LATEST ENGLISH & AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1198, 31 July 1874, Page 4

LATEST ENGLISH & AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Anglo-Australian Press Telegraph Agency] (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HOKITIKA. July 27. The steamship Tararua has arrived from Melbourne. She reports that the mail steamer Pera with the June mail, was telegraphed from Glenelg when the Tararua was leaving. Six days before the Pera was due. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE, July 21. The Constitution Bill has finally passed committee of Assembly. The wreck of the British Admiral has been found in seven fathoms of water. From her position it is probable that the cargo will be easily recovered. Everest, branch manager of the Bank of Victoria, has been arrested for forgery, Defalcations said to be £2OOO. Lady Bowen is likely to pi-oceed to England by the August mail steamer. Dolly Green has commenced a divorce suit against her husband. Business dull. Breadstuff's a shade better. Hennessy's case, lower; sales, 28s 6d ; Martell's, 27s 6d. Oats, milling, 5s 3d to 5s 4d. July 23. On Tuesday night the reading of the Constitution Amendment Bill, was I carrried by a majoritiy of 2 votes only. The Chief Secretary is still very ill. The Navigation Board has suspended absolutely the certificate of the captian of the ship Oakworth. It was shown in the evidence at the enquiry that after the fishing vessel had been ruu down in the Firth Channel, and cries of the crew heard for assistance, there was shown an utter disregard for safety of life. The Financial Statement is adjourned for a fortnight. CoJiMEECiAii. Wheat and flour unimproved. Sales still dull. SYDNEY. July 21. Commodore Stirling was married last Wednesday to a daughter of the hon. D. Thomson. July 23. The Governor has been informed by telegram his message to Fiji. The Rifle Association meeting commences on 2nd November, and the intercolonial match will be shot during the meeting. The Alexandra has been chartered to take the Torres Straits mails, and leaves on Friday. Nine thousand bags of oats, which arrived per Californian mail, have been purchased for export to Melbourne. Archbishop Yaughan has been appointed rector of St. John's College in the room of the Rev. Dr Forrest, who is going home. His Excellency the Governor is likely to visit Queensland shortly. Mr Jones, formerly proprietor of the Goulburn Herald is dead. The weather is again bleak and wet. The racing touts speak highly of Dagworth's condition. TASMANIA. July 23. Parliament is opened. BRISBANE. July 23. Parliament has been prorogued. The steamer Legislator anchored at Moreton Bay at noon to-day, and is the finest steamer which has ever visted this port. She left Foochow on June 14, Hong Kong 20, Singapore June 2S, and Sauiaranti July 1. She has made a splendid passage of 21 days from Singapore. ADELAIDE. July 20. A 14oz nugget has been obtained at Sandy creek. A purse of GOO sovereigns has been presented to the Rev. S. Meade on his departure for Europe. The Government has received a telegram stating that an important discovery of alluvial gold has been made in the Northern Territory. Furnace operations in connection with the manufacture of iron and steel were commenced on Saturday. Wheat, 5s Gd. There are more inquiries for flour. PORT DARWIN. July 20. At the Warden's Court, Shackle, the jumping cases were decided against the original legal owners who had registered prior to the Ist of March. They entered protests against the jurisdictiou, and telegraphed to the Government Resident that they would not give up possession or in auy way recognise the Warden's authority to decide. Roberts's trial crushing of three tons from the Woolwonga stone produced 2oz 18dwt of gold per ton. A report from an official source at Palmerston stales that there are 200 men at Candy Creek doing well. The Kapunda Company has several hundred tons of stone ready to crush. Winn's company crush shortly. A few of the members of the Otago Provincial Council are setting a good example in handing over the amount of their honorariums to charitable institutions.

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