AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 4380, 2 November 1888, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

» r (I'BR EI.RUTRIOTBLKfIRAPH— OoPVIMnHT.) t (Per Prkss AssooiATiOfsr.) B (Becoived 10.40 p.m., October 31.) ADELAIDE, Oct. 3t. I D'uheartrnin^ accounts continue to rench town fr'im tho pastoral distrids. Os^inij to tht) Hevere <iMiis;ht on the Onwler plntiin, half the wlirat heads are w<*hout gruin, and Kraßshoppem have taken nil th» grass in the district lying around . Quorff. . 1 THE MARAROA. B ■''■ ' IMelbourne, Oct. 31. Arrived— Mararoa. THE HAUbOTO. SyiMfnv. Oct. 31. Sailnd— Hniiroto for N.!* Zealand. Sir Y James Hco'-or in a p»wwii2eT. n THE MARIFOBA. '' M«ripn»a for San Frm,ci»co «« Aacfc land. BANK ROBBER. The nr'Ti De Vere, wlm stuck up the English, ScottiKh, ond Australian Chnrh t«red Bank on the 15th inst., has been ecuteoco'l to years.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Wis'iy, who was injured in the railwnj accident at Fish River bonks on Sundaj morning, died to-dny. GISBORNE OIL WELLS. The South Pacific Petroleum Company's annual meeting to-d'iy' was adjourned for n woek, pending the receipi of a repot t from Giabome, respecting tin test of the well which is now beinj. made,. (Received 12.50 p.m. Nov Ist). DIVIDEND. Nov. 1. The Bank of New Smith Wales has de clart-d a dividend of 15 per cent, with i bonus if 2i per cent. A DENIAL. Lord Carrington has given an emphatic denial to the statement of the Worlo that he did not intend to return after hit viait to England. SIR JIORELL MACKENZIE'S BOOK. The first instalment of Sir M >rell Mackenzie's book, describing the illness of the Emperor Frederick, appears in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday. SENTENCE COMMUTED. The sentence of Harris, convicted of infanticide, has been commuted to sis montlm'. imprisonment. It appears that he killed the child to save the life of the mother, who was confined in tho bush, where no medical assistance was available. INTERCOLONIAL FREETRADE. Melbourne, Nov. 1. At a conference of Ch imb«-rs of Commerce now being held here, a resolution was passed in favour of intercolonial freetrade on a basis of a Customs Union with a uniform tariff. The chambers of the various colonies will be requested tc nominate delegates to investigate the question fully. CHINESE IMMIGRATION. Adelaide, Nov. 1. The Assembly have reinserted tho limitation of one Chinaman for every five hundred tons of shipping, which was altered bp the Council. The Bill is n< t to cme into fore U'Hil Victoria, Queensland, and New South Wales have passed similar measures. Brisbane, Nov. 1. The Council have passed the Chinese Bill. DROUGHT IN QUEENSLAND. Owing to the drought owners of stock decline to enter into contracts with the Queensland Meat C >mpany for monthly shipments of frozen mutton. The state nf the country is unprecedented, and enormous l"ss will he occasioned unhsthe dry weather breaks up immediately. Perth, Nov. 1. The petition of newspap-r proprietors acainst Chief Justice Ooslow has been forwarded to Lord Kuutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies. \ (Received 7.40 p.m., Nov. Ist.) Sydkey, Nov. 1; SHIPPING. Arrived— Rio, schooner, from Napier. Newcastle, Nov. 1. Sailed—Notero and Grecian Bend, barques, for Auckland. Melbourne, Nov. 1 Arrived— Othello, from Invercargill : PeerludP, brigantiue ; Caberferdt, barque, fr-m Kiipara. Sii'el — Btnkuland, barque, for Wellington ; St. Kilda, sohooner, for Greymouth. Brisbane, Nov, 1. Arrived — Linda Weber, brigantine, from Auckland. Sailed — Orpheus, schooner, for Auckland ; Coromandel, barque, for New Zealand. ToWNSVILLE, NOV. 1. Sailed — Seabird, brignntiue, for New Zealand. THE MARKETS. . Sydney, Nov. 1. ' Potatoes, New Zealand, 75a ; ballarat. 95a. Onions, Victorian, £9. Bran, ]s Id to Is 2d. Pollard, steady at lOd. Mn'z-, 3s. Oat*, firm at 2s 7d. Wheat, chick, 3a 9d ; milling, 4s 5d to 4s 6d. Butter, locally made, 81 to lOd. Cheese, best samples, 9d. Jjicon, 91 to 9J-1 (nominal). Ham?, Is (qni«(J. Kauri sales, ex Loongana, 20,000ft. flitches, 25a 31; 40,000ft. 6| inches bj 1 inch, 15s ; 10,000ft. 12 inches bj Ik inches, 153. Melbourne, Nov. 1. Wheat is strong at 4a ; milling sorts, 4i6d. Flour, stone-made, £'J 15s. Oats, 3s lid. Barley, quiet. Maize, 3s Bd. Bran, Is. Sugar is improving. White sugars arr quoted at £23 ss ; French tablets, £35 Adelaide, Nov. 1. Wheat, farmers' lots, at Port Adelaide, 4.i 6d. Flour, roller-made, £11, stone-made, £10. Bran, Is 3J'l to Is 4d. Pollard, 1» 2.1. : Oats, 3a 6.1 (business dull).