LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 222, 30 May 1873, Page 6

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

i Sydney, May, 12. ■'! The inquest on. the body- of Captain Longniuir, of the ship Rifleman; concluded ta-dav. The'raut'derer, Kjrauss, has been committed for trial; 1 The funeral of Captain Longiiiuir took place to-day, and was largely attended. I /The last four months' returns of the yield of gold shows a decrease of six thousand ounces on that of the previous four months. | Ex British Consul Caine) has ■*" been arrested here on a charge of embezzling £2,000 of Government moneys; at Hankow, and is' to be sent to England by the outgoing mail steamer. :■ Two men, for the Woragee murder; have been executed to-day, at Beechworth. Melboi7Bne, May 12. : A divorce case is proceeding—Villeneuve Smith, barrister, against wife and co-respondent Armstrong—On the ground of adultery. The case is unfinished. ; Tenders tor the New Zealand loan were opened at the Bank of New Zealand today. £342,000 were tendered for, but only £4,100 was accepted, at a minimum of £9O 10s. The report of the National Mutual Life Association of Australia shows an increase of £2,032 on the half-year's business. The first prize for designs for the new Law Courts has been awarded to' Mr. Alford Smith; and the second prize of £250 to Messrs Heed and Barnes: There not'be a review of troops oh the Queen's Birthday: Arrangements are being' made for? an Annual Conference of the Grand Officers of Friendly Societies. , The ten-mile race between Bird : aiid J

Sansom came off to-day ; the latter received a start of 500..■ yards.'- The race - was won by. Sansom. Bird pulled up lame after tlie 36th round. The Grand Champion Ploughing Mateo. will be held by the Ballarat Agricultural - Society on the Ist July next. The first • prize is £SO, and competition from all the-' < Colonies is invited. Adelaide. Mr. Daly telegraphs from Card well, saying that all the passengers and crew of the Springbok are well, but that JoW M'Donough died of dysentery. The vessel had bumped heavily on Maria Island, and it was expected that she would become a complete wreck. Then, whilst 7 crossing the Gulf, the Captain gave orders to put her on impossible courses, and was heading the ship towards the* reefs. Daly kept her off, assumed command on the ; 22nd February, and brought her to Somerset, where H.M.S. Basilisk met her. An inquiry which lasted three days was held, and the IVaval Court applauded ' Mi*. Daly's proceedings with a view to save the vessel. The ship left Somerset oft the 17 th of March, short of provisions, but soon after met two brigantines, which gave her potatoes and flour. The Young Australian has become a total wreck in the Boper. Two' men who started for the Boper Biver to inquire - concerning the Spring-, boki returned last night, and they report that forty inches of rain fell between -November aiid April. The crushing of half a ton of quartz, from the Lady Alice inine,'yielded ten ounces to the ton.