AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume 1, Issue 8, 23 November 1872, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM LONDON IN 3 HOURS 10 MINUTES. THE NUKULAU MASSACRE. THE POPE SENDS A BENEDICTION BY TELEGRAM. [From New Zealand Press Association.] Hokitika, Wednesday, 2.45 p.m. MELBOURNE. Thursday, October 31. The Education Bill has passed the Assembly. The Council has postponed the second reading for a fortnight. A man named Watts shot by bushrangers near Beechworth. He has died of his wounds. Prince Saxe-Coburg is now in Melbourne, and will proceed up country kangarooing. Henry Pyke, well known in sporting circles as a gentleman rider, has committed suicide. The National Agricultural Show is a great success. A message has been received in Melbourne from London in three hours ten minutes. Scott, the manager of the branch of the National Bank, has been arrested for embezzlement. The Theatre Royal is rapidly approaching completion. The cup race is still exciting attention, and Dagworth still firm as first favorite. Little else is being backed. New Zealand wheat, 7s. 6d. Oats, very firm ; feed, 3s. 4d. Tookeys, paid, wanted at £4 18s. new, buyers, £3 10s. ; can be had for £3 15s. SYDNEY. The Anglican Synod has closed its sittings and has appointed an appellate tribunal. The Governor will preside at a banquet on the 7th inst. to celebrate the opening of the telegraph to England. £2,000 is to be spent on an Australian annexe at the Vienna Exhibition. The Nukulau massacre case further adjourned. The Popo has sent a benediction to the clergy of Australia by telegram. An Imperial despatch has been received, announcing that England retains jurisdiction over British subjects in Fiji. A protectorate is thought probable.