AUSTRALIAN

New Zealand Mail, Issue 772, 17 December 1886, Page 25

AUSTRALIAN

(beuteb’s telegbams.)

Sydney, December 9.

Mr Kelly has been elected Mayor of Sydney. The Union Co’s s.s. Te Anau sailed this afternoon for Auckland. Sydney, December 9. Continued heavy rains are reported to have fallen throughout Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. Melbourne, December 10. Beach has accepted Hanlan’s chal lenge to row on the Nepean Biver, and has made a first deposit of £250 with the sporting editor of the Australasian.

The Legislative Assembly has been sitting all night discussing Mr Chaffey’s Irrigation Bill. Several disorderly scenes have occurred. Adelaide, December 10. Arrived—Orient steamship Liguria, from Plymouth. Melbourne, December 10. The Legislative Assembly, which had been sitting all night, rose at 3 this afternoon. A compromise was effected between the Government and

the Opposition, which is regarded as tantamount to a return for the latter.

Sydney, December 10. New Zealand wheat is selling at 4s per bushel; New Zealand oats, 2s ; maize, per 561bs, 3s sd; and Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces, £25 per ton. An attempt was made to-day to tow off the ss Corangamite, which recently ran ashore at Jervis Bay, but the efforts made proved unsuccessful. Adelaide, December 11.

Wheat, 4s lOd to 4s lid; new crop, 4s 6d. Flour—Town brands, £ll to £ll 10s ; country flour, £lO 15s.

Melbourne, December 12,

The Orient s.s. Liguria, with outward mails from London, November sth, arrived this morning. Sydney, December 12. The attempts which have been made to tow off the s.s. Corangamite, which ran ashore at Jervis Bay, have been unsuccessful, and her position remains unchanged. Sydney, December 14.

The Government propose holding an Intercolonial Exhibition in Sydney in connection with the centenary of Australia. It has been suggested that this be enlarged to an International Exhibition, and that the Prince and and Princess of be invited to visit Sydney on the occasion. Albany, December 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company’s B.M.S. Clyde, with outward mails from London, November 12, arrived this afternoon.

Melbourne, December 14. The Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency. Company of New Zealand reports as follows of the local market: —Wheat is firm at 5s Id to 5s 3d per bushel: barley, slow of sale, 3s 9d to 4s 3d. There is a moderate inquiry for New Zealand oats; feed sorts, 2s 9d to 2s lid; milling Eiorts are in fair demand at 2s lid to 3s ; ; New Zealand oats under bond are selling at 2c to 2s 3d.

, (UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION.)

(Per s.s. Te Anau at Auckland.) Sydney, December 9.

The loss of the Corangamite (belonging to Messrs Huddart;, Parker’s line) and the collision between the Keilawarra and the Helen Nicoll have been the all-absorbing topics. The Corangamite, with a fair complement of passengers bound for Sydney, ran ashore during a heavy fog in Wreck Bay, to the northward of Jervis Bay. Fortunately the water "was smooth, and the spot where the vessel ran ashore was not inaccessible. The passengers were enabled to descend by a ladder to the rocks from the vessel. All were got off safely and were brought to Sydney. A passenger by the Corangamite says that on Monday morning the vessel was in very foggy weather, and the whistle was kept blowing frequently. When the vessel struck she was going full speed. At the time there was a considerable amount of alarm and confusion, but fears soon calmed down. The work of landing the passengers and luggage was soon completed, and after a little delay the whole were brought on to Sydney. The vessel overran her distance by about an hour. The Cintra was close by the Corangamite in the same fog, but she hauled off to sea. The Corangamite was only insured to about half ber value. . ■ _ , From the 29th of October up to Deoember 7th, 2924 persons had obtained relief from the Government dep6t, and 1525 persons had been found employment. There has bean no decided expression of opinion respecting the intention to hold an Exhibition in Melbourne. The Government is said to be considering the question, and also the subject of a centennial celebra. tion. . J . .. Beach has been entertained at a complimentary picnic. The case against Wright and Heaton for alleged railway frauds has been postponed until February or March. Three material witnesses for. the Crown are absent, and cannot be found. The defendants complain of the delay. The new Chief Justice has been sworn in, and baa been entertained by the Bar. Alderman A. J. Riley has been elected Mayor of Sydney by a majority of one vote over Alderman M. Harris. The choice is popular. The A.S.N. Co.'s fleet has been disposed of to the Queensland Shipping Co. for £200,000, including all wharves and properties. It has transpired that Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co. were prepared to bid a higher sum. The new concern will be called the United Australian Shipping Co., and will probably comaaenoe running m February next. Very heavy rains have fallen over the country, and in some plaoes portions of railway lines have been washed away. The rainfall in the central and southern districts of Queensland have been the heaviest known for five years. Cooktown.

The Dutch war steamer Tromp recently punished some Natives of the New Guinea coast for acts of piracy. The erew landed and burned the Native villages. Mblbourne. A large quantity of shopkeepers waited on the Premier to ask for the repeal of the Early Closing of Shops Aofc. They pointed out that the compulsory elauses inflicted great hardship, and in some oases absolute ruin, on some classes of shopkeepers. Mr Gillies said that It was impossible to do anything this session. . A proposal to place £IOOO on the Estimates for the Prison Gate Brigade of the Salvation Army was defeated by one vote.