LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1019, 1 November 1871, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO. [per gbeville'S telegraph company; beuteb's agents.] Victoria, Oct. 25. The Victorian Ministry are obtaining Supplies from the House. The Legislative Council rejected the Tariff Bill by a large majority. It will probably be reconsidered. The Murphy pension question is postponed till to-day, to give an opportunity to test public opinion. Mr Cohen gave notice to introduce a Bill rendering captains and owners responsible for bringing destitute persons from other Colonies. A movement has been commenced against closing places of respectable recreation on Sunday. Mr Duffy's health is improved. The Government proposes to subsidise the Eclipse (expedition. A number of private individuals are going. It has been determined to lengthen the Alfred graving dock. Sydney, Oct. 25. The captain and crew of the barque A. H. Badger arrived by the barque Alice Cameron, having been run down by the Nevada, which bore away without rendering any assistance, the water gaining, and the Alice heaving in sight the Nevada left her. The Badger is fully insured in Sydney offices. An Admiralty suit is to bp instituted. ' Capt. Buinett, of the Aurora, is charged w|th flogging seamen. The Opera troupe sailed for Auckland by the Nevada. Efforts are being made to procure an inquiry into the running down of the A/H. Badger by the Nevada,

Adelaide, Oct. 25. Strong satisfaction is expressed at the favorable nature of the English commercial news. Baggage, the defaulting secretary of the Building, Society is believed to have escaped to India per ship Coolie. Telegraph stations are opened 176 miles towards Carpentaria. - Lady Fergusson is dangerously ill. ...... Hobart Town, Oct. 25. Mathias Block has been remanded for a week. Lattnceston, Oct. 25. Gold has been struck at a depth of 154 ft in the Excelsior Company's claim, Nine-Miles Springs.