AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4560, 8 June 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

( PKB EIKC'TKIO TbLEOUAPII — OUI-I UUIHT . ) (Per Pkkss Association.) (Ronoived 12.23 p.m., Juno Till.) SYDNEY'S BREAD SUPPLY. Sydney, Juno 7. Brcndstuftft have been received d'jrins; the woek ns follows : — IS3 tons of flonr from Victoria and South Australia ; 780 tons of flour nnd 11-lG lons of wheat from New Zealand ; 1200 tons o£ wheat from India. WATER-GAS. Tho practical uses of tho new wator-gas licjlit havo been successfully demonstrated liorc, It is understood tho light will shortly bo introduced into New Zealand, whore, it is pxpectod to be largely used m lighting districts whore ordinary gas is nut obtainable The promoters m their prospectus undertake to mako tho gas at •J 1 per 100(1 f.xt. TliK NEW ZEALAND TRADE. Buying for Now Zealaud is very brisk, m consequence of tho competition between tho two steamship companies, ■which

enablea the foreign buyer to do business advantageously iv Sydney markets. SHIPPING. Brisbane, June 7. Arrived— Janet Nicoll from Ljttelton. THE TEKAPO. Newcastle, Juno 7. Sailed— Tekapo for Lyttelton. ACQUITTED. Adelaide, June 7. Bonay, who on the 23rd April was arrested on a charge of beating his wife to death, has been acquitted. (Rccoivod 10.15 p.m., Jnno 7th.) THE WAIHOKA. Sydney, June 7. Sailed— Waihora for Auckland. SAMOAN NEWS. Arrived — S.S. Lubeck from Apia Harbour. She brings Samoan news up to May 2Gth. Mataofa hearing thnt a German warship was approaching Samoa has taken steps to mobilise his men, and he shortly expects to hnve a well armed and equipped army of 3000 strong. Taniaseaa is still encamped at Luatar.no, his stronghold, with 2000 men. The remaina of the German warship Eber have been destroyed by dynamite. The high commissioner has delivered judgment m the case of Manamia v. McArthur and Co. A verdict waß given for plaintiff for £41,270 and costs, and the defendants were ordered to deliver up possession of all lands.