LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 465, 28 March 1867, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

MELBOURNE. i I Wednesday, March 6. j The Assembly is now discussing the tax on breadstuiTs. \ Mr. Beaumont has lost the sight of one eye, and it is feared the other is in danger. The new coal f.eld discovered at Bass’ Haver is favorably thought of. The scam is two feet thick willrn thirty feet of the surface. One hundred tons have been raised. Goldsborongh’s wool sales went oil fairly, but ■the lots generally were inferior. Greeny went up to ll(d.; fleece, 15jd. ; scoured, hid. (o 23d. I The Mauritius sugar, c\ Argo*. told at an improvement of 20s. fper ton. The Jane Peters’ cargo of tea changed hands in one line of about 25,ii00 lbs.—terms withheld. Weather extremely hot. j Thursday, March 7. t Last night, in the Assembly, the duty on oil was reduced to 3d. per gallon; that on breadstuffs remains ns proposed in the Government tariff. The resolutions will be reported to the House on Tuesday.

a A new I’olice BiU is under discussion. One 1 s clause gives power of imprisonment lor 6 months t; for habitual drunkenness, n A large meeting was held to-day, to organise a banquet to the Commissioners of the lutercolos nial T’diibitioa e I The case of Cornish & Bruce r. the Queen has . ibeen settled by the Government, who pay cash ’’ l £107,500, and an amount of £17,000, still in dislV pute, will be settled by arbitration. e . A scab inspector has been sent to report on the] ’ B jnew disease which has broken out in the sheep at; C; Albury. j Mr. W. S. T. Clarke has had a serious attack of, Qjapoplexy, but is now able To attend business. j tl jmence on the IGth iust., Are not very numerous.! igiFor the Australian Cap, Warwick, Tim Whifller,; e j and Barwon are first favorites. « I g j There have been small sales of Country Ado-; 1. 1 hide flour at £l2; maize is dull at 45.; holders c ’ of gunny-bags ask 10s.; the Java sugar, ex Wc!-{ jj*. bneton, was sold at fully 20s. advance on Jatc; i rates. The Customs revenue for the week is e j £-26,000. j M Messrs. Dalmahoy Campbell & Co. report a ; * 1 short supply of fat cattle—nothing prime being 'B(offered; "best bullocks arc from £S to £9 ; second )c lqaalitv, £6 to t'7 ; prices have advanced 10s. per le j head ; 60ft. wethers brought 14s. 6d. i( i 1 The Beatrice has cleared for Calcutta with 40 “{hcrccs.

ADELAIDE. Wednesday, March 6. The public excitement is gradually increasing as to the goldfields at the Barrier Ranges, and the arrival of further news is anxiously looked i for. j Judge Boothby has ruled that a probate issued !by the Chief Justice is invalid, as the Chief Justice, so-called, was not a legally-appointed Judge i of the Supreme Court. The wheat Market is rather easier—large parcels arc offering at 4m. to 4s. Jd.; flour is un-l I Arrived—Banshee, from New Zealand. I Thursday. March 7. j The loop-line, railway to I’ort Adelaide was •comm’need on Monday, i The corn market is very quiet to-day, and there i is no change in quotations either lor flour or wheat.