Flour, £13 5s ; wheat, 6s 3d; oats, 5s 3d to 5s Gd. Sugars show ft de cline of 153 per ton. Quicksilver ia ad vancing, 7b is now asked. Cornsacks 10a. 6d. Hennessey's case brandy is offering at lower rates ; Associated Vineyard, 6a. 9d. A private London telegram reports. pig; iron lower. A private London telegram reports pri vate sales of wool at a penny advance on last public Bales. Brisbane, July 15. Both houses have agreed to a con ference to-morrow, respecting the Land Bill. Blondin performs, on Saturday week under the patronage of the Marquis of Normandy. The case of small-pox at. Newcastle terminated fatally. The barque Sierra Nevada and the brig

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New Advertisements. TT ENRY GREEN, Shipping, Commission, Custom-house, and Insurance Ageul. TiSMI'OBAIiY OiU'ICE: Government Landing Service. 24-7 NOTICE. IMMIGRATION. FREE PASSAGES. rpHE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEA- -1 LAND offer FREE PASSAGES to Persons nominated by their friends m the Colony. Forms of Application, and full information, can be oblained at all the Post Offices, and of tho various Storekeepers at Temuka, Ger- nldine and Waimate, and at tho Immi- gration Office, Timaru. KAKAHU BUSH AND TOWNSHIP. FOR POSITIVE SALE. JOHN THOMPSON, Surveyor, Has been favored with insl-ruetions from Messrs Studholmo, Banks, and Wiglcy, to Sell by Public Auction, at Timaru, at an early date, tho whole of the KAKAHU BUSH AND TOWNSHIP. IE The Bush contains 250 Acres of splendid sawing Timber, being mostly black pine aud totaru; and the largest sizes required for public works m tho district can be obtained m the nbovoßush. There are also 250 Acres of excellent innnaka, which is divided into lots to Buitformers, &c, suitable for fencing and other purposes. There is a water power available, capable of driving machinery m the driest seasons. The Township is situate on the now Mac- kenzie Country and Geraldine roads, and is the centre of a largo agricultural and mineral district. The above Properties are within ton miles of Geraldino, Temuka, Point railway station, and 13 miles of Hamilton's, with a good road from each of the above places; There will bo a man at my camp until the day of Sale, who will afford every information to intending purchasers. 13-7mf ||W INCHESTER FAIR, IWAIHI- CROSSING. mHE; FIFTH FAIR will be held on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1874. 24-7 POSTPONEMENT. 