AUSTRALIA.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 447, 16 June 1871, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY.

June 2.—The steamer" Queensland reached the wreck of the steamer Auokland yesterday afternoon, and found the vessel sunk in deep water, only the tops of her masts being visible. —Considerable'progress was made with the Estimates last night.—"When considering the Estimates last night some members severely criticised the Volunteer staff, and a select committee is likely to be moved for early nest session to inquire into the matter. —Last night, four armed men, with masks on their faces, plundered the coach from Gulgong, at the Old Beef. They searched the passengers and obtained considerable plunder. They afterwards robbed Mr. Bernard, a publican, and his wife, as they were riding _home from the races.—Win. Nelson, shoemaker, shot himself at Waterloo to-c]ay.—ln the.equity suit Bank of Mew South ;Wales v. Tyson,,, a squatter, the full Court dissolved the injunction which prevented the defendant selling the stations over which the bank held a mortgage. * June 3.—A fatal accident'happened to a man last night, while fishing on the Woodford bridge on the Northern Railway. The train passing knocked him down, and killed him on the spot.—The West Coast Hotel, at j Gulgong, was entered by burglars on Thursday night. The robbers were captured,—The ; police have got no trace of the bushrangers who stuck up the mail coach. —Cap't. Walker, late of the Auckland, takes command of the City of Adelaide, which is to be placed on the Californian line. —The yacht squadron are out to-day, making the closing cruise of the season.—Mr. Clarke, proprietor of the As-sembly-rooms, was buried to-day with honors.—The cutter -Frolic reached .JSTew Caledonia, from Melbourne, 26 days out.