Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2588, 24 April 1877, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

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Sydney. The prisoner Newman was sentenced to death for violating.and murdering the girl Macgregor, He confessed. A farewell soiree was given to the Rev. Jas. Niven on his leaving for Ofago. The Mutual Provident Society's report shows-the net premiums to be £61,342; accumulated funds, one million nine hundred and sixty-one thousand pounds; annual revenue, four hundred and sixtysix thousand pounds. John George Alderman, of Bathurst, suicided by strychnine. Melbottbne. Extensive fire caused by trade embarrassment. Charles Molony, draper, insured £3200; Eoss, bootmaker, £650; Smith, painter, £200. Boss's place was only gutted, the others were destroyed. The City Council received a communication from hundreds of men unemployed in the United States, principally good mechanics—all trades. It is proposed that the ironfounders of Melbourne should send one vessel to bring out men conditionally on their paying their passages after arrival. The Council cannot take action. The publicans are petitioning for Sunday hours. The iron ship City of FooChow stranded on Flinders Island, and was sold for five hundred pounds. The Colonial Bank dividend is eight per cent. The Customs authorities sold Stevensons' goods, seized twelve months ago. Stevensons protested, but the sale went on. The City of Melbourne Bank declared a dividend of six per cent, and carried forward £3560. Wheat, 5s 6d ; flour, £14 10s to £14 15s. Good inquiry for currants, and an advance of £1 for Company's yellow grain. Sales of Derore's kerosene at Is lid. \ * Adelaide. The Cricketing Association hare authorised Lilly white to secure a trainer for the Adelaide cricketers. The wheat statistics show the area reaped is 871,057 acres, being 211,892 less than were sown. Total yield, five millions eight hundred and fifty-seven thousand bushels — being five bushels 251bs to the acre sown, or six bushels 43lbs per acre to area reaped. Sales of fifteen thousand bushels, at 6s 5d perbushel, have been made for export to Ifew Zealand. Cricket.—ln their • first innings the English made 75. Ulyett 17, Jupp 10, Greenwood 0, Charlwood 9, Hill 6, Shaw 2, Emmet 14, Lillywhite 4, Southerton 2, ' Armitage 8. Adelaide twenty-two, first innings, 71, the highest scores being J. E. Goodin 28, King, 9, Jarvis 8, Eegand 5, Whilsike 3 ; 9 made ducks-eggs, four •singles, three twos. "English, second innings, ,9 wickets for 138. J,upp 18, Charlwood 7, Uiyett 58, Selby 7, Greenwood 0, Emmet 25, Hill 2, Lillywhite 8, Shaw 9. Southerton, not out, 0. Bbisbane; The Government have notified that no application for Kanaka labor will be hereafter granted except, for employment on tropical agriculture. The Chinese on the Palmer number 11,000. V „.■.,..• -.. '.

Abboad and at Home.—A shop front in the Strand, has this inscription in gilt letters —" The only Manufactory of Foreign Liqueurs in England."