LATEST AUSTRALIAN.
BRISBANE
Official telegrams from Cooktown state that several score of miners rushed a steamer for free passages." ' The police were required to clear the ship. - About ■ miners assaulted the police. . ■ An excited mob of thousands watched the atfray from shore, and rushed aboard, unshipped staying, cut off communication with shore, and after a struggle three ringleaders were arrested and order restored. Wiley and Nelson, two Shatsuma ..mutineers were picked up, and recently brought before the police court and confessed guilt, they said the men made the mate drunk, tied him down, and threw all rifles and firearms overboard. QUEENSLAND. A telegram was received by the Cookstown police magistrate to stop the rush if possible. Four thousand men there, can neither get on or back. London Produce telegrams. (From the 'New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, dated London, Ist April, 1874.) Wool — Market unchanged. Tallow— There is a fair trade demand. Leather — Trade demand quiet. Preserved meats— Arrivals - during the past months have been 30,000 cases. 'Hie demand is decreasing and stocks -arc accumulating.
Wheat— Adelaide is worth G7s per 496 lbs. " Market quiet. The weather is favorable for the crop here. New Zealand Hemp — Market quiet. Kauri Gum— Arrivals during the past four weeks, 3,000 cases. Copper— Burra is worth £97 per ton, Wallaroo, £86 per ton. «^ —
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 2413, 23 April 1874, Page 2
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