AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1003, 24 July 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[rEUTBB'S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] Sentenced to Death. Melbourne, Yesterday. The prisoner Burns, who was found guilty 6t the murder of Michael Quinlivan, at Wickliffe, in tfßßo, has been sentenced to death. A Steamer Disabled. A telegram has been received here reporting that the British Indian steamship Teviotdale, 1018 tons, from London (May the rßth), lias anchored in the Gulf of Carpentaria with her propeller blade broken. [Received July 24, 1.20 p.m.] The Tea Trade Melbourne, To-day. Private telegrams from Foo Chow, dated the 21st inst., state that the shipments of tea to Australia and New Zealand to the end of July will probably equal Bo,ooolbs weight. It is estimated that the first crop will show a decrease of 20,0001b5, and the second a similar falling off. The market is firm at Foo Chow. A Malcontent. The South Australian Government continues to hold aloof from the action being taken in London to urge upon the Imperial Government the desirability of annexing the New Hebrides. Numerous telegrams have passed between Mr Service and Mr Bray, the P/femier of South Australia, on the subject, but without result, Mr Bray alleging that an agreement exists between England and France not to annex the Pacific Islands.

Shipping. IS-ydney, To-day. Arrived, last evening Wakatipu, from Wellington. The Trancontinental Hallway. Brisbane To-day. It is rumored that the Government intend to abandon the proposed Transcontinental railway, and not again to submit the agreement to Parliament, even if the Ministry is in a majority after an appeal to the country.