AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4723, 18 July 1890, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Br Euctmc Tdjutbjlph—CorraioßT.) (m csxnro run amoctahos.) fUedmsd July 17, <tf 8 pja. STDSJUf. Joty 17The fallowing are tbe current quotations far the principal illvsrminioK shares: Broken Hill Proprietory. L 1219*; BriiUb, L2 12*; Central, L 8 ?•: North, 18.; Soocb, to 4*; Block 14. L 6 ; Block 10, L 9 1* 6d; Janctloo, L2 5i 6J. Kecmr.d Jidtj IS, of I ojb. Stdxitt, July 17. Sailed—Simmer Manapouri, for Auckland. Eight million acrea of leasehold land, formerly devoted to pastoral porpoies, which nave- fallen in, have been offered for selection. Tbe nub of applicant* ni so gnat a* to necessitate balloting in almost every case. Newcastle, July 17. A clerk named Heaton was knocked down by a coal track today and cot to places, dying almost instantly. Adelaide, July 17. Mr Todd, Superintendent of Tele, graphs, tbioka the Extension Company may possibly have chartered a steamer from Bmjittwangi, which will arrive at Fort Darwin to-morrow or Saturday with a batch of cabta messages for tbe colonies. Tbe discovery of gold at Umberembeka has caused a considerable rnsb. Diggers are deciding priority in pegging out claims by drawing lots. Rtttivtd July 10, at 025 p m. Sydsey, July 16. Arrived—Steamship Pakaki, from tbe Bloff. The. illness of Mr T. W. Beat, the organist, has delayed the official opening of the arand organ In tbe Centennial HalL Tbe ceremony will probably take placa during the second week of next mootfa. Several sailing vessels from New Zaaland to Sydney are reported to be overdo*. MZLBOVB3TE, Joly 18. Pierre Doarre, a French convict undergoing solitary confinement io Pentrldge, became despondent, and hsnged himself In hia cell.