LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 119, 8 February 1873, Page 2

LATEST AUS TRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, February. Information hati been rcooived respecting tho proceedings of the Intercolonial Conference in Sjdnpy staling that tho postal question i* Mill under oonsidcrction. Mr Vogel ttrottsly Mi]iports Mr Wohb's line for u subudy from Englund to* America. Tho majority of the delegates prefer anew bomcc. Muny and adversro mU'rc-td anso in dealing with the bucz route. It i& stated tlut a dtdjiatch Las becu re-

coived fr:>m tin-* Imperial Government that tlicy will not grant a subsidy for the- Ciilifonu.Mi route. The Sydney Legislature \ot"d £I,OOJ for sending u sppj.al commissioner to AmeriM mil Kn^lnnJl to arringu for tlio npw Pacific stivit^ It 1-. ra'iiourui tli it -Mr Forked will go himself. An allotment has been >-old at tlic corner of Burke and and Snanston streets at the rate 0f£a72,000 per acre, being the highest pnej ever obtained m Melbourne. Adelaide, January 29. The lion. John Hart our oldest colonist, who has been tun a Mm ■ or, I 11 downd &l whil t address ng a meeting. The funeral was largely attended. The Overland and Telegraph Lino has been interrupted between Beltana and Strangway*. Wheat is selling at ss. Xot much ofl'ering. Oats are firm at 3b Id to 3s 3d.