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Bluff, June 20. The s.s. Omeo, Captain G. Calder, arrived at the wharf from Melbourne at 4.30 p.m on the 20th. She left H ibson's Bay on the 14th; experienced light N.E. winds during the first part, and strong westerly winds during the latter part of her passage. Melbotone, June 14.
Flour is a trifle firmer at £ll to £ll 7s 6d. Vheat is 4s lOd to sb; New Zealand, 4s 3d, 4a sd, and 4s 7d. In sugars speculative transactions have advanced the price 30s. Oats are brisker at 3s M aize is 4s 4d to 4s 6d; malting barley, 4s. Fine hops are firm at 2s Id to 2s 3d. Downer's kerosene is firm at 2s 10£ d. Candles are dull. Wines and spirits are depressed. Arrived—Gothenburg on June 12th. Sailed —Kate Conley for Greymouth. The Rev Mr Hayward has been appointed chaplain to the penal establishment at Port Arthur. The action Welsh v. Smith is concluded. The plaintiff claimed £llOO commission for purchasing a claim at the Thames diggings. Verdict was for plaintiff for £347. A Melbourne printers' library has been established. Bandmann is playing a round of Shakesperian characters at the Theatre Royal. • Tom Thumb's troupe is in Hobart Town. Heller goes home by the Great Britain. The immigration resolutions are warmly discussed in the Assembly. The debate is adjourned. Joseph Brady has been appointed contractors' engineer to the North. Western Railway. Mr Grant has given notice of a motion affirming the expediency of payment of members. Arrived—Northern Light from the Buller on the Bth.
Messrs. Goldsborough report salea of 156 bales of scoured wool at Is 3£d. In the case of Hewitt v. the Argut the verdict was for defendant. Archdeacon Reilly has resigned. Power is committed for trial. The commercial news from England is considered favorable. Marcus Clarke, the author of " Long Odds," has been appointed secretary to the trustees of the public library. The miners' strike, in the Hope Company, Wood's Point, continues. Quong Long's death sentence is commuted to fourteen years' imprisonment.
Supple's trial comes on this week. Sydney. The wool sales on June 9 realised good prices. Sailed from Newcastle—Camilla foi Wellington on the 7th. H.M.S. Blanche proceeds to the Auckland Islands in search of casta. ways from the Matoaka wreck. Another flood has taken place ai Murrumbidgee. Wagga Wagga is pat tially submerged. The Agricultural show is fixed foi the Bth of August. Sales of plantation coffee have taken place at 9^d. The City Bench have decided thai Dr L. L. Smith's exhibition is indecent and have committed Mr Billings, tin manager, for trial. The Eev Father John Kelly is dead The Imperial Government has fa formed the troops stationed hereto be ready to move on the Ist o August. Sailed from Newcastle—Wave and Mary Campbell for Oamaru. Goods for the Exhibition are to b admitted duty free. The brig Crown, from Mauritian reports white sugars are scarce ani dear. Watts, forger, escaped from Dublx lock-up. Ceres, from Lyttelton, put into Edei short of provisions. C. Marsh, passenger per Havillal from Maryborough, was drowned. Mr Thomas, the Inspecting Engines of Public Works, is suspended. The racehorse Vanguard is dead. The Governor has visited the Orangl district. Portions of the wreck of the schoonfl Lizzie Colson have been washed ashon near Port Macquaire. Mr Robertson resumes the office o Minister of Lands. The Clio proceeds direct from tin Cape of Good Hope to Wellington with Commodore Sterling, who iril relieve Commodore Lambert, TflK goes home as Queen's aide-de-camp. A total of £BOOO worth of goods I the value of the salvage recovers! from the Walter Hood wreck.
The yield of gold for the past mont shows a decrease of 40 per cent. The Banks have raised discount rate one per cent. The Mount Hutton Station, Leici ardt district, Dawson River, QueeM land, has been sold for 6s 9d per he» of 83,000 sheep. Adelaide. Three representatives will attes the Intercolonial Conference. Mr Mellor, machinist, has aissgna his estate ; his liabilities are £2l,ooft A bill, legalising marriage with l deceased wife's sister has passed B Council. Judge Q-wynue has resigned t!» Primary Judgeship in Equity. The Governor intends visiting & mines in Torke Peninsular.
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 677, 28 June 1870, Page 2
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