AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 12, 24 September 1874, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sydney, September 15 th* , The Government has determined tocarry on the San Francisco service on its, own responsibilites, if necesssary. . No acting Governor has been appointed by Sir H. Robinson. %

The Intercolonial Gig Race has lost a, great deal of ita interest by the illness of Henderson, one of the Victorian crew, and formerly of Auckland, compelling an emer- : gency man to take his place. Mr. Hender-. son is recovering. A miner named Dacre has been found) murdered near Braidwood.

At the Rand wick races the results were ?, Free Handicap, Conqueror;; Town Plate,. Maid of Avenel; President's Handicap, Fitz| Yattendon; Mares' Produce Stakes, Kingsborough ; Sydney Handicap, Garryowen ; Members' Handicap, Llamo ; . Waverley Handicap, Maid of Avenel ; Steeplechase^ Duffer; Randwick Plate,, Dagworth; Forced^ Handicap, dead heat between Westminster aud Stirling.

Melbourne, September r^thV During a discussion in the Absembly out the claims of deceased civil servants, the* Government recognised the desirability df' establishing a Life Assurance Office in connection with the Civil. Service., The body ot a young woman unknown? has beeu found in tbe Yarra.

A man named Goodman has shot himself near Elphinstone. *%*

Three little boys; made an unsuccessiujl attempt to throw a train off the suburban; line.

The brig Alice Maud, from Grey mouth « has been wrecked between C^pe Barren and Gable Island. The crew and five passengers were picked up by the steamer/ Southern Cross and brought on here. Hpbart Town,, September . 14th f: .. The stoppage of three more firms is announced, namely Messrs. Sidjer and Co., Messrs. White, Mills, and ' CCat. t Messrs.' Dowie and Woodgate. Adelaide, September 14th. The increase of imports, which are ivu excess over the exports for the first 35---weeks of the year, amounts to nearly three,quarters of a million.; '' '

John Wright Auderspri, a clerk in the; Na:ional Bante^ pleaded guilty to embezzling LIOO, the property of the bank. Sen-. Jje^uce, was deferred.