AUSTRALIAN CABLE.
— : • (Pbk Electric Telegraph -Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) (Received 12.40 p.m., August SOth.) BETTING ON THE MELBODENE CUP. Sydney, August 20. A few wagers have been laid against Cuirassier at 100 to 7 for the Melbourne Oup. Carbine ia nibbled at, at 100 to 8. PHYLLOXERA. It is estimated that the eradication of phylloxera m New South Wal6S would cost £10,000. (Received 12.30 p.m., Au?i2oth.) COMMERCIAL. Sydney, August 20. Wheat, broken, 2a 6i ; chick' 3s 8d to 3s lOd. Oats, Is lOd to 2s ld. Maize, 33 Od to 4a. Barley, Cape, 2s 4d, nominal ; English Ss. Brau, 9id ; pollard, 7id. Peas, prussian blue, 3s Cd to 3s lod. Potatoes, Circular Heads, £3 to £3 10s; New Zealauds, £4. Oaionß, £12. Butter, local dairy, Hd to Is ; separator, Is ld to Is 3d. Cheeso, 3d to 4id ; loaf, sd. Bacon, machine, 4d to oi ; hand-oared 6d to GJd ; roll, 7*d ; New Zealand 9d to Is. Hams, local, (id to 9J ; New Zealand, lOd to Hd. Melbourne. August 10. The grain market is depressed. Wheat inferior, 2a 4id ; medium 3s 8d ; good, 3s 9d. Oatß qre dull, Danish, 2s 8d ; medium New Zealand million, Is Hd. Barely, Cape, 2s Id. Sugar is m good demand. Finest Queens land whites, £25 per ton, being an ad vance of from lOs to 15s on yesterday's rates. Adelaide, August 20. There is nothing doing m tbo flour or wheat market owing to the strikes. Wheat, shipping parcela, 3s 9d : flour, atone-made, £7a 10s to £8 ; roller-made, £8 5s to £10. Oats, Now Zealand, 2s to 3s 3d, m bond.
i'BE TIMARU BEBASaB* THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. IHOO.
