AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9087, 22 June 1888, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[press association.]

THE WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, June 21. The weather is extremely cold in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Snow has fallen at Adelaide, and several of the inland towns of the other colonies. COSTLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Melbourne, June 21. All the claims for damages in connection with the Windsor railway accident have been settled. The cost to the colony is £125,000. VICTORIAN PARLIAMEN T. Melbourne, June 21. The Address-in-Reply was adopted in the Legislative Council. The debate on the Address-in-Reply is proceeding in the House. Strong exception is taken to the action of the Government in regard to the exclusion of the Chinese.

SHIPPING. Melbourne, June 21. T Sailed : The Te Anau, for New Zealand. Newcastle, June 21. Sailed ; The Rio, for Napier; Oamaru, brigantine, for New Zealand. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 21. Butter is easier : local is Iβ 6d to Is 9d ; best imported, Is Id to Is 3d ; good seconds, 9d to 1 Id. Cheese is easier, from 6d to 7d ; loaf, 7d. With bacon the market is glutted, at 5d to ; New Zealand is 8d to 9d, dull. Maize is quiet at 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Oate, feed, 2s Id to 2s 2d ; heavy milling, 2s 3d. Bran is dull: New Zealand, 9£a ; local, 10d. Pollard, New Zealand, 9£d ; local, 10d. Potatoes, £3 5s ; Circular Heads, £3 10s ; Warrnambool, £5 10s. Onions, £5 10s. Wheat, chick, 2s 10d to 3s. Melbourne, June 21. Wheat is 3s 3id ; oats, 2s 9d ; barley, 2s 8d; malting ditto, 5s 4d; bran, 9id. Flour is unchanged. Sugar: China and Mauritius, £22. Adelaide, June 21. Breadstuffs are unaltered. General lines are stagnant.