INTERCOLONIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1628, 3 September 1872, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL.

The following intelligence was received by the s.s. Kan<j;i ( oto : — Mei.b iursf:, August 22nd. The overland telegraph line will be J completed to-day, and through oointnuni- ■ cation established between Adelaide and ', Port Darwin, a distance of 2000 miles, j Communication through the submarine ( ctble is still interrupted, the operations . of the steamer Invc-tigaror being inter-' rupted near Java, owing to the monsoon. A Bill h:\3 been introduced into the Legislative Council by the Government for the suppression of betting and betting houses. Hie Mining on Private Property Bill has nearly passed through Committee in the Legislative Assembly. A disastrous fire occurred en the Marybvrnong estate, by which three valuable brood mares, named Lady Heron, Gddermire, and Agitation, were burned in their boxes. Tiie loss is estimated at about £3000 Another Australian Conference is projected, to cousi ler Earl Ivimberly's despatch on Intercolonial .Reciprocity among other matters. The Victorian Government will not be represented. Parliament has under its consideration the propriety of subsidising telegraphic cotumimicatious from i^uropo to the Victorian Press. The Clydesdale horse Baronet has been purchased for New Zealand for £520. A horrible murder was committed on 21st August in a lane off litile Bourke street. A worn in named Donohue killed another woman named O'Kourke, and concealed the body for a whole day. Wheat is scarce at 7s -1.1. Oats are quoted at 3s 3d. Sugars are active. Latest advices iVoui Mauritius are satisfactory. Heavy rains had delayed the preparation of the new crop. The charter (•f the Mary, for Puuedin, was cancelled, and she returned halt full, to Melbourne. Sydney. The Admiralty have bought a small schooner, intended as the first of a fleet ! to '■>? employed in the suppression of the | Pai-i:": 1 shve trade, and to be manned from ;he Australian squadron. Capiai'i Am. sti one, of the brie; Carl, which was lately seized at Levuka, has been committed for trial on a charge of j murder. The remainder of the crew have | b-'Oii cominii ted fur trial on charges of tel minus assault. Tue steam. .r has been success- j fully raised. | JSnow fell near Sydney and in the 1 conn! ry on the 20th. J A special meeting of the shareholders of t tie A. 6. >.'. Co. has been called to consider the" advisability of starting a California'! line. Adelaide. Commissioners have been appointed for I the London Exhibition. A telegraph station has been opened at B irrow'd Creek, 1200 miles north of Adelaide. The Governor has left, on a visit to Melbourne and A company is in course of formation t> grow rice and tobr.eoo in the Northern Territory. Wheat is at 5s lid to Gs, aud flour at £12 10s to£U. Hobart Towy. The House has been prorogued by proclamation, previous to au immediate, dissolution.