ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4595, 11 December 1875, Page 2

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Invercargill, Friday. The following items were brought by the Taiaroa from Hobart Town : CABLE NEWS. London, November 29. The Brindisi mails have been delivered. A collision has occurred between the Somerset, bound for Sydney, and the Cutty Sark. The latter vessel was compelled to return to dock. INTERCOLONIAL. Melbourne, November 30. In the Assembly a Supply Bill for £380,000 has been introduced. The debates are very personal. The Opposition threaten to delay business until a dissolution is granted. Mr. Mason, M.L.A., has brought an action for libel against the Age newspaper. Five French Communists were found in a destitute condition on the coast of Queensland, being twelve days at sea. Adelaide, November 30. Wheat is duller, and buyers are indisposed to operate until prices are down to Is. 6d. 50,000 (bushels of new wheat were offered at 4s. lOd. and declined. Brisbane, November 29. A man named Patrick McMahon stabbed his ■wife and a solicitor named Bray. The former is not expected to live. McMahon stated that he intended to murder both for consulting together. Sydney, November 30. The estimates are to be laid on the table to-morrow, and the financial statement will be made next week. It is rumored that the Government intend making proposals in favor of railway extension. Nineteen hundred packages of tea, ex Cito, were sold at auction, fetching from Is. 9d. to 2s. 2d. for finest Congous. A quantity of low yellow stars brought from £27 to £29 10s.