INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1138, 29 September 1869, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, September 14. A change in the personnsl of the Ministry ia rumored, and Mr Egan is expected to resign the office of Post-master-General. Deloitte and Clark have been committed by the G-oulbarn Bench for trial on a charge of manslaughter, in causing the death of a man named Hartneady during a quarrel over the impounding of some cattle. Rutherford, the bushranger, has died of the wounds inflicted by himself whilst struggling with the landlord of the publichouse he attempted to rob last week, near Dubbo. Seventy-eight diamonds have been found by the Australian Company during the last fortnight. September 15. The French war steamer Caledonienne had her dec£s swept during the late gale, and one gun was washed overboard. The case against M'Kinlay aud his alleged confederates has closed, and the Bench has committed them for trial on a charge of conspiracy. Maize is a penny higher. Sales of Liverpool salt have been made at £3. Counter sugars are very scarce. Trade generally is quiet. September 16. Mr Colquhoun, surveyer, has been arrested at Maryborough on a charge of murdering an aborigine. The directors of the Australian Steam Navigation Company have presented Captain Grainger with a silver trumpet and a purse containing £100, as an acknowledgement of their appreciation of his bravery in saving the Balclutha. The Company have also given £200 to be divided amongst the crew. Maize is firm at 4s 3d to 4s 4d. The town millers have advanced, their quota. tions of flour to £16 10s. September 17. Mr Krefft, the curator of the Museum, and Professor Thomson, in exploring the Wellington caves, have discovered the remains of extinct animals hitherto unknown to science. Captain Shaw has been remanded on a charge of feloniously burning the Snowbird, a vessel belonging to the M'Kinlays. Strong circumstantial evidence has been •dduced. M'Kinlay has been committed for. trial on a charge of fraudulent insolvency. Several failures have taken place amongst retail drapers.

3 Messrs H. Fisher and Sons, merchants, p hnve met their creditors. Their lia» 3 bilities amount to £17,000. a September 18. [ Power, the bushranger, appeared near b G-andagai, and robbed Ledwidge's store. The proprieter immediately went for assistance, and during hia absence the . bushranger frightfully ill-treated Mrs Ledwidge, who resisted him, aud in the scuffle Power's gun went off, cutting off a part of Mrs Ledwidge's ear. The robber then decamped, leaving hia horae. The . police are in pursuit. « An extraordinary hailstorm occurred r this afternoon. Some of the hail and ! pieces of ice were as large as pigeons' eggs, i A number of windows were broken by the I violence of the storm, and fruit-trees , suffered serious injury. l The upward tendency in the market for ■ breadstuff* has beeu checked, and quota- ; tions for dour range from £16 to £17 j , wheat is 7s. to 7s. 3d. Stocks are considered equal to three months' consumption. September 20. A new quartz reef is reported at Little River, yielding some very rich stone. The building known as the Clubchambers at Maitland were burned down yesterday. Tba Commercial Bank was > only saved by a fortunate change in the » wind. The Agricultural Society offer 55 . guineas for the beat essay on water > storage for station purposes. [ A bushranger, whose name has not yet l been ascertained, has shot a constable i, near Cassilis. The Siwa has arrived from California, [ with 400 tons of flour. She reports the > Faraway loading for Sydney with 600 tons. The markets on July 23 were firm. ; Shipments of new wheat were preceeding ; r quotations were 1.70d01. Flour, 450d01. , to 4.90. : September 21. . A block of quartz, weighing 721 b. t 1 found at the Little Jbtiver, has yielded , £1.300 worth of gold. The ship Ann Duthie, from London, t has arrived, after encountering very heavy d weather, during which two men were i washed overboard. I September 22. > M'Kinlay, the storekeeper, whose t affairs have been promiuently before the i public during the last month, has been 1 remanded for a week on a charge of l insanity. i« —————