INTERCOLONIAL.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1049, 4 October 1878, Page 6

INTERCOLONIAL.

Stdney, October 1. Arrived : Menmuir, from Cooktown, witt the Torres Straits mail. The revenue subscribed for the September quarter was £1,074.575, or a decrease oq thft previous year of £221,999. October 2. Subscriptions towards the International Ex hibition now amount to nearly £5000. Sailed: Hero, for Auckland. Brisbane, October 1. The Derby— Whisker, 1; Sir Andrew 2 ; Napper Tandy, 3. Won by three quarters of a length. Time, 2 mm. 49secs. Two escaped convicts arrived to-day from Noumea in an open boat. Four left on Sept. 14th ; one died on the passage, and one was bushed on Whitsunday Island. Leiutenant Connor left at noon in search of the missing Frenchmen, accompanied by the police. October 2. The names 6r the French convicts who arrived in the open boat from Noumea are Thebalt and Lessier. The search for the third convict who was lost on Whitsunday Island has proved unsuccessful. Tbe Assembly has hoen ;» ; ??olved / and the O'uucii lias been prorogued to November 12th. Tlu- Agues, schooner, from Sydney toTo.vnville was wrecked at the Capricorn Group ; all saved. Adklaidk, October "•. Sir Rc-ea has resigned the portfolio of Minister <> 1 ' Education. The proposed motion of warn, of confidence consequently will uofc he proceeded with.