NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 1201, 25 January 1870, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, Jan. 11. Pinal arrangements have been completed to establish a line of steamers running between Sydney and San Francisco, calling at New Zealand. The Bangatira and the Balclutha, the two fastest goiner vessels in the A.S.N. Company's fleet, have been chartered. The "Rangatira opens the line, sailing from Sydney on the Ist of March. Mr H. H. Hall, IIS. Consul, agent for the Californian mail route company, is likely to receive a small subsidy from the Government. "Wool sales firm. Defalcations have been discovered in the Sydney Corporation accounts. Bourbon sugars. — Low to medium counters sold at £33 to £35. Jan* 15. An interesting question of constitu- | tional law has been raised with reference i to the issue of the writ for the re-election of Mr Cowper. It is contended that the Speaker, and not the Governor, is entitled to issue the writ upon a resignation before the . assembling of Parliament. The wheat harvest in the western district is the largest ever gathered. The Chamber of Commerce is urging the Government to reduce the telegraph | charges, and point to the success of a I cheap tariff in the other colonies as an argument in their favor. Jan. 17. James Calder. formerly a bank clerk, has been remanded on a charge of being an accomplice in the fraud on the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank, for which Greig and Salisbury have been committed for trial. Martin Long haa been remanded on a charge of murdering a man, named Mulcahv, at the Pish "River. ' The annual meeting of the Chamber ot Commerce was held to-day. The report speaks favorably of the results of the intercolonial conference. Jan. 18. The eclipse of the moon was distinctly seen last night. Gale's balloon burst this afternoon just as he was about to make another ascent. Mr Robertson resigned his seat in the Executive Council to-day. The Protestant political alliance intend petitioning against five members of the Assembly. The curator of the museum reports that Mr Porster, Minister of Lands, has discovered a most important addition to natural history, viz., a horny-toothed ceratodus, three feet long. # t Dr O'Brien, a prominent citizen, and a physician of good standing, died to-day, Arrived— Lizzie Eosa, from San Francisco, with 500 tons of flour.