AUSTRALIAN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4997, 3 May 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Prhss Association.) (Received 1.30 p.m., May 2nd.) THE WHEAT SUPPLY. Melbourne, May 2. The statistical authorities have not quite made up their minds as to whether the surplus wheat available for export has already left the colony or not. Millers decline to pay the prices now asked, and many mills are consequently working short time. The Aye considers that the balance of the new crop left on hand must be merely nominal, not more than 1700 tons, but a considerable quantity of old wheat having been brought forward, there is little danger of absolute scarcity. On the other hand the Ary us estimates that there are 20,000 tons available for shipment.

(Received 1.15 a.m., May 3rd.) R.M.S. ZEALANDIA. Sydney. May 2. Arrived—R.M.S. Zealandia, from San Francisco, via Auckland. A BIGAMIST. A man named Hibble was to-day sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, on a charge of bigamy. Hibble was recently married to a Mrs Corston, of Auckland. DEMAND FOR SEED WHEAT. There is a good demand both in Sydney and Adelaide for New Zealand wheat. Values, however, have not changed since the previous quotations. CONFESSION OF MURDER. Brisbane, May 2. A teamster named Bell, who has surrendered himself to the police, has confessed to the murder of a man named Siderell, at Amoria Creek. His accomplice, a man named Scott, has also been arrested.