AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 86, 9 April 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

-.y y ■[■::■■■■: SYDNEY.; -,>'■ '.';,--■:'..•■■■. April 2.— The result^pf the Intercolonial gig. race caused! great astohiflhment, ' and a large amount of : money, chwged handsj \ v ■

The steamer Vesta lias, been wrecked off the bar of the Rich'mo-d river. ; .Taylor ;has, been"'', committed for trial at ... Tambarobra for' murdering Bennett. V The Assembly has voted £50,000 for Immi* ; ; gration purposes. | V The Half-million four per cent. Loan Bill has been read the first time in the Assembly. Sugars are easier. Tin ore advanced 30s. per ton. Breadstuff's firmer. ... , A fire occurred, in- Hunter-street, Newcastle, : when four shops were destroyed and four - others'" hrjured. The property was insured. ADELAIDE. Another Port Darwin Goldmining Company is floated. Captain Brocklesby and the seamen supposed to be lost in the scrub, were found on Bowman's station. A gold leader has been found on the Barossa diggings forty feet deep. A farm at Gawlor yielded forty bushels to th acre. Great excitement is caused about the Yam Creek goldmines. . Roberts, the actor, died from inflammation of the kidneys. The English and Scottish Bank has arranged to open a branch at Port Darwin. Two men, named Hane and May hard, hive been drowned at Port Wakefield. Wheat has sold at ss; country flour, £11 10s. Three thousand cases of kerosine sold at 2§d to 2-Jd. ' .• - MELBOURNE. April 7.— Flour, £13 5s to £13 10s; wheat, 5s 8d to 5s 9d; oats, 3s 7d to 3s 9d. A portion of a cargo of Mauritius sugar at auction sold at £36 ior yellow crystals, £38 9s for fine soft, £40 for medium white crystals. Deyqe's oil, ls 9d. The. Bangalore took 56,728 ounces gold and £14,350 in specie ; also four race horses, including : Quack. : ; Up to the 3rd of April the cable was in repair, but no messages were transmitted. ' Between thirty and forty students have matriculated at the Melbourne University, r. . The naval review that was to take place on Easter Monday has been deferred int consequence, of the prevalence of scarlet fever in the training ship Nelson. The intercolonial Gig-.rjice was. won by Mel-, bourne, Ballarat City second. Sir George Bowen landed on the 31st March. Two salutes of seventeen guns were fired from. ,the Nelson. There . were , several thousandspectators and the Governor was heartily cheered j along the route to the Treasury. The Victorian Artillery Corps furnished the Guard of Honor under Captain Stubbs. Cartain Ray read the Commission, and the oaths of allegiance were taken before tbe Acting : Chief Justice. Addresses were read and replied to from the corporation of Melbourne. Lady Bowen and daughters occupied the balcony during the proceedings. The spectacle was splendid. The Vice-Regal- party then drove to sToorak, escorted by the Light Horse. , ' Mr Sumner has been elected to the Legislative Council for the central province. A woman named Smith has been brutally murdered by a Frenchman named Barbier, at Kangaroo flat, Sandhurst. Reidy of Geelong has teen drowned by the upsetting of a boat. The completion of the first locomotive at Ballarat was celebrated by great rejoicings. The Little River Meat Compainy, since January, have preserved 7 6,0621b5. meat. • In the betting on the A.J.C. Ledger, loup Garou is the favorite at 5 to 1 against Commodore, Patriarch, and Blue Peter. For the Gold Cup Dagworth is the favorite.