AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7782, 30 October 1886, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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THE SYDNEY UNEMPLOYED. .Sydney, October 29; Numbers of the unemployed in Sydney are being drafted to ■> the country districts, where the Government are providing work.* '

MELBOURNE WOOL SALES. Melbourne, October 29. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company held the usually weekly sales yesterday, which were fairly representative. The catalogue comprised 1600 bales, of which 1238 bales were sold, notwithstanding the market being considerably lower, owing to home and Continental buyers having their limits reduced. Th« attendance was large and competition brisk. Greasy merino shows a decline of to fd per lb, scoured wools Id to l|d. Since the commencement of th» season no large or important clips were offered. The highest price secured for greasy wool was 10|d, and for scoured 17£ d, although a large parcel of the latter was passed in at lSfd per AN ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP FOR AUSTRALIA. Sydney, October 29. The Church of England Synod have agreed to the proposal that the Primate of Australia be created an Archbishop. RELIGIOUS RIOT IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, October 29.' Serious disturbances have occurred at the township of Lismore, on the Richmond River, in consequence of a lecture delivered by Mrs. O'Gorman. Special constables have been sworn in for the purpose of preserving order. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOLD. FIELDS. Adelaide, October 29. Reports of the Wankaringa goldfields, which have been received from t Teetulpa, are on the whole satisfactory, ' though no important developments have occurred. , THE TE KAPO. Sydney, October 28, i The Union Co.'s Te Kapo sailed this evening for Wellington.