LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3457, 21 March 1874, Page 3

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

' f , ' (Per 1 TfongatWa.) ' y‘!j: ' •§lfpi¥®?, i ka*9li‘l4. ! i 1 The establishment of a second telegraph wire' and service with England is being’ discussed ini ! Parliament,-; and, if the Governments of Queens-i W-Zea^d-pj«nt •* pangs., tn assist, in; <»n7ing put the work, aisecond lihe, viai Sihga-1 ! pore, will ebon be laid.’ * ' ’ ‘ ' ‘ ‘” l • _. The immigrant ship Southern Belle has ornved frdm London dismasted.. ’ sf '*}' r. 4 deputation Sydney Bifle Assocja-1 iWophpd an interview. with; the Oolqnial, Qecre* 1 S&jBF W of requesting him to obtain ,fW, 000 rpnnds heavycartridge for the I 1 annual prize meeting of the ’Association, i 1 thbh ammunition to be specially made for that i < occasion; .also for the' annual contest'against • Yiotoria khd'New Zealand. ' t ; } . Th® floods at the Palmer are subsiding. .iThe i ' roads to thogoldfieldsare drying fast’, ahdpack i horses .are very, much wanted.- ; The general i mwb of the retarp is good« Several men died ( from starvation dunngthefloqds: some existed for a week on grass. TChe latest despatch from ; Townsville says the road to the Palmer is now i accessible. The rivers'are‘ml-down, but prbvi- i SBimiß; are still ’searce bn. the diggings. Two! ! ?8, h a T? 1 ayriyesd from Oodkstown 'state! at they prospected. a hundred'', miles up'the ’ ' dmer Without success. Bcefsiarebeingfound | i in all: directions, and gold within forty miles of j ; XJookatown.': Provisions: are plentiful and. cheap ! at Cookstown. Meat is scarce,but twenty-two ,cowshaye;reached v; | , t cnoket match between Victoria aid j All England had .hot finished yfhgtv the Hdro; 1 . » made 'ip first' innings ISt, i m apeond'i^n^'/wtnlotrtcfcetsd6wh i: 55, j heingnot but.Theßriglishmenintheir! firstinningsmadel66.) ''‘‘J. 3-* ‘S'-uhi.r .' '-Adblaide.' ; -' Os. • •- ;