AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 252, 23 October 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

•'■"■'••'- ■*"",'.„' 4 'j iiokixiKAjs October' 23. l The Rangitoto' arrived "'this "morning, having., left Melbourne on the 17th instant. vr , j MELBOURNE. .October. J7..-r-In the Assembly, the Education-:-Biliis'in 'Committee 1 Bills" have : beWiritrodif- i bed providing for inebriates being" tafeeff charge " of,; and ■; for ( thje^bolitipn.-of impri^gnmeiif>fpK\ debt. '"J , * _' \\ t ' ,__ .. r . -_ It : is-' expected thß^aVliament'WUt'alljpuJrn in". November. "" : "■'" lJ '' r>u ::■-•"■••-' Tbß ;Hobso'n*s Bay • Uailway ■ will 'probably 'be purchased by the. Government as a central'i Btation ; fqF; the: various :G-pveriinient lines;: i r .rr' There has been much l carping. at tlieappoint-: ments in,,..the,Yictorian.navy i ,.but j np. results, haye ensued^ .; \\-' ".^'^ !,■'"[,^"^ '■': '">\\''>vtv\ ' •■' Two bushrangfirß;Stuckiup t^e..Postoffice.iiear: ; Beech worth, aiid a 'p'ublic-h'duß'e,,' % t]b!e l 'lan i 3lpsdiJojf'; which., a man named -W<atts«. t t|iey;^bxin^^,sp'' dangerously that there 1 is" 'littie hopeofaisre^.cov.ery.,. .They, al,so sh,ot another T tnaii» -? -, r * ; Wbdl •maintains '; fall" rate's. •"'" JFlwif j£U" J'Os .HS { . £15; wheaif7B/'lj6V; 3000 : loiisbkU 'of *M\f . Zea-" 1 land have:beeQplaced'a"t- 68. : M!{ Wats, Vic'fofian,^ 38. 3Jd. to 3s. 4Jd. There hay r been ittfiWof' sugars, market quiet». ! = \ a';:;U .:■' Newsfrom'Fiji states [that a petition was being^ largely signed" by -the , residents - lor, the/ removal of the British Consul." r '•" r< ' '' L ''' " . The Newcastle colliers have raised. tlie r price of,, coals- one 'shilling p^r ;tpn.. ;,, ' ' !r: " . r ' " ' " J \ >f ,| The high; price. oJF'm'eat 'has coipjjeUeil the,Sy^, hey 1 MeKt ; Preserving :; Gompaiiy '*& 'suspend. 6i)eratipnsi''^{'^L:-.: : - -- r " '- : ; !S ';^' 'v ■ ) ' >:il The hon.^-Mr. peeks' of .'jtbe IJpp^r jßLouse rt is;, dangerous'y ill. •' "-■ Li ' r ' / --' i ' : " A '■'' •'''■"■*•■'-•''*■ --' '■ Arjivedi":; Alexandra, from Auckland. Sailed 'j;' H.M.S. Clio, lor Auckland. ■ ; j NEWCASTLE. f r J Arrived* : 'Havershandf,- from Wellingtod.^Sailed : Cyprus and Silas Fish, for Wellington. ■:■'- <■•">.'■■;'■ ! ■■AfiELAISB:' "" -^ "*'•''■■■• '•■•' li The Government exploring nekpedition<- to ■ the westward is returning knocked up. , . .-^, \ The Eeamen's 'strike continues, '" ' '' *" ' discoveries of copper have ,been ,made on Yorlc') EeniasuM J/T •*» )i' ! }i) ? l. K ; In^the' AsseinbTy" the second reading of the South Eastern BailjWay.BiU.has been parried.:^. =•• -> Fl6ur;' £'13 V wheat, 11, 666 busHeis nave been" sold at 5s 6d. Country -flour,- free on board, £11 12s 6d.