TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6541, 9 May 1889, Page 3

TO-DAY ' S TELEGRAMS.

I \,Sr XLXCTHW TKJjKQRAFU.— COPXRIQUT.'] H^[Speciax to Press Association.] (Received May 9, at 1.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 9, Grave Charges. Commission appointed some time to enquire into the affairs of the Casual Board, have reported grave irrein connection with the adminisof the Board, and implicating the John Davis, C.M.G., regarding alleged misappropriation of f unde. MELBOURNE, Mat 9. HMfcSentence Commuted. of death passed on Jones, assault, has been commuted to for twenty years. H|^Hl Splendid Nugget. nugget has been found near ■ We&derburn or Korong Creek, 153 miles J N.N.W. of this City. I Strike Ended. I The strike at the Phmnix Foundry/BalI larat, has ended, an amicable settlement having been arrived at between the masters and workmen. BRISBANE, Mat 9. Queensland Railway Commission cvGovernment have received a hundred applications from England for the Railway Commissionership, and thirty from the different Colonies. ADELAIDE, Mat 9. Warbrick's Team. The New Zealand footballers decline to play the Norwood Club, the premier beam of Australia, until they ahall have had a week's practice. They left last night foi Melbourne in good health. Their flrsi match in Yiotoria will be against Mary' borough. LONDON, Mat 8. Madame Melba. Madame Melba, the Australiai singer, has made her debut in Paris in the character of Ophelia. LONDON, Mat 8. Commercial. The total quantity of wheat . and

flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,722,000 quarters, and for the Continent 316,000 . quarters. The American visible supply is 25,250,000 bushels. There is a general decline of 6d in the English market. The Continental market is steady, while tbe American is deprossed. Linseed oil, Messrs Blundell, Spencer and Co.'s, double boiled, la 9d per gallon.