INTERCOLONIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1538, 16 February 1872, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL.

By the arrival of the s.B. Codrong at Hokitika on the 12th inst., we are placed in possession of the following later intelligence, for which we are indebted to ■ the Otago Daily Times : — 1 Melbourne, Jan. 6th. The Wesleyan Conference has been sitfiag fifteen days. Mr Rose proposed \ a Conference of the New Zealand colonies, : which waa opposed by Mr Rigg, of Auck--1 land. Mr Buller, of the Thames, spoke 1 in favor of the motion, tvhich was carried. 1 Spiritism has been much canvassed. 1 Father Bleasdale denounced it as an imposition, and also blasphemy. * A girl named Pyne, sixteen years of age, has been committed for trial on a charge of infanticide. Williams, the prisoner who was discharged from gaol lately, is supposed to have got drunk, and gone on to the St. Kilda railway, and there been cut to pieces. Father Barry has left on a two years' leave of absence. He was feted at a dejeuner at Scott's Hotel. The Agatha States Company are doing good business at their concerts. Human remains, with clothes, believed to be relies of Leichardt, have been brought from eight hundred miles west of Brisbane. There is a great exodua of healthseekers to Tasmania. Austin, the absconding Secretary of the Alfred Hospital, has been apprehended, and remanded till the 9th. Hewitt and Bedford have been matched to run five miles for £100 a side, Bedford getting 300 yards' start. The race is to take place on the 16th March. The Intercolonial Boat Race resulted in New South Wales coining in first, and Tasmania second. At G-eelong one Cass was charged with stealing the wife and money of a man named M'Rae, of Sydney, bat was discharged. The Sussex salvagers have cleared nearly cent, per cent, upon their invest ment. The New Guinea expedition has set out. The National Bank Directors have agreed to accept the resignation of the manager, Mr Young, who receives a year's Salary by ■way of Bolatium. Mr Barber, Secretary of the Tacandandah Shire Council, has committed suicide by taking strychnine. The formation of a new institution, under the name of the Democratic Association, is rumored. Sailed. — Jocelyn, Magnet, Ceres, and Moa. Flour is at £12 10s to £12 15s. Grain is unaltered. Tookey's shares are depressed, and nc business ia doing ; sellers ask £11 10s. Latest dates from the Mauritius show holders to be firm. Sydney. A dissolution has been granted by the Governor, whose action has been gene- | rally deprecated by the press. The | Freeman's Journal refers to Earl Belmore under the title of " numskull." The border duties arrangement has fallen through. Mr Lange, a draper, has been fined £15 for an attempted evasion of the duty on ribbons. Excitement prevails regarding the elections. The Orange party are making preliminary arrangement to secure the return of candidates belonging to their party. The dissolution of Parliament has unhinged business. The markets are stagnant, and there is nothing doing. The ship Paramatta will load 700 tons of wheat for the English market. Adelaide. The telegraph line has been extended 1100 miles northwards, and 300 miles southward from Port Darwin. The remaining 400 miles it is proposed to perform by means of a horse express, and a number of horses have been sent to Port Darwin by the Orneo for the purpose. It will probably be some months before the line is completed, operations being delayed by the wet season. A shock of earthquake has been felt at Kapunda. Sailed. — Mary King, and Tararua. The corn market is firm, and large sales have been made at 5s 3d to 5s 3£d. Captain Hagley, of the s. s. Tararua, was seized with a fit on the eve of his departure for the Northern Territory, and has since died. His wife arrived two hours previous to his decease. Mr Fiveash, an old colonist, has died. A caucus meeting of the Opposition has been held, with the avowed object of ousting the Government. Bishop Shiel is reported to be still dangerously ill.