AUSTRALIAN.
Sydney, This day.
At an anti-Chinese meeting last night at which fully 800 persona were present, Mr N. Melville, the new member for Northumberland, declared he would stonewall the Assembly on immigration and Chinese questions.
News has been received from Barrington diggings that a crushing of two tons of quartz yielded 190ozs gold. Melboubne, This day. Mauritius advices to 29th April report inferior sugar lower in price." A poor crop is expected. 1400 tons have been cleared for Australia, and 200 for New Zealand.
Messrs Williams, Howard, Smith, and Sons, owners of the large fleet of steamers trading between Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, contemplate having their boats fitted with refrigerating machinery for the purpose of carrying shipments of meat from Queensland to Sydney to the Orient liners.
Freights at Mauritius l>y last advices had little enquiry. The rate to Australia was 323 6d to 37s 6d. Tonnage was scarce.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3545, 6 May 1880, Page 2
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