Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2635, 19 June 1877, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

Per s.s. Rotoma.

(Per Pkess Agency.)

Sydkey, June 14. There is great; mortality amongst travelling stock in up country districts. The barque H;aly lies on a sunken reef. She is expected to be floated off. Brisbane. The official sta.ti6.tics show the population of the Palmer to be 14.00 Europeans and 17,000 Chinese. The missing boat of the Banda, with captain, his wife, and eight of the crew, is reported aafe. .: ■ " . Melboubne. Sir "Win. Jervois and Colonel Scratchley | have commenced their inspection of Hob- | son's Bay. ; Professor Pearson has> been commisi sioned to organise the education depart- \ anent.

A woman running across a railway line was killed. The-racehorses Spark and Sultan have been sent to'lndia. The Government will introduce a bill to continue the tolls for six months.'< By a collision on the Hamilton railway line two firemen .were injured, and by a collision at Spencer street terminus twelve persons were injured. Business is dull. . Adelaide. Mr Glyde has given notice of motion for an inquiry.-into immigration. Pensions to Judges' widows have been fixed at .£250 5 - Judges to receive -half salary. Latjnceston. . The Attorney General has been elected for Noi'folk plains. The agricultural returns for Tasmania show a surplus of 184,527 bushels of wheat available for export.