LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1892, 8 May 1869, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[FBOM OUR OWN CORBEOPONDENT.] Hokitika, April 7, 4.10 p.m. The 8-8. Alhambra arrived iv the roadstead on Wednesday evening. She left Melbourne on the 30th ult, and bad a fine passage across. The particulars of her voyage are not to hand. The mails were landed this morning. Melbourne, April 30. \ Further action has been taken by the Assembly on the report of the Complaint Committee, and Mr Batters, late Mayor of Melbourne, and member for Portland, was expelled the House. Mr C. E. Jones has been favorably receiFed at Ballarat, after hie expulsion, and offers himself for re-election. Mr Butters also offers himself for re-election at Portland. Captain Matthews, Lloyd's Agent, has died. Further Natal news is unfavorable. Great distress was existing. Ah Coy, late Chinese Interpreter, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for swindling his countrymen. Schaffer has been released from gaol, and a subscription is being made for him. Serious troubles have occurred in Fiji. The Company js not able to give land to purchasers. A native war has commenced. Mr Bowman, who was connected with the bribery cases in the Legislative Assembly, has been reprimanded by the House. Mr Hugh Glass and Mr Quarterman, two large Victorian squatters, were committed to Melbourne gaol by a vote of the Assembly, for the bribery of members. The division was —34 ayes j 29 noes. Commercial. — Flour (Victorias), £13 to £13 10s.; wheat is in request at ss. 7d. to sb. 9d.; oats, N.Z., six thoußand.bußb.els were sold at 3s. 10d. Sydney, April 30. Advices from -Fiji say that hurricanes have devastated several islands. Pighting had commenced at Suva. The Bishop of Newcastle has delivered a charge against Ritualistic tendencies. Mr Murray, formerly of Tasmania, has commenced proceedings against Mr Parkes, late Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, for statements made in the Legislative Assembly during the debate on the Conspiracy Beport. The railway is to be extended to G-oulburn by the 26th May. Bandwick races, Aj>ril 27 —Champaigne Stakes—Lamplighter, 1; Fop, 2; Charon, 3. Xeger—Coquette, 1; Earl, 2. April 29—Maiden Plate - Earl, 1; Gasworks, 2. Gold Cup— The Barb, 1; Stumpy, 2; Tim Whiffler,3. , Queenslaitd, April 24. Gold has been discovered at Mount Wyatt, in the Port Denison district. Adelaide, April 30. Favorable news has befcn received from the Northern Territory. Madame Anna Bishop's concerts *' ' are crowded. The Governor has returned from his northern tour. The Government have appointed a commission of enquiry into the system of keeping the public accounts. The Bishop of Adelaide has condemned Ritualistic practices. Oil springs have been discovered at the junction of Reedy Creek and Coorong. High floods have occurred in the Darling, Bogan, and Warrego districts.