AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7885, 2 March 1887, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[rkuter'b telegrams.] NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT. Sydney, March 1. Parliament will be opened by Commission on the 9th inst., Messrs. Hay, Barton, and Lloyd being the representatives in the Legislative Council, and Sir Henry Parkes, Garrett, and Burns in the Assembly. a steamer"ashore. Sydney, March 1. The steamer Rose of Sharon has run ashore at Long Reef. It is, however, considered probable that she will bf floated off to-night. THE UNEMPLOYED IN SYDNEY. Sydney, March 1. A large body of unemployed paraded the streets last night, but were dispersed by the police without a disturbance. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT Adelaide, March 1. Parliament will be dissolved to-mor-row. THE TASMANIAN MINISTRY. Hobart, March 1. Mr. Moore having declined a portfolio in the Ministry, Mr. Brown retains the position of Minister of Lands. THE L£iTß STEAMBOAT COLLISION AT SYDNEY. . Sydney, March 1. ! An inquiry into the collision between the ferry steamers Emu and Waratah is now proceeding. MELBOURNE MARKET. Melbourne, March 1. The manager of the National Mort gage Agency Company, New Zealand reports as follows of local market: — Wheat, 3s lid to 38 Hid, moderate inquiry ; barley, 3s 6d to 4s 3d, quiet; oats, feed sorts, 2s 8d to 2s lid, prices barely maintained; milling oats, 33 to 3s Id, no material change, if anything weaker; New Zealand oats under bond, 2s Id to 2s 3d, weak. H.M.S. DIAMOND. Hobart, March 1. I 4 H.M.S. Diamond has arrived here.