AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 197, 16 August 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, August 9. — The Grand Roman Catholic jubilee will take place on the twentyflith anniversary of Bishop Goold's episcopate. He will be presented with a gold watch and a carriage and pair ot horses. The Assembly have rf j°cted the proposal for a free English message for the Press. . Mrs I aly, widow of a Police Magistrate, has been arrested for concealment of birth. Another wool company is starting at Gulgong. The Bishop of Melbourne will permit mai riage with a deceased wife's sister. The second reading of the Permissive Bill ia before the House. The total of subscriptions in connection with the Rip disaster is £3,300 A large body of police have been sent to Stawell to preserve ordf-r between the jumpers and jumpe ■. Feveral assaults have taken place. Wallace, the negro who abused Mrs Cook, is to be hanged on the Ilth. Constable Power has gained damages against the Government for wrongful dismissal. A bill is before Parliament for the amalgamation of the Savings and Post Office Savings Banks. UNPUBLISHED AUSTRALIAN TELFORAMS Adelaide, August 9. Mr Downer, Commissioner of insolvency, has been appointed a Judge for the Northern territory at a salaray of per annum. Mr Reynolds has been offered the residentsbip, but his decision is not known. The crushing of the Princess Louisa claim in the Northern territory, is the richest ever seen. Sir George Bowen's economy is severely criticised by the press. The English cricketing team will arrive in December Mr Francis has telegraphed to Mr Yogel that he must settle the ttrms for a Suez mail before negotiating for a Californian subsidy. Sydney, August 9. Several murders are reported in the country districts. Parliament opens to-night. Great fiscal changes are proposed. The yield of gold has decreased by fifteen thousand ount es. The whaler Robert Towns has been lost. Adelaide, August 9. —An anti-immigration society has sprung up, and meetings are being held in the country districts. Wheat, 5s 9(1. At Hobart Town, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney Genpral, and the Treasurer h ave been returned unopposed. Fiji (via Sydney) — Cakobau has returned to levuka without cubduing the mountaineers. Another effort is being made to start a bank by the Government. They will give -ci twenty years' monopoly. New Caledonia (via Sydney) —Seven teen hundred more Communists have arrived. Sydney, August 9.— Rich tin ore has> been discovered at Cooma . Three men have been committed for* trial for flogeing an aboriginal. The well-known racehorse Lecturer lias been sold for six hundred guineas. Melbourne, August 9. — Mrs Df dy, charged with concealment of birth, has been remanded at Geelong.