Commercial Intelligence.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4791, 7 September 1883, Page 3

Commercial Intelligence.

Shipping Casualties

[Rkutxb's Telwo-Ams.] LONDON, Sept. 5. Consols remain at )00£; and New Zealand securities At yesterday's quotations. The market for Colonial breadstuff. oontinues dull ; Adelaide wheat is unchanged at 475, and New Zealand ditto at 44s to 465 ; Adelaide flour ex warehouse 335. Australian tallow—best beef, 40b ; best mutton, 41s. A fair demand for the various lots offered was generally experienced at to-day's wool sales. Port Phillip and Sydney greasy wools, however, are £d to Id lower than at the close of last sales. Arrived — Ship Archer, from Lyttelton (April 27). A succession of gales of extraordinary violence has been experienced during the last two days. The Lady Jocelyn, outward bound, put into Spithead for repairs. The City of Tanjore jettisoned 90 tons cargo and put baok. The Sydenham, Oldborough, Legards and Cairnbulg have put into various ports tor repairs. [Reute&'s Telbgbams.]

MELBOURNE, Sept. 6. ,

In the Legislative Assembly this evening, Mr Servioe announced that arrangements for the meeting of tbe Intercolonial Convention on the Annexation question were finally settled, and that the Convention would hold its first meeting in Sydney in November. The. sentence of death which was ( passed upon the prisoner Burns, who was found guilty of the murder of Michael Quinlivan of Wickliffe, in 1880, has been confirmed. Lord Lisgar has been scratched for the Melbourne Cup.

SYDNEY, Sept. 6.

A proclamation has been issued today, summoning the New South Wales Parliament to meet for despatch of business on Oct. 9. Sailed— R.M.S. Zealandia, for San Francisco, vi& Auckland, with £150,000 in specie.