AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3600, 14 April 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

(Pkb ELEornio TBiKanAni— Oopvkioht.) (RKnißii's Agency.) (Raooivoa 13.50 p.m., April 13th.) BUREAU OF EMIGRATION. Meuiournb, April 13. A telegram has bben received by tbo Government from Sir Andrew Clarke, noting Agent-Genertil, to tbo effect that an Emigrant Bureau has boon established m counootion with tho Colonial office, for tho purpoßO of supplying reliublo information to pormniß desirous of emigrating to auy of tho British colonies. MINISTERIAL OHANGK AVKUTMD." Auklaidb, April 13, It iB understood tbnt tbo reconstruction of the South Australian Ministry has boon averted. ' THE WAIUARAPA. . . , w , Sxdnsy, AprUl3. Arrived — YVnirarupa, b.B>, from Nc\ T Zcaload,

NOT SUITABLE. The new import duties imposed by Government are being unfavourably received, and are condemned by the mercantile community generally. [Received 1.30 a.m., April 14th. j PEDESTRIANISM. J At 10 o'clock to-night Scott had accomplished 285 miles to Edwards' 182. THE NEW HEBRIDES QUESTION. In the Legislative Assembly the debate on Sir Henry Parkes' motion' with ' regard to the New Hebrides question is proceeding at present, but it is impossible to say m which direction the division -will tend. GRAIN MARKET. Mblboubne, April 13. The local manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, reports on the grain market as follows : — Shipping wheat is decidedly firmer at from 4s 4d to 4b 5d per bushel ; malting barley — demand has slackened and prices reduced, 4s to 5s j New Zealand oats — feed sorts are quieter at 2s lOd to 3s ; milling descriptions are steady though not m active demand at 3s to 3s 9d ; New Zealand oats under bond are quoted at 2s 2d to 2s sd.