LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3420, 6 February 1874, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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Large supplies of wheat have poured into the Melbourne market from New South Wales, and from the country districts per rail. Information has been received that a black woman has been murdered on the Murray. The perpetrators of the outrage reside in Victoria. The Governor of Tasmania, Mrs Du Cane, and Earl Donoughmore visit Governor Fergusson at the end of February, and will be absent from Tasmania for two months. The Claus-Rekel concert party leave for New Zealand on the 11th February. Signor Biscaccianti proceeds per Alhambra to make arrangements. The Rev.-J. Shaw, of New Zealand, was present at the Wesleyan Conference. The English Cricketers play at Bathurst today, and next week they will play in Sydney, against the combined teams of Melbourne and Sydney. The ship Essex has returned to Hobson’s Bay with loss of xnainyard. (Per Victoria at Auckland.) There have been great floods in the northern districts of New South Wales, causing immense destruction to crops and other property. Four houses have been washed down at Maitland. The Triennial Parliament Bill has passed both Houses of the New South Wales Parliament. The Assembly has voted a month’s supply. _ Hatherone, the bushranger, attempted suicide in Goulbum Gaol. It is supposed that he is the murderer of Baxter, who was found dead tear Bland. The Government has presented a steam l ft uuch to the Basilisk, to facilitate the survey of New Guinea. The Anniversary Regatta at Sydney caused good sport, though a gale was blowing. The same morning a small boat was capsized down the harbor, and Mr Charts, a clerk in the Works department, and two other friends, were drowned. The bodies have not yet been recovered. . The rush to the Endeavour River still continues. The s.s. Mikado, from Dunedin, arrived at Sydney on the 27th ultimo; and since discharging, she has been docked, and Was to leave for New Zealand on the 3rd inst. The s.s. Tartar takes the Australasian mails to Kandavu. A young woman named Mary M‘Gibbon attempted to drown herself by jumping off Princes Bridge, Melbourne. Assistance was rendered by several men, when a young man named Wade, who was unable to swim, lost his life, but the woman was saved. The Coursing Club has engaged Mr Warwick as judge at their next meeting. They pay him L3OO, and his passage out and home. A Melbourne testimonial valued at L7OO has been presented to Mr Bagot, the Secretary of the Racing Club. The question of a homoeopathic ward in the Melbourne Hospital has been postponed. The dunes dispute has been settled. Sir Gavan Duff proceeds to Europe by the March mail. Mr Higinbothajn, Engineer-in-Chief, proceeds to America and Europe by the March Californian mail. A married woman named Sarah Salmon has committed suicide, by hanging herself from a bed post. She was of unsound mind. Oidium has appeared on the vines in the Geelong district. The Rev. Mr Cape has been elected President of the Wesleyan Conference. A prisoner named Johji Edgar, after serving a sentence of six years at Pentridge for rape” has been discharged on the ground that it was a case of mistaken identity. The following Victorian players play in the combination cricket match at SydneyCosstick, Cooper, Conway, Gibson, Carr, and Loughxnan. The s.s. Pera proceeded down Hobson’s Bay with, a large party, including the Governor and Ministers, to celebrate tbe inauguration of the Victorian Mail Service. She struck on a shoal off Brighton, and remained there an hour before getting off. ■A man named Andrew Blocklam has cut his throat while suffering from the effects of dnnk. Great damage has been done along the coast to the northward of Brisbane by a terrific hurricane. The ketch Hibernia has been wrecked, and the James Paterson struck on Masthead Reef at midnight, with all sails set. The wind was blowing strong at the time from E.S.E., and weather thick. She lay very well till daylight, when efforts were made to get her off, but all attempts failed. A tremendous surf was rolling in, and the ship humped heavily, but she held together bravely till the tide rose and drove her higher up the reef, where she now dry at low water. No lives wore lost. On Friday a number of volunteers faced the breakers surrounding the ship. The chief officer, with two passengers and three of the crew, succeeded in reaching the Pilot Station. The pilots at Keppel Bay report a fearful hurricane, which_ did considerable damage at the station, partially unroofing houses, blowing down the flagstaff, and washing away the jetty at St. Lawrence. The Pilot Station was nearly destroyed, and the wharf, with a quantity of goods, disappeared in the wreck. The Telegraph and Post offices were blown down, and the telegraph wires for some miles destroyed. Trees for miles were shivered and uprooted.