AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7344, 3 June 1885, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[recxeb's telegram.] so THE SUEZ MAIL. ' sO ," 'J V ' - jMi * i JtK? >. ,Albany, June ?, tl The Peninsula and Oriental Company's R.M. si Indus, with the inward 'Brm- L disi mails, dated London, May "1, arrived in King George's Sound last evening. , -~-.3 — : a a-\f ISLAND LABOURERS IN QtJEENS. .. LAND. ...v.:.;.,;, Brisbane, June 2." " = The determination of the Government to return all the island labourers, serving in Queensland to their homes has caused great dissatisfaction among; the sugar growers, and the r home ; planters are resisting their return. The Government, however, maintain a firm attitude on the question. " '\ ; '■ SIR H. LOCH IN SYDNEY. ' Sydney, June 2. Sir Henry Loch, the Governor of Victoria, and Lady Loch, are at present in this city on a,visit to His Excellency Lord Loftus. ; • iri; * MELBOURNE MARKETS. "J Melbourne, June 2. The local manager of the National Mortgage and Agency 00. (Limited) of New Zealand, reports of the local" market as follows :—Shipping wheat steady, but not In active' demand, at 3s, 10s to 3s lid barley, slightly , improved tendency, at 4s to 4s Btl ; moderate enquiry for New Zealand . feed oats, at 2s lOd to 3s ; milling sorts in fair demand, at 3s to 3s Id ; New Zealand oats under bond, 2s Id to 2s 3d. THE ROTOMAHANA. j.v, J ! < • Melbourne, June 2. The Rotomahana sailed hence this afternoon for the Bluff.