AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 42, 14 October 1867, Page 256

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

‘ {tfpw #J4BSydney Montfijg He&ld,) - ;5 ~>\ .. ; ••'.• :■; •; s ■'••-'...s' SeptemberSll, i THe Lyster TroTipe bopens at tlie the opera:of >Di Camera, %. | “ ‘ The Chess Tournament iseoneluded. 'J&a - are; Messrs.", Burns* and MfCombe. wholesale : poisoning' ease is reported fram Hamilton,; a cart-load of gheep-dipping' arsenic was left lying fa abpaddock.

September S 4. Miss Quinn,' the actress, charged with /larceny at/New Zealand, was discharged? The John Temperley, from London, has arrived with 400 r September 25. ' A company is in course of formation for boiling down, sheep and extracting meat for exportation; the capital is £15;OOQ, in 30Q0 shares of £seach.

' Excellent aurifeous specimens have been found at the Stetglitz diggings. Heavy rains are injuring the wheat crops in the Learmonth districts.

The Legislative Council and Assembly have agreed to invite Prince Alfred to dinner at the Parliament House,

September 26. It is arranged that Prince Alfred shall land at Sandrige and embark at Williatnston. The Public Works Committee have recommended that the tender of Cain jand Lawrence be accepted for the erection of a New Town Hall; Omavau stone is to : be used.

Messrs. Dalmahoy Campbell and Co. report a moderate supply of fat cattle, Prime bullocks, £8 to £lO . prime cows, £6 to £6 los ; 54-lb wethers are selling at 10s 6d.

September 27. The Yarra is ■ flooded, but there is pot much damage caused thereby. At Kyneton and Ballarat there have been heavy floods, and about the Barwop many farms are covered and the crops destroyed; there is also much damage done in the neighbourhood of Geelong. The weather is clearing. . The Prince Alfred Committee sits daily. Business is quiet; flour is firmer at £ll 10s for Victorian country; medium congous, Is 6d to Is 9d; 300; chests and half-chests, per Te Eli, sold at 8d to 2s 7d; there has been a trade sale of Hennessy’s brandy at 265; there is more enquiry for bags a from 12s.

<£445,000 were paid into the Customs to-day for goods, taken out of bond,

September 26, The Melbourne Chess tournament closed to-day. The works of the Williamstown graving dock are -proceeding favorably. Whelan has been committed for trial for the murder of Bramley. It is intended to hold a grand regatta at Geelong on the arrival of the Pripce,

ADELAIDE, September 24. - There has been a heavy southeasterly gale with rain since 10 o’clock last night. The schooner Leslie parted from both her anchors at Port Victor, and went oh shore, but she is in no immediate danger. The gale is moderating. It is announced there is not a sufficient supply of gas for the illuminations already fixed. , Sales of wheat have been effected at 4s 7d, but holders are asking 4s @d; no business doing in flour.

September 25. The Assembly has voted .£25,000 for immigration purposes next.year. : Tbe framework of the, bridge over the Torrens has been washed away by the flood, -

. Some splendid specimens. of kerosine shale have ‘ : been discovered at the Cornwall mines.

Business in the. genera! import marbet is/ 'quite- stagnant. The corn is quiet, anfl tfierefis no change .inprice, ■ •' ; '// ’ f * ,: : / . :

: v.. !.... ..iSeptember 26, l- / ; jThe:,treasurer ha? givep notice of *• ‘-his 1 4ntehtion;:>t6 ; introduce,.a bill pm l-horising, op the 4 the ! lutcFcolo? : ,• •'v; -• - :1

All the shares in ! the Agricultural Insurance;Company, haye been taken up.' •

; The Government-will introduce the Railway-Extension: Bill to-day, 7, ... Extensive preparations/for the reception of Prince Alfred .are. still going* on.

September 27. Kent HugheSi is the new Director; of the, National B ank, vice the late J. Peacock.

; Efforts' are again being made„by the Mayor to stock the Torrens with eels. The Wallaroo kerosene! shale, shows a good per centage of oil; and is richer than r 'the Sydney, shale.

. The Government.motion for .railway extension is being debated. The corn market is. quiet; wheat, 4s 7d ; flour,,£lo to £11; the Berar is laid on for London, and will probably take cereals.

September 28. Several robberies have taken place in Adelaide lately---the burglars have escaped, arrest. The Bo man Catholics have established a monthly paper, to be called the “ Southern Cross.” i

There is no business doing. Corn market quiet, at last quotations.

BRISBANE. September 26. Mr Henry Buckley, Auditor-Gene-ral has resigned. Mr Mackenzie made his financial statement-—the debate is adjourned to Tuesday. September 27. The House has passed a vote of £I2OO for the reception of Prince Alfred.