LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1223, 29 June 1872, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

The s.B. Rangitoto, which was tendered at Greymouth yesterday, brings Austratralian news up to June 22. The following are the more recent and prominent items, as contained in Greville's telegraphic summary :— Melbourne, June 22. The nominations for the election of the new.Ministry show that five are opposed and two unopposed. It is believed that all will be re-elected. A great exposure has been made of a manipulation of the Land Act by the permission of the evasion of penalties for non-compliance with the conditions of the Act; also, of a corrupt subsidy to the Times, a Ministerial journal, at the .rate of L7OOO a-year, in Government advertisements. It has been determined by the -new Government to nullify the San Francisco postal arrangements with Mr Webb, and to rescind the Hoey appointment. The new Government promise not to interfere with the fiscal policy for the present. J ames Stevenson, newly arrived by the Ben Ledi, from London, shot himself at QueensclifFe. .'■ ; A great yield of 3600z : of gold from 12 tons of quartz at Daylesford is reported. " The action of Clampit v. Dr Blair resulted in a nonsuit. Appell, a levanting sharebroker from Sandhurst, was intercepted at the Heads, and taken with a large sum in his possession on board the mail steamer. , . Captain Moonlite Egertou, the bank robber, one ©f the gaol breakers at Ballarat, has been re-taken with two others. An organisation has been set on foot, including Coppin, Harwood, Stewart, and IJennings, to re-build the Royal Theatre. A proposal has been made to build an Opera House. Kate Vinson, •nee Warde, the actress, is dead. There is great excitement in electioneering matters. Jackson, found guilty of an outrage on an old woman at Footscray, and sentenced to death, has hrd his sentence commuted to twenty years' penal servitude, the first three years in irons. The Hon. Mr Casey has been appointed Minister of Agriculture. Mr Justice Barry, is seriously indisposed. "■••'■, v ■• : Emily Burchall, governess to Mr Orr, at Heathcotei has been committed for trial for infanticide. A disgraceful rowdy scene occurred at an election meeting at Sandhurst. Arrived— Kate Conley, from New Zealand. r Sailed— Alhambra, for Bluff ; 10, for Greymouth. Tookey's, buyers, L 9 ; sellers, LlO. Flour, Ll6 to Ll6 10s; wheat, 7s to 7s 4d ; oats, 3s to 3s 3d. A line of 3000 bushels of New Zealand oats was sold at 3s. Sugars are freely held for an advance, , Sydney, June 21. Nicholls and Lester wero, executed for the Paramatta River murders. Both admitted their guiltand the 'justice of the sentence, and warned young men to profit by their sad example. Lester said that the news of his fate would be the death of his mother in England. Krohman's claim , at Tambaro^ra is richer than ever. „ • The Blanche is to continue her cruise of the islands longer than was originally intended. , ■:•■■■■>■ - . Some imported cattle by the. Ranee

have been pronounced diseased, and have hot been allowed to be landed. The Government will probably accede to the proposition for the abolition of tonnage dues. The disgraceful conduct of the Government undertaker iv making a public show of the bodies of Niche-Us and Lester was r promptly stopped. " The Annie Fish takes of wool for San Francisco. ' Sailed—John Knox-and Amateur, for - Lytteltoh ; Hero and Camffle, for Auck- * land. . : .v \ . Newcastle. In an affray, three colored seamen of the ship Swallowstabbed three whites of the ship Dexter ; one is considered dangerous. " . Armed—Star'and Mersey, front Dan-? edin ; Amhe.rst, from Auckland. Sailetf— Mary MUler and Cotistra, for Auckland ; Anne ' Melhnisb, for Wellington. •.••;. . ' c Brisbane. The Marine Board acquitted Captain Cooper of the wilful loss of the Young Australia, but considered His conduct evinced error of judgment. >: ' : -' ■^■'■'■}'' -; ADBLAIbB. , Bills have been introduced in the Legislature to amend the Distillation and the :. Marine Board Acts. The Trans-continental Railway Bill is opposed in the Legislative Assembly. ■;,■.'• • : The Government are arranging for an ; expenditure of L4OOO for assisted immi- ; gratioh. .., . .- A warrant has been issued against Cox^i a commercial clerk, for forgery. He has ; left the country. . j Six new copper mines have been started. Flour, Ll3 to Ll4; wheat, 5s lOdto 63. ■