INTERCOLONIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1632, 13 September 1872, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

-♦ ■ Australian news to 31st August has been received via Auckland. Sydney. Stone richer than ever has been struck in a claim at kiillend. Father Gerard has been fined for assaulting Dr Reid, who endeavored to prevent him from disturbing a dying woman, supposed to have been a proselyte. Mr Brown, the Labor Agent of the Queensland Government, h;is died of wounds received during au attack, on Torres Island. The Lyster Opera Troupe will visit New Zealand in November. TheA.S.X. Co. intend to tender for the next Californian mail contract. The Government intend to allow New Zealand to participate in the service at a moderate rate, probably by means of a branch line to Fiji. Tbe markets are quiet. Breadstuff* are unchanged. Wheat is dull at 6a to 6s 6d. James Oliver, for arson, has been sentenced to ten years' bard labor, A Mrs Munro was accidentally burned to death. Meat is very high, mutton being double the price it was two months since. The new alluvial diggings at Queensland are creating great excitement. 1000 men are already on the ground. Disturbances arose in reference to a disputed claim, and one man was killed. The diggings are declared to be second only to Ballarat. Gold has been found at West Maitland. The brig E. C. Bateson, which has arrived at Sydney, reports that H. M. Barossa was at Marshall Group, and the Basilisk at Nukefeeten, in search of nianstealers. Melbourne. The bill to suppress gaming houses comes into operation in October. A company has been formed to commence the manufacture of starcb. Two persons have been found who witnessed the massacre on board the brig Carl. The Clara Hargreaves, from Eangoon, threw overboard 1300 bags of rice during a storm. Some land in Collins street, opposite the National Bank, has been sold at £370 per foot. Breadstuffs are inactive. New Zealand wheat is at 6s lOd, and oats at 3s 6d. Mauritius advices report that quotations for sugars are high, as the crop will be a month late. Adelaide. The National Insurance Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. At a sale of sheep runs, one was sold at 20s 6d per head. A run at Port Augusta realised 16s 9d per head. Large sales of prime wheat have taken place at 6s. White crystals, ex Farninghain, from Mauritius, were sold at £40.