INTERCOLONIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1344, 6 December 1870, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL.

By the Tarania we. hare Australian dates to the 29th ult. :±+ . A French ( ironclad war steamer — -the Belliqueuse, Captain D'Arries— arrived at Melbourne to coal' on the 28th ult. The following day the Mayor paid hia respectsi to her commander, and was graciously received on board. The Belliqueuse,-- being — bound — for- —NewCaledonia, will take away with her about 250 tons of coal. (: Fiji advices to the 9fch ult. report that the Earl of Pembroke's yacht Albatross was wrecked on the passage from Samoa. The vessel struck on a reef, and then drifted over and sank in deep water. The earl .and rcrew, escaped with the loss of all their personal effects, and a valuable collection which had been made during the cruise. ' They would proceed to Auckland by the first steamer. / _ Ajbili to legalise marriage with a deceas.ed"wife"B~siß6or haa been read a second time, and passed through committee of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria. . ' .• A prize bullock at Coleraine Pastoral Show, purchased for £L 6, when cleaned and stripped of all superfluous fat, turned ?fcher*cale at 1'4501b. ' L -■ • ' ''. ■ Herr Bandraann disappeared suddenly' from Melbourne, jHe wrote to. tlie threatical manager with whom he was engaged, stating thatvhe was Unable to continue his engagement7]and that he had gone off to the Murray. Two days later his wife sailed for Sydney, where he was to join her. It is understood that the report. of the Military Boards' on Capt. Fitzgerald's " Annihilator", is to the effect that it is not suitable for the colony. • The ' navvies on the North-eastern railway have struck for an advance of wages to 7s per. day. The' contractors decline to accede, and a body of policemen have been dispatched from Melbourne to prevent any disturbance. Shareholdefsr representing two-fifths of the* Australian ; Insurance Company, have signed a requisition requesting the, directors to wind-up the fire and marine branches, or eise,ama,lgama ; te with another. company. " ' ' '\.' .. „. Bather a curious casei has justcome oefore the Equity Court. A squatter named Swan 1 married a daughter' of the sister of his deceased wife, and died without- making a will. The wife claims iia estate by virtue of the marriage, which; the other relatives of the deceased iesist, on the ground that the marriage is illegal: Judgment has not been gi Vel1 ' , - . -' ; '.■ \;\ . :

Four young larrikins, recently senfenced for assault, received floggings at the gaol on the 28th ultimo. They were all severely punished. At a meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank, a series of questions were adopted, to be presented to the directors and manager, demanding answers, with the view of submitting the same .to an adjourned meeting. The Argus recommends the election of an, entirely new Board, and the appointment of a committee to. institute a thorough investigation of the Bank's position; Nimblefoot, the winner of the Melbourne cup, was sold at auction, realising: the handsome sum of six hundred and fifty guineas. :: : '. ' : ' At Sydney, Henry Kendall, the poet", has been committed for uttering; a forged cheque. It is believed- that ' he is insane., : ! : ; Intelligence has been received from Adelaide of rich discoveries /having been "made in the' Barossa cement, and a rush has set in. ■ • :<; ■.:;, •-.:,._. The New South Wales Assembly has adopted a motion against • the Government for reducing-the upset price of land. It is reported that the G-overnment Jias ordered from England—a— rsuppiy or Martini-Henry jifles and batteries of artillery sufficien t to resist an ironclad. A destructive fire has occurred at Prospect village, near Launceßton. Two large salmon trout have been caught in the river Plenty. ■■..-.., Supple was again put on his trial for shooting at and wounding G-eorge Paton Smith, with intent to kill him— -the' charge oh which the jury empannelled at the October sitfcngs could not agree. Prisoner, who. defended himself, recorded a plea of not guilty, and that he had been already tried and convicted for the offence. He addressed the jury at considerable length, urging the latter part of the plea. He was found guilty, and the plea raised was reserved. Sentence had not been passed. : ■■■-■■

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