RETUR'S TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 5089, 19 November 1884, Page 2

RETUR'S TELEGRAMS.

MELBOURNE, Nov. 18, Mr Service, *'n replying to si communication from thr: TasniHuiiin Government. h*s invited the latter to appoint a deicgi-t.-. to diseugg the proposals for reciprocity tariffs between the two colonies. Siil-id, this afternoon — Rotomabonn, for Bluff. Two more cages of stnal!-pox have oc curred here. The cricket match between the English team aud Eleven of Victoria was rusuined and concluded here to-day, and resulted in a victory for the visitors by 118 runs. .Nov. 18. The Melbourne manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Co. of New Zealand. Limited, reports of the local m-irfcvsts as follows ; — Wheats, p'.r bnehcl, Bt> 10J ; market irregular. Malting barley ia slow of sale, at 4s to 4s 61. New Zealand oais Fetding sorts, urein fair demand at 3s lid to 4s ; milling ditto, 4s Id to 4s 2d ; market quieter, but steady. New Zealand oatt>, under bond, 3s Id to 3s 3d, with moderate, enquiry. Kauri timber — Per 100 feet super., hown logs, 13s ; sawn flitches, 16s I6d ; sawn boards, 1 inch, 18^ 6d ; ditto, 1£ to 3 inch, 19s 6d ; dressed boards, f inch, 22a ; ditto, f inch, 19s. At per 100 iV-et lineal, T. ann 1 G. flooring, 6 x U, Us; ditto, 6 x 7£, 8s 9.1 ; ditto, 4 x I±, 11s 9d ; ditto, 4 x I^-, 8s 6d. A good demand was experienced at today's sales. ALBANY, Nov. 18. Arrived, last evening — P. and 0. steamship Ganges, with m.iils dated London, 17th October.