AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 277, 21 November 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

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The Victorian Rifle Association matches commence "fco^3|tjk Entries very numerous. Weather /splendid ic^lshootinp. . .*. ,«<*, f 'uths irunjpred. that Mr Fellows ivpfanfottnecp |th^iGoyerrimen|!that he accepts the §u4geshi|| jl I^Parliameht^ill not be proroguedlunjjil, the^njp, b'f^Decembefj'befi.re which time a^cofhsion between the two Houses is imminent. Arrivals from New Zealand Ports : Mnrv Cummirig and Waratah from Dunedin; Aborigine •end Albion from. Hokitika, Moairpm- Hokianga. The " Official*- in Parliament Act 1 ' ■; is being amended, to enable the Government to confer the appointment of Agent-General on one of the Ministers, probably on rMr. LaDgton. ;--> The "Council' ■will')' without doubt, reject the 1 Government Bill. . The Victorian Government; have, offered Torii | Kimberley to undertake the whole respobgibility of the mail. service, betwen Melbourne and Galle. He replies by telegraph that he must first know ' the feeling; of all;the," colonies. ■:,<•; ;>t •' '■ r ,,T'he Polynesian Company's agitation for the Government to assume the protectorate of Fiji has 'little chance of success ' There is strong antagonism between the Melbourne; and r Sydney Governments re the border duties. A settlemeritls further off. tliaa ever. - The antecedents of hit George 1 Bowen are com- • 'mented upon favorably by the press •' ' ■ The settlement on the races; was '.satisfactory. ' Lieutenant Sand3 r , for grounding the Victoria,;' has been censuredand loses a month's pay. Lieutenant Panter was censured only ■ • ■ ■ A large pperm whale has i 'been 1 harpooned in .Hobson's Bay. '.' • ■:. r y-.-; ,'i'i The International -Exhibition is crowded withexhibits. There is a large attendance'daiiy. . Latest Wool Sales :,, Greasy lOd to Is 3d, scoured ls'9£d, to 2s 6%\, fleece Is 7dto 2s 2jii, lamb's Is 9£d to 2s 3d. The Boston fire, and new French duties have tended to 'considerably raise the market.'. •■' ■: ■' '■'.'■■ ; .l s'^ V . . Sa'es of flpar have been made afc £19. to, £19 iOs; wheat, 7s to Bs. Sugars steady, sales "' light. Some speculation in tobaccos. ■ ' . SYDNEY. -_ , :'•-;•, . „ November 14. — Three boys have been cora,--rnitted for trial' for' the murder of a man near Grcenfell. .,,. , In the weights for tfce Tattersali Cup, Duke heads the list at' Bst.4lbs. • "'. The border customs duties for three months reached nearly £22.000. The Sydney champion crew won the boat ; race, river crew second. ' fc .The, Newspaper Postage' Repeal Bill has been, read the first time. . . • Ten months' L revenue * from mineral leases amounts to £129,000. .Two transports, with 1250 Communist prisoners have arrived at New Caledonia. ' „ The latest wool sales were dull, and the bulk of that offered was withdrawn. . , ' ADELAIDE The Omeo has' arrived with" the:' Telegraph Construction party on board. The "Larrikins', Whipping . Bill "' has been read the second time. . ; The session will be closed next week in OTder to enable Sir James Fergu'pson. to visit England before proceeding to New- Zealand. The Chief Justice will be acting Governor pending the arrival ot Sir George Bowen. '■ ■ The Consolidated Loan Bill will not- be pro-: ceeded: with until the English. money;, market is easier and the Victorian scheme has been tried. ; Two, thousand, bushels of .wheat have been sold at 6s 3d. Hour quiet. - . .;.>■• POET DARWIV. One hnndred: ounces/of gold from, Westcott's reef are in transilu to Adelaide. Jl. „ jFifty r ininers return, to Victoria in the Strathmore. ' Great distress is likely to prevail owing to the: scarcity, of provisions .'.