samples are valued at high priees. Every parcel of flour available for delivery within the next week or ibrtn/gftt has hern purchased from £11 to £13., the latter being given for good silk dressed. "Wheat, is. Sd. 'Die recommendation of the Transport at ion Commission, so far as il relates to sending convicts t° Western Australia, will not be adopted by the Imperial Government.January 23. Mr. Salomons, of the Theatre, has requested a number if gentlemen to meet to iwvAnjie for sending mi imitation to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kenn. I The. St. Magnus, has tlcured. fov Auckland Wtb » I la?#* i'."}'git .OiiJ'iiiA'sri'r';-'* mr-ivwi'i--'