INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 932, 27 February 1880, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

Th» bushranger who stuck tin the National Bank at Conn am ilia, Q icensl mI, last month, has been tried an I sentenced i o death. 700,01)0 l ags of flour have been exported from Melbourne to London during the past fortnight It is understood the Covernment intend taking prompt and deoi led ac ion regarding the pr >cee ling of the F -each G»vrumenh in chartering a schooner to convey a bat'-h of French convicts to Auckland fr mi New- Caledonia. whose term of penal servitllll i had exoired. At. Wellington rumours are current that large reductions are about to be made in the Railway Department. It is oxpecto 1 that the Chrisfchn’ch subscriptions towards the Irish Relief Fund will reach LIOOO. A Melbourne telegram of the 17th instant states that 5001) Im-hels of New Zeiland oats were sohl at auction—milling at 2s 9 I, ano 2s to 2s 2dJ 1. Fight cases of assaults on females are down for the next Criminal Session at Auckland. Arrangements have been completed for a number of direct grain vessels for London from Timarn this seas m. Tho City Council of Auckland has L4DOO wonhof claims for c unpensation. At Auckland tho prejudice against the French Co nmnnists is so great that hj mssholders refuse to let li ms 'S to then Fnployers of labour also look with suspicion on them. The Lincolnshire delegates at lhair late visit to Oaraarn an! Timarn (express 1 1 a parti dt by for tin hauls of these districts ov r anything hj -y have scan in Now Zjilaud. A « iWrioti m is lining raise I nfc Weilington to aPeviito the distress at present prevailing there,

( AMrW. G. Hurst is exhibiting onions, i at Auckland, grown at his estate, TnkaI puna Lake, weighing 21b 10oz, and measuring 2SJin. in circumference. The smallest in the bed weighs over one pound. A chemical manure known as Hurst’s mixture was used. At Christchurch the Resident Magistrate has decided that the Act of Charles 11, prohibiting Sunday tra.ling is not in force there, therefore the charges against one Marks for selling fruit were accordingly dismissed. The Sale of tho Oatlands Estate, about nine miles from Invercargill, was a very successful one. The highest rate obtained was L2O per acre. The average was between I.l2and LI3 Recently a man bathing in Kentree river, Brisbane, was attacked by an alligator, which seized him by the thigh, and crushed amt clawed him severely. The alligator finally slipped his hold and the man escaped. On the 22nd {iristant three prisoners effected their escape from Casiro gaol. They secured police horses and got clear away. Major Smith, of the Victorian Parliament, threatens another Black Wednesday. If the Government gets a good majority and an opportunity occurs, another sweep of departments will he ma !e. In Melbourne a public agitation is commencin'' in favor of opening the Exhibition at night, imt the shopkeepers oppose. The Irish Relief Fund in Victoria exceeds 1.19.000.. Serious floods have occurred in the Sydney country. Casino, on the Richmond River, is completely submerged, an I boats are now engaged saving lives and pro pertyof the inhabitants. At Auckland, on the 24th instant. W. A. Baker, a respectably.connected young man, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour for obtaining goods bv false pretences by means of cbcijites on the Colonial Bank of New Zealand. He fainted on being taken into the conider of the Court. S:> oftheFiench Communists have gone to W hangarei to si ek work at the coalmines or gumfields, and the local police have been instructed not to interfere with them in any way that would prejudice their chance of employment. A Wellington telegram says the Governmerit has received favourable replies from ihe Governments of other Australian Colonies regarding proposed co operation in a remonstrance to the French Government against the deportation of convicts from New Caledonia to New Zetland. Sir •Ttilius \ ogel will he communicated with on the subject.