NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 1226, 22 March 1870, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, March 6th. Heavy rains and floods are reported from tbe interior. Mr Robertson has been returned for West Sydney. The debate on the Budget has terminated, the Government having a majority of 16. The Treasurer said the ad valorem duties would not be abolished unless the Stamp Act was passed. ; : a-? Herr Bandmann w drawing, good houses. :- 1 h* The Randwick race meeting begins joit the 23rd April a*' t # The steamer Trio has been wrecked jw^ Seal Rock Bay. The crew were saved; • ~ The Jean Pierre and Miako have arrived from San Francisco, with?cargoes of flour, the latter bringing 600 tons. The latest intelligence states that wheat has advanced to 1 d 01.70 cents, and flour

to 5 dols. No more vessels were loading at San Francisco for the colonies. Messrs Hamburger Brothers, agent* in New South Wales for the Suez Canal Company, have received intelligence that the Messageries Imperiales are about to run steamers to Australia, Sydney being the terminus of the proposed line ; and that they will probably submit proposals to the Colonial Governments for the carriage of the mails, &c. March 7th. The liberation of Vane, a bushranger of Gardiner's gang, before the expiration of his sentence, has caused a good deal of dissatisfaction. The schooner Flying Fish and the ketch Isle of Thanet have both gone ashore at Port Stephens. The crews got off in safety. The schooner Amherst and the brig Drover have returned to Newcastle, owing to the heavy weather, and with the loss of some of their sails. March Bth. A mysterious murder has been commmitted at Casino, a small township in the Clarence district. It appears that on last Tuesday, the deceased, Colin I Campbell, who had been drinking at the house of one Palmer, \vas discovered lying on the ground in front of Palmer's dwelling with a gash under the right ear, from which he quickly expired. The .jpoijee magistrate of the district was amongst the persons on the spot who 'discovered the deceased, and it is said cries of " murder " were heard immediately before the discovery of the body. A magisterial inquiry into the cause of death commenced three days ago, and is I still sitting. On Saturday the police applied to have the police magistrate and Palmer arrested, which has been done- 1 and they await in custody the result of j the inquiry. j ,A well-known auctioneer and land agent is missing from his usual place of business. 'The weather continues unsettled, and the heavy floods in the western rivers are certain to cause an unusual rise in the Darling. ' -A man named Wakefield stabbed a shepherd named Harry, near MudgeeJ^eath was instantaneous.' The murderer has .been arrested. fjc.H.M;S.S. Blanche has been ordered to -proceed to Prince of Wales Island, for The i purpose of investigating the Sperway 'massacre, and to ascertain the truth or otherwise of the report that the captain's son is still on the island with the blacks. A youag woman named Catherine Hodgkins, a servant girl, has been committed for trial on a charge of wilfally murdering her infant child, which was found in a closet. March 9th. The JSmpire, in a leader this morning, strongly opposes the Divorce Bill now before Parliament. • A man named Wakefield has been arrested for the murder of his mate on a station in the Castlereigh district. The murder was committed with a pair of shears, and is said to have been perpetrated under circumstances of great atrocity. '-- The weather lately has been unusually severe, and yesterday a westerly gale blew all night. A heavy sea almost swamped the steamer Eagle whilst entering the Heads from New Caledonia. March 10th. . In the Legislative Assembly last night a portion of the Supplementary Estimates was passed. The discussion of the remaining Estimates is being continued to-day. : The rain, which for several days has been very heavy, now shows signs of ceasing. The Hunter Biver, in consequence of the late rains, has risen 24ft. It is now receding. Wool sales firm. March llth. t.,Tn the Legislative Assembly the votes in the Supplementary Estimates shave nearly all passed. The House is mow in'commitee on the Divorce Bill. .' j The flood in the Hunter has destroyed the newly-erected flood-gates, and ' inundated the vicinity of Wallis Creek, j The Hunter, has risen 32ft. The maize crop is greatly damaged. The embankment at the Horseshoe Bend, Maitland, has been swept away. The river rushed in furiously, submerging the houses, and causing terrible destruction to property. Business is entirely suspended. Mr Warden, chief steward of the steamer Ballina, has been drowned at Grafton. Mr Brpderick, a clerk of works at Cockatoo, has been appointed inspector of machinery, vice Mr Dalgleish, deceased. The Government have handed over the Public Library to nine tru-tees. b The schooner Janet Dixon, coal laden and Ibound for this port, has foundered to th^B : nprth of Broken Bay. The crew are saved. The barque Icon, from Melbourne, has been wrecked at Rarotonga, in the South Seas. Mr Brown, a passenger, chartered a small vessel, and proceeded to Maiden Island. The schooner Crest of the Wave is reported tohave been wrecked at Fiji.