AUSTRALIAN

New Zealand Mail, Issue 771, 10 December 1886, Page 25

AUSTRALIAN

(eeuteb’b telegrams.)

Sydney, December 2.

The Union Company’s' s.s. Wairarapa sailed this afternoon for Auckland.

Brisbane, December 2. Parliament was prorogued to-day by the acting Governor. Sydney, December 2.

The Hon F. M. Darley, Q.C., will be sworn in as Chief Justice on Tuesday next. - >

Sir Patrick Jennings has expressed his approval of Mr Gillies’ proposal to hold an International Exhibition in Melbourne in 1888.

Melbourne, December 3.

The Legislative Assembly last night passed a Bill providing for the preliminary expenses of the Exhibition to be held in 1888, which will be in celebration of the Australian centenary. The proposal meets with the approval of the general public, but the decision of the Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures is awaited.

Sydney, December 3. : New Zealand wheat is selling at 3s

91b per bushel; New Zealand oats, 2s ; maize, per 561 b, 3s 51b; and Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces, £25 per ton. • Adelaide, December 3.

Wheat is quiet at 4a lOd to 4a lid per bushel; Adelaide flour, town brands, £ll 10s; country brands, £lO 15s.

Melboubne, December 3.

The trial of Stoddart Campbell, the defaulting teller of the Bank of Australasia, was concluded to-day, and resulted in Campbell being acquitted. Melboubne, December 4.

Negotiations between the Government and the Telephone Exchange Company relative to the purchase of the Company’s business by the Government, have now been broken off, and the Postmaster-General has announced that the Government will establish a separate Telephone Exchange. The Trades and Labor Council has rejected, by a large majority, a motion proposed by its Secretary approving of the Exhibition to be held in 1888.

Sydney, December 6.

The Union Company’s s.s. Wakatipu sailed on Saturday afternoon for Auckland.

Sydney, December 7. The Union Company’s ss Te Anau arrived yesterday afternoon.

Melboubne, December 7.

The Chamber of Manufactures has approved the proposed Exhibition to be held in 1888.

It is intended to invite their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to the inaugural ceremony ip connection with the Centennial Exhibition in 1888. The preliminary arrangements for the Exhibition are being rapidly pushed forward, and the area allotted will largely exceed that of the Exhibition of 1880. Commissioners will be appointed both in Melbourne and London. '• ,

The Union Company’s s.s. Tarawera sailed this afternoon for the Bluff.

(Per s.s. Waihora at the Bluff.)

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, December 1.

On Friday last a large Parliamentary party, accompanied by several members of the Defence Force, visited the Heads aboard the Burrumbeet. The fort opened fire, of which the Burrembeet ran the gauntlet. It is understood that the Government contemplate the construction of new forts. Pope’s Eye School is to be heavily armored and made to serve as a torpedo station. The dispute which has taken place between the Presserß’ Union and the manufacturers of Melbourne, and which threatened an open rupture, involving the lock-out of many hundreds of women and children, has been arranged, moderate counsels having prevailed and a strike averted; * Wm. Beach was publicly received on his arrival by the Mayor and Councillors at the Town Hall, and at the aquatic demonstration in the afternoon. In the evening he appeared at the Opera House, where he spoke. He has since been bancjuetfced. He left today for Sydney. .... . . ! The oaptain of the ship Gainsborough has been arrested for throwing hia ehild overboard while at sea. His wife also been arrested as an assessory, because she knew her husband was verging..on insanity at the time her child was drowned. Mr Gillies has forwarded to the Antarotic Exploration Committee the letter which he recently received from the Agent-General relative to the proposed expedition. It is understood that the Premier is. not very hopeful of success, though efforts will probably be made to secure aid from the other colonies, and also from the Imperial Government., "V ' v "'

Prince Bismarck is personally opposed to the nomination of Prince Nicholas of Mingrelia as Prinoe of Bulgaria, and is only willing to accept the choice in deference to the precarious state of the Emperor of Germany’s health. November 29.

Arrangements are being made for holding meetings throughout Ireland to denounce the Government, in consequence of the determination to enforce order with the strong arm. The Corporation of Dublin and other cities are taking a prominent part in the movement, „

The Argus states that Louis Brennan’s torpedo has withstood all the tests successfully, and passed through a severe ordeal of scientific investigation. Brennan himself will receive a commission as Captain of Engineers, so that the War Office may permanently retain his services.