LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 84, 16 April 1870, Page 2

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EATAL POWDER EXPLOSION

HEAVY FLOODS AT WJNDSOE

MELBOURNE, March 31. The Athenamm Club entertained Mr. Chas. Matthews at dinner las night. He has become a great favourite. Mr. Chatfield Tyler aicceeds Mr. Guthrie, and Mr. Moikle has obttined the appointment of Superintendent of Wn-kshops.

Lamplighter is beconing a favourite for St. Lcger, and Tim Whtiler for the Cup. Ministerial matters nv. unchanged. The upward tendency of sugar is checked. Kel-osine is rising. Brecdstuffs firm. Weather hot. I Major-General Chite |s a passenger by the You Yungs, for Sydiey. In tbo Assembly su olHcial announcement was made that the Mjustry had resigned, and the House adjourned'ill Tuesday next. A wagon-load oi pwder exploded on the Mansfield road, andjthe driver and horses were blown to pieces.l The markets closedjteady. AIXLAIDE, March 31. Bain is most anxjusly looked for here. The weather continueJiot and close. Mr. England, form-ly Engineor-in-Chief, left by the mail steam1 for Japan, under an engagement to assist ioreli in the formation of rails, ays there. The corn market Ethi _no alteration. Port Macdonnell wheat is sfl inquired for. Tho second batch ofbminations took place to-day, and there wiltae a contest iv each district. The Government hit sent despatches to the ■ Agent-General, luthorising him to inform the Telegraph bmpany that Parliament will be recommcnWl to vote a subsidy to a company on the lfe from Port Darwin to Port Augusta, if the Vnpany carry it that way instead of to Queensud. The corn market is unanged. Sailed : Yesterday, Axandra (s.), with English mail. QUEENS JFF, March 31. The Laurita, with 7,2 packages of tea, is ordered on to Sydney Messrs. Parbury Brothers are tho agents. HOBART )WN, March 31. A man named Handel who was supposed i to have been mv.vdered, as found to have been injured by a cab. i WINfOR, March 31. s The river ro_e ten fefluring the night, i and is now (12.46 p.m.) h feet higher than during the last fresh. Tjwater has broken <

over the banks, and is still rising. TheuT i lands of Cornwallis, Richmond,' Pitt T 0 * and South Creek are submerged Thetis 1 has ceased for the present. Verjf little r a ;„ has fallen to-day, and the river is now at standstill. The water has risen above 32 f»_? PENRITH, March 31, The rain has ceased, but the weather still I looks unsettled. The river is tailing slight 9 and all the surface water has^ruu off. *' GOULBOtTRN, March 31 The foundation stone of the WesWn Chapel was laid by the President of the W^ leyan Conference. £200 was placed on the stone. Slight showers have fallen; the creaks aro slowly subsiding. WEST MAITLAND, March 81. It has been showery all day, and the river __ again rising. -j , A horse was killed on the railway line thj, morning, near High-street crossing. .%^ 1 train was delayed, but there was no further accident. GLEN INNES, March 31. The Races.—For the Grand Handicap, ten horses started. Cyclone, 1. Stockwell ran a ffi dead heat with Cyclone, which cantered round a second time, and was declared the winner, 1 The stakes were divided. For the Publicans' Purse, five horses started - heats. Slowboy, 1; Prince, 2. For the Forced Handicap, six horses started. Holdfast, 1. Won by half a neck. Stock! { well, 2. | Heavy rain fell on Wednesday night^aad 1 the rivers arc flooded. Horses had to swim over. , . One man was nearly drowned. He waa saved by Daniel McKliffy, to whom great praise is due. 9 1 GRAFTON, March 31. The Wairnea (s.) took shelter in Cape Byron Bay, where she remained at her anchors until Thursday week, when she 1 slipped them and ran out to sea, encounter- I ing the full force of the hurricane. She returned to Byron Bay, picked up her anchors, ' and crossed' the bar on the 22nd. Many of the passengers were landed, and walked from i Byron Bay to Ballina, a distance of twentj miles. The barque Atlantic rode in the same baj | until Saturday evening, and then put out to 1 sea, and had not been sighted again up to the 1 28th. ! The schooner Sarah Ann drove from her til anchors on to the Sandspit, and will dis- I charge there. | The Enterprise, Octoroon, Welcome Home, | Jessie Kelly, Storm King, and West Hartley 1 No. 2, all arrived in safety. | The Agues Irving arrived on Wednesday | night, and sails on Saturday morning.