AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 82, 4 April 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

'^MELBOURNE. y'*-.Marbh,v3'l. — SirGedrge Bowen arrived *#f ; g y^-f^» a P^ '^QbixkeA -f° r "Victoria. \Mm Jstfenmer 'for MelbqijrflV is now wind boun<| jm yTwofofdiJßay. ''^hejpfoceedings of the Teceptibft 'arranged for this day are cancelled. He is ex--1 pecied to arrive on Monday morning, and will be -sworn in. the same.day. ..:...: Chief Justice btawell left by the Somersetshire, andvMr Barry is l^mihistering , the''G(Qverjan%nt. Ministers' are preparing measures for the session. : The House will meet about the middle of May. i( .-.;•,..-..„.■ • | Mr Prancis Will do nothing with regard to the; Califomian Mail Service, to New. Zealand "until j the Ministerial arrangements there are-settled, i The importation of-eheep, cattle, and pigs, is! prohibiten for two years. , ..., „ . j - There is a 'prospect cf Sir G. JDxiiTy coinihg^to j the front again. *---' **•-- ; - -.'"-*.•* v ; -./ ■ Fellows' outrageous sentences will be received* by Parliament (?). j*;: ' The Gbld.yield is steadily on the increase. > j The Government have received a telegram from ! Earl Kimberley* stating that a Bill 1 will' be intrfc- 1 duced ti) allow the Australian colonies to make I fiscal treaties with each other. ..., " A grand volunteer naval and 'military display : is projected at Easter. " ! At the Intercolonial boat race 'to- day, there will \ be competitors from Sydney, f Melbourne! and! Tasmania. -Sydney is certain to» win.. ; :; o ;r .*";« ';! A large number of cattle have' been poisoned] by a plant called lobelia; ■ ■•• • ■'■ 1 - i