LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 621, 11 January 1870, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Eijectkic Telegraph,] (prom our own correspondent.) Bluff, Jan. 10. The a.s. Claud Hamilton, Captain Un- ' derwood, arrived at the Bluff at daylight this morning, from Melbourne. She left Hobson's Bay at 7 p.m.* on the 4th; passed Cape Schanck at 11.30 p.m., and experienced westerly winds during the passage across ; passed the Solanders at 8 p.m. on the 9th, and had to slow the engine on account of a heavy N,. W. gale. Entered Bluff Harbor at daylight on the 10th. Passengers— For Otago :Mr Walsh, Colonel Thomson Aitkin, C. F. Black, Miss Cavens, Miss Marshall, Mr Thoneman, Mr Harterick, and 17 steerage. For Wellington: Messrs. J. Taylor, Thomas Guir, Mr and Mrs Hay, Mr Wardell,Miss Stewart, Mr Douglas, Mr and Mrs Palmer and family and two servants, Mrs White. For Nelson :Mr Duigan. Melbourne, Jan. 4. The schooner Albertine,from Mauritius, is ordered on for Hokitika by her agents. Kerosene has reached 2s 3d. Thomas Webb_Draperl>aa been- er>m^ mitted for trial on a first charge of embezzling £900. J. P. Dalton, formerly Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, is dead. Captain Corrigan, of the ship Napoleon Third, has been convicted of drunkenness, and his certificate suspended for one year. MrWardell, Inspector of General Public Works, has gone home by the mail steamer. Mr Quiney, formerly employed by Mr Glen, music-seller, as collector, has absconded for embezzling money. Flour i 3 a trifle firmer at Lll to Ll2 ; wheat, 5s 4d ; oats, 3s lOd. Speculation has taken place in rice ; 15,000 bags Patna sold at a price not stated. A rumour has been circulated that Mr Valentine, Manager of the Commercial Bank, has resigned, but it is_contradiotocl. Telegraphic charges have been reducedThe Rev A. M; Ramsay, Presbyterian Minister, Collins street, died on the 31st •December. There is no truth in the report that General Chute has been recalled. Business, owing to the holidays, is very dull. Sydney, Jan. 4. Mr Frazer, Manager of the Colonial Bank at Inverell, has been killed by a fall from his horse. Tenders have been accepted for L58,00D New Zealand Treasury Bills from par to 10s premium. . A company is formed for the Pacific mail route via California and New Zealand. Sydney Races— Tattersall's Cilpwaswon byAl. Adelaide, Jan. 3. The flour market is hardening ; a scanty crop is expected. Flour, LlO 12s 6d. The Post Office and Telegraph Departments have been amalgamated under Superintendent Todd.