AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 234, 1 October 1872, Page 2

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MELBOURNE, September 5. The Mining on Private Property- Bill has been r end the second lime and committed. , > . Tn the Assembly the Education Bill is under discussion and is opposed by the Catholics strongly j but will probably pass. Theexodusto the northern goldfields continues. Weechurch, the convict, has bet>n convicted of a murderous assault on Inspector Duncan. Marr. Caret O'Donoghue, the murderess ot the woman Rorke, has been sentenced to death, but probably both will be 'commuted. . The Great Britain and Northumberland have' arrived 54 and 52 days out respectively, .time for. time; arid distance six hours in favor of the former. A Mr. Jones, of Dunedin, has purchased the , mare Ada in: England for £110. The race horse Javelin was sold in Sydney to a .New Zealand purchaser. Flour £15 to £15 i Os"; wheat, Victorian, 6s 4d. to 6s. 6d. ; New Zealand, Ss^ VOS. "offeree^ but refused; oats, New Zea>and,-3s. ! 'l^'d.to 3s. 3|d. Sugars slightly easier. ' '-■> "' ; Tookey's, paid placed at £&; new issue, 535. to 555. ■' ' ■ ' ■'■ ■ - . ~, ; - SYDNEY. ■ - ••" ■"■;•... The A. S. N. Company propose to 'tender for the CaHfornian Mail- Contract. . A portion of theshareholders stroDgly oppose the proposition. ■ . The American, war steamer : Narragansett ■ has arrived, and remains a raonthv Three whales have- been caught in Twofold " Bay. . ; The markets are quiet i * Pig iron i 3 held for advance.,: •:. •'.-'• " •■ ; : ADELAIDE. The Treasurer's estimate shows a surplus of £33,000 over the appropriation. Captain Hughes has promised a. donation of £20,000 to the Univerfity. News has arrived of several , quartz claims having been taken tip at i Port Darwin. The cable is still inoperative. Wheat 5s 6d. ..... The Dione • from Mauritius, with dates to August 19, reports an advance of fifteen cents.