LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1421, 19 February 1873, Page 2

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ALBION. BREAK IN THE CABLE. THE INTERCOLONIAL CONFERENCE. LATEST COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING. [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Melbourne, Feb. 13. The submarine cable, between Singapore and Penang, has been interrupted since Sunday. Only L 60,300 of the Government 4 per cent, loan has been taken up. The Conference at Sydney has compUtoa ito i«bura. reconsidered the postal service, submarine telegraphs, lighthouses, a custom union on the basis of a common tariff, and the patent laws. The results are kept secret. The Newcastle strike has terminated at all the collieries. Webb's agents have received a telegram that the Nebraska left San Francisco eight days late. Very heavy shipments of Adelaide wheat are being made to England. The Banks in Melbourne have made new arrangements for the minimum rate of discount to be five per cent. A considerable decrease is shewn in the electoral strength of the Colony. Tenders are accepted for eleven mile 3 of a narrow gauge railway, from Ballarat to Creswick, at L 3222 per mile. The share list of the National Bank of New Zealand closes to-morrow. Walter Montgomery's will is proved. He leaves his watch-guard to the Duke of Edinburgh. Heavy storms have been felt in Melbourne and in the country. ' Consul March, of Fiji, now in Sydney, denies his recall. The Prince of Wales Theatre, in Melbourne; has been putchased by a company for L 25,000. Lyster is to be the manager for five years, and opens with operaj on the Ist March. New wheat is coming forward in Tasmania ; the yield and quality good. The Forfarshire, from London to Wellington with immigrants, was signalled on January 6, in latitude 26.8 ; longitude 33 W. The wreck of the ship Polonaise has broken up. Sydney, Feb. 13. Alluvial gold has been found in the northern territory. One miner brought into Palmerston 220z. The Daly river, far north, has been explored for JLOO miles, where it was found 200 yards wide, and navigable for small yessels. The price of poai at Newcastle is 12s.