AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 315, 22 September 1874, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Peb Heeo.) ;, : . ; ,, Stdhet, September 15. The City of Adelaide will call at Levuka [..th'strip with the outward San Francisco mail in yrder to take home the Governor's ultunttum on ihe annexation of Fiji. The Victoria sails for Auckland to-mor-row, ■ -„-. 'The' Governor sailed for Fiji on Saturday Hfighr, accompanied by Messrs De Robeck and Hutchinson, the Attorney-General, as legal adviser, and the German Consul Lahe. -^^Jair^focDujiedin, left Foochow in fhVeb-^oi July with 196;000 pounds of tea. The Government have determined to carry

on the San Francisco service, on their own responsibility if necessary. No Acting- Governor has been appointed by Sir H. Robinson.

May Howard, the actress, is drawing immense houses. in Sydney. Theinterco onial gig race has lost much of its interest by the illness of Henderson, one of the Victorian crew, formerly of Auckland,^ whicb has compelled an emergency man 't6 take his place. A miner named Dae re has been found murdered near Braid wood;

At the Randwick races, the Free Handicap was won by Conqueror; the Crown Plate by Maid of Avenel; the President's Handicap Joy Fitz-Yat'endon; the Mares' Produce Stakes by Kingsborough; the Sydney Handicay by Garry Owen; the Members' Handicap by Llama; the Waverley Handicap by Maid of Avenel; tbe Steeplechase by Duffer; the Randwick Plate by Dagworth; the Forced Handicap: was a dead heat between Westminster and Stirling. Melbourne, September 14. At the drawing, for the Ballarat Art Union the first prize, valued at £2000, was won by John Hannon, a farmer residing at Mount Blowhard, and the second prize of £750 by Bray, a draper at Geelong. During the discussion in the Assembly on the claims of deceased civil servants, the Government recognised the desirableness pt establishing a life assurance oflice in connection with the civil service. The Estimates are being proceeded with. The body of a young woman, name unknown, has been found in the Yarra, A roan named Goodman has shot himself near Elphinstone. Yarravilla Bugars have realised full prices for best, but show a decline of 20s on the lower sorts. Three little boys made an unsuccessful attempt to throw the tram off the suburban line. The brig Alice Maud, from Greymouth, has heen wrecked between Cape Barren and Babel Island. The crew and five passengers were p ; cked up by the steamer Southern Cross, and brought on here. A demand has sprung up for currants, and sales have been effected at 9jd ; maize in smaU parcels, ss. A deputation has been appointed to wait on the Government in reference to the establishment of a labor bureau. In the Herald libel case, the judge declined to certify for costs. Tasmania, September 15. The stoppage of three more firms is announced, namely, Sadler and C 0.,. Messrs White, Wills, and Co., and Messrs Dowie and Woodgate.

The Legislative Council have rejected, by the Mersey and Delorain railway, and the a majority of one, the Government bills re main branch reads and bridges, and other public works. Much indignation is expressed. South Australia, September 15. The increase of imports shows an excess over, the exports for the first ■ thirty-five weeks of the year of nearly three-quarters of a million. The Legislative Council have rejected the Bill to increase the salaries of tha clerks of the Assembly beyond those of the Council. The second reading of the ixical Courts Bill is carried. The Bill extends the jurisdiction of the Courts to actions involving sums to the amount of £500, and embodies other features of the Supreme Court law administration. John Wright Anderson, a clerk of tbe National Bank, has pleaded guilty to the embezzling of £100, the property of the Bank. Sentence is deferred.