Australian Telegrams.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 460, 29 April 1875, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

I Melbourne. April 22. | A mirble obelisk has just been finished at a cost | of £8,200, for the grave of a Maori chief named i Rouperahara, who died at Otaki in 1849. The news of Judge Wilson Gray's death was received with great regret all over the colony. [ The larrakin nuisance it being dealt with severely | by the magistrates imposing heavy tines. I N.Z. wheat has been sold at 4s 3d per bushel, but the market has improved. Sales of Victorian have been made at 4s 1 Id to 5s o|d. N.Z. oats were sold from 3s lid to 4s.

Sydney, April 22. The population of the colony at the end of last year was 584,000. 11.M.s ' Pearl' has got to the scene of the Burns' massacre. The rush to Northern Queensland diggings continues. Mr Coombes, miller and wheat dealer, has failed for £30.0 '0, of which .£40,000 are secured. Tiie Assembly negatived the eight hours' system in (.{overnuKsnt works. News has been received that the earthquake and tidal-wave at Liii'e, Koyalty Islands, have caused great loss of life and damage to pioperty.

Adelaide, April 22. Mr Gillies, the explorer, has reached Lake Tinniss, and passed through 320 miles of terrific bi.ru b. They lost their horses, and, but for tho camels, they would have perished. lie is convinced that a vast desert exists, having its base near tho western shore of lake Torreus.