LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
The following is a summary of the latest Australian telegrams, brought to Auckland by the s.s. Hero:— The Great Britain has arrived, 63 days out, all well. Mr Anthony Trollope was a passenger. Sales of flour have Jtaken place at £l6. Adelaide wheat is quoted at 7s. Sugars continue in active demand. July 29. Mr Anthony Trollope visits Queensland after the mail arrives; then Sydney, and afterwards takes a tour through Australia and New Zealand, returning home via California.
July .81. Fisher, the Nunawading messiah, essayed to propound his doctrines at the Hayinarkot Theatre last night. There was a crowded audieuce, but order was not preserved, and after speaking twenty minutes he retired from the stage.
Adelaide, July 27. The Aldinga sailed with the telegraph expedition. Very satisfactory news has beer, received from the far-out parties constructing the overland telegraph. Feed and water are abundant, j
July 31. Great satisfaction is felt at the favourable commercial Jnews. Private letters quite bear out the published quations of wool. Private advices state that the Captain of the Queen of the Thames has commenced an action against Mr Goyder for a libol contained in his letter to the London " Times." ; August 1. Wheat is at a standstill, and quoted nominally at 5s 7d. Stdnet, August 2. Four fires occurred in Sydney during last week. None, however, resulted in any great destruction of property.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 851, 17 August 1871, Page 2
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