BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2461, 5 January 1871, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

(l-KO.M GRHVLLLIi’s TELEGRAM COMPANY, REUTEII’S AGENTS.) LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Bluff, January The Tararua arrived at 11 o’clock this morning after a passage of six days and 2 1 hours. She left Melbourne at noon ou the 29th, and encountered a succession of easterly gales with a head sea for 53 hours. She brings 402 tons cargo, including 9000 bags sugar for Dunedin. Melbourne, December 29. Passengers—Mr Henry P. Pergie, Mr Howe, Mr Gidney, Mr Thompson, Mr W. H. Mein, Mr Minchen, and 29 in the steerage. The Oiaeo arrived at Melbourne at 10 a.m. on the 29th. Commercial—Business is quite at a standstill owing to the holidays. Quotations are unaltered. Wool prices firm, but little doing. oos to oos freight is offering for vessels to load grain at Adelaide for England. The weather has been very fine, but very hot. The Parliamentary session is not closed- Both Houses have been considering the Publicans’ Bill, which has been made the subject of a conference between them. The Bill passed both Houses last night. The Governor prorogues Parliament to-day. Victoria won the University Boat Race and Cricket Match against the Sydney University. Lee* late of Auckland, has been remanded on a charge of fraudulent insolvency, pending the arrival of New Zealand witnessev. It is expected that there will be a largo number of candidates at the next general election. The Federal Commission continues to receive favorable letters from the other Colonies. Sydney. Heavy rains have fallen throughout the Colony. Feed for cattle promises to keep good till next spring. There have been very heavy gales along the coast. The barque Rialto and brig Sarah were wrecked, but the crews saved. A proposal has been made to the Sydney Government to establish a mail service between Sydney and California, calling only at Fiji. Arrived.—John Kncx, from Lyttelton. Adelaide. The Superintendent of Telegraphs reports that the construction ot the Port Darwin line is progressing favorably. Splendid crops are being gathered in. It is expected that two hundred thousand tons surplus will be available for shipment, The weather is very hot. Parliament is nut out of session. Both Houses have adjourned over the holidays. Wheat sales, 4s sd. Queensland. A loan of seven hundred and fifty odd thousand is proposed for railways and immigration.