LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1143, 20 January 1874, Page 4

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

VICTORIA. . The revenue returns show an increase of £92,456 on the quarter, or £137,112 on the year. The principal increase is from the Customs and Public Works. The report of Dr Thnddieum on the Colonial wines in Loudon is much canvassed. He condemned all the samples as worthless. The reception of the English cricketers at Stawell has been most enthusiastic. A general holiday was observed during the match. The Ministerial party, consisting of the Chief Secretary, the Minister of Mines, the Commissioner of Customs, and the Treasurer, have visited Stockyard diggings. They were accompanied by Mr E. L. Smith vnd Mr Purves, M.L.A'sFrom the Argus we learn that bread stuffs are in demand and prices firm. Sugars are in favor, and 1000 bags of a medium to fine whites have been sold at from £3O to £3S. A small parcel of fine teas, has changed hands at 2s 2d. In liquids sales are noted of Hennessy's pale brandy in quarters at 9s. Geneva is wanted, and further offers of 14s for JDKZ have been refused. An inquiry for Bass's ale has led to the sale of 150 hhds at £S. Sales of Burke's stout are making at 13s 3d. SYDNEY. The iron trades have struck again, because the masters insist on only one meal during working hours. The notice from Victoria as to the abrogation of the Border treaty will not be dealt with by the Cabinet until Mr Parke's return from the Hunter dstriet. A daring robbery has been committed at the Sydney Museum. A case containing about £-100 worth of unique gold specimens was adroitly opened during visiting hours, and the contents abstracted. A bushranger stuck up and robbed Mr Slocombe, forty miles from Goulburn. The fellow tied him to a tree and then attempted to cut his throat. He succeeded in inflicting several wounds. Mr Slocombe then broke loose, when the bushranger fired two shots at him. The ball perforated his coat and glanced off his pocketbook. A new phase of tho land question has ben opened up, by a Kiverina squatter taking up land under mineral leases.