AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 102, 14 December 1868, Page 299

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

: / Melbourne, November 26. Major WallACEi the Sheriff; of Balhas offered his services; to -fight in the- Maori war;if he.can;muster sufiicieiit follower sunder < his treoinmandi iThe Go vfernmdnt hast granted himleave'oiabsence;forl2:months.

- A great* demonstration;; by the Ca thblics; has; taken # place /to welcome Bishop-Gold’s the Avocal! :; ; In; the ten-mile : race ■; at W agga Wagga twelve; horses startedi’ Aus? tralian was - first tby a half length; Comet' second;/ Biveriria third.- Time; 23’miriUtes 35 seconds. u ? ;l!/ i

:£ v:C6urit Von Atten; a swindling char- ’ acter presiding in Sydney iwas, appre- ] to/swindlelai Bank; •:; Sellars, the pugilist, beatiCarstairs j Hope -steam {route; hasv, ;baen::‘iSsued> b 8 - pnSr. s fifthrtof whicb: is to, be ;? taken, by the *-O r /'.' *[' • -' .' - s h2«llu.'F

B^4oai;yS^^**:=e s si4‘iat.4^B:ax-oßi-.nixtoft..fe'-£ nefiteitpfrecoyeri'fromltheeffectsof and, P6stmaßtership hnve hof vetf-iaeaD r ;:;::: \b-,2 >i: -;. : •";>SyDNEX,.Np^mbe^6y//-; ;■ j Trade is quiet. i&bktzuiUh-.U"^Au. -«; The;; action!of itiieii Oriental Bank against the Government ,tbr the value of the gold stoleh- from- the bscortiby Gardiner, the bushranger, • is> now, [going: oh.'.- >.-? C-v / .V:?; -? The' present; Collector; of flGustoms hasobeen called upon: to; show -cause •why, he(Bhould not. resume his former position .in .another: [office iso ; as to admit of Mr Duncan’s reinstatement as Collector."'' . •