AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 5, 6 January 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Meleoukne, December 30. A bar quet is to he given to Viscount Canterbury early in Febmary. McCullocs asiumes the Agent-GeneraTship temporarily. The Bendigo goldmine robbers are committed for tr;al. Judge Rogers has resigned. The ltoman CHtholics decline State aid under the new Education Act. They propose placing all their schools in the bands of Sisters of Mercy. The brothers Govnn, for the tallow fraud, have been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. The quarter's yield of go?d is 324,000 ounces Victoria was beaten iv the inte* colonial cricket match. Business is unsettled owing to the holidays

and quotations »fe nominal. There is a demand for wheat for thiptneut. Sydnbt, December 30.— The colony will be represented at the London Exhibition. The Grand Stand at the "Wallsend racecourse has fallen in. Four wheat vessels are on the berth for london. . Large orders for coal ha\e beeh 1 received from the East. It is expected that Hall's tender for the mail -service will be, accepted. Brisbane, December 30 —Mr Bramston, the Attorney-General is engaged to be married to a niece of Lord Normanby. Adelaide, December 30. — Samples of malleable copper will be sent to the London Exhibition. The first wheat-laden vessel sails for London this week. Wheat is offering freely at 4a sd. Ie is, expected that the harvest wiJl average from twelve to sixteen bushels per acre, which will give over eight million bushels for exportation. Miss Kichman, the fiancee of Sir James "Fcrgusson, has laid the stone of an Anglican church. Extensive beds of petroleum have been discovered. Hobakton, December 30 — Farl Kimberly agrees to the reduction of the Governor's salary to £500. A deficit of ,£71,000 is anticipated for next year.