AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 283, 27 November 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

MELBOURNE. November 21 *■■ Mr. Fellows takes his seat on the Bench early in the ensuing year. Important discoveries of coal have been made in Gipps Land. ■ . '-„ Some larrikins have been tarred to death at Bfcninyqng. ;-; : „ „ ; At Ballarat a mother sold her, daughter to a Chinaman for a shilling to get beer with. At , jthe.Adelaide Telegraph Celebration banquet the : transmission of a message to" London and receiving a reply occupied two hours. The Scotch team won the International match. Wool; sales brisk. Two thousand seyen^hundred bales were ;S6ld-y£Bterdayy 3d to(,2s4jdt(?3;^a^d,ls^d>to v 2B^id;^.^4i- ; ii'';- :: ' • Flour dull; at £18. to,,£]8, JOs j,!New Zealandwheat, 6s sJdKdittooats, ; 3i3id, Tobaccos firm. '

SYDNEY. The captain and male of the brig Carl have been committed for trial for murder. Hickey and Russ are matched for the rowing championship. Three lads who committed rape on a servant girl, have beer\ sentenced to death. There is a slight decline in sugars. Speculation in cornsacks. Salt in active demand. The Customs revenue for the last quarter showed an increase of £90,000, The Meyer has arrived from California with 7000 bags of barley. H. M. S. Blanche has arrived. Lieut. Smith is dead. ADELAIDE. Mr. Todd is to have a bonus of £10,000. Oidium has appeared in the vineyards. Sixteen thousand bonds will be issued in- the colonies for the construction of the South-Eastern line. Wheat dull at 6s. The new crop is promising. Sales have been t fleeter), at ss. 3d. to be delivered in the middle of December. LATEST UNPUBLISHED. ' Melbourne, 21st November, 2 p.m. — The Cabinet is considering the question of arrest'ng Dr. Murray for atrocities committed on board the farl. Dr. Murray holds a pardon from the British Consul at Fiji. It is understood in select circles in Melbourne that Sir James Feigusson is about to marry Miss Davis, a niece of the Hon. W. Degrave, of the Legislative Council. The lady is highly accomplished. The marriage will probably take place before Sir James goes home. ■Adklaide, 21st November, 1 pm. — Sir James Fergusson leaves for England by the December mail, when Chief Justice Hanson will assume the Government. Sir James is due in New Zealand on the Ist March, but has obtained leave to the Ist May. Arrangements are being made for giving him a valedictory dinner.