AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 561, 17 January 1873, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

There are ships in ail the Australian porta loading grain for England. A telegram was received nn New Year’s Day from the staff of the London Daily Telegraph wishing a happy to their Australia.! colleagues of the Press. The war steamer, Ethel, has returned four her first cruise, bringing four prisoner?, the crew of the Mary Grant, charged with kidnapping, Vicount Canterbury leaves for England in the steamer Mooltan on February 23. Sir George Bowen will remain a short time in Sydney before assuming the Governorship of Victoria. ' ■ The Agent-General, the TTon. Mr. Childers. Sir W. Staw.dl, and Messrs. C. E. Bright and Spenscly, have been appointed Exhibition Commissioners for V.etoria in London. At an influential meeting of wool-growers, resolutions were passed that re r orms were needed in the manner of conducting the homo sales, and were in favor of there being six sales in the year, instead of five. Mias Richman, the future lady Fergnsson, has sailed Tor London, Captain Ruges, he* brotheisin-law, who accompanied her, be f oro leaving, executed a deed of gift of 20,0001. to the proposed University. There : g are pies t out for the detectives to hunt up Donald Brown, a relative of John Brown, the Queen’s attendant. We (Aiglo-Aiistra'ian Telegraph Agency) have it on undoubted authority, that he went homo by the Northumberland on her last trip. Edward B. Young, manager of the Oriental Rank at Castlemaino, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling the Bank's money. He was remanded this morning, be - ng a'lowedbail. The deficiency stated in the warrant was 1011. 10s. The hodidayshaveinterfered with business. Little w'dieat is offering. Cats are beavv. There has been a good enquiry for sugar* since latest advices from Mauritius. Teas command attention. Adelaide wheat is at 4s. 3d. in Adelaide. Kerosene is firm, English telegraphic advices icport an active and increasing dem nd in the iroh trades. In the latter a further rise of 11, per ion has taken place. . ■ i