Intercolonial.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 40, 15 April 1875, Page 6

Intercolonial.

By : J;be > s.s^jTar, ar&a ~ Wjhiph '■. ag&vxgi jat the, Blurt on the. 11th inst,, we have Australian dates to the 6th. VICTORIA. Parliament .has.; teen, summoned ; f or despatch of business on the 25th ; of May, The Premier , and., Ppstma^ttr- General; held forth at a banquet the j other.; nighty but vouchsafed no indication of the , Mini? , Bterial : policy. , .■ , Tlie idea is gaining ground that it, is their intention; to impose dijcecfc; taxation:: either on property, or income. ; All the Ministers and some, 600 guests went to Ararat on. the, occasion of the' opening of the railway. , „ ./ It 18 rumoured that s the j Miniver ofMines, who is also Minister of Educatiqry intends relinquishing ' the former office, in : order to, devote himself. to th£. latter,. Governor Musgrave, of South Australia^ is on a visit here. He proceeds.to Sydney, with his siater, en routejor British.Qoiiunbi&by.the Calif orn,iaa mail. The . Macgregor/left San Francisco on the 30th.of March. ' ' ' Husler, the Richmond wife murderer, hasbeen ordered to be- kept in cpufineinent during, the Glover^r's pleasure. : Mr Hastings, the American Good Templar, has. bee^n lecturingi but ia not creating, much sensation. The haryest yields will prqbably/Sbow. nearly 17- bushels to the acre, and the vintage is also likely to. be good. The; season was very dry until the last day or two. There is very little business doing. Bread3^ffB:Coutinue firm ; . "wheat, 4i OJd t oats sold up to ; 4j, 4d for prime. Good; qualities of .Hennessy^ brandies are in.fair. demand and . at a slight advance, ; • andj a small advance,; is. required for ; Elem& and other raisins. ADELAIDE. Boothby's harvest statistics state tb,at the area of 832,638 acres under wheat will, yield 9,862,693 bushels, giving an average! oi 11 bushels 45lbs. The surplus of breadstuffs available for. exportation is 183,000 tons. ■ The Gothenburgh fund has.reacbed over, L6OOO. H.M.S. Nymphe calls here en route to Sydney, and is expected about the Queen's ; birthday. The Chief Justice is Acting-Governpr; during the Governor's absence. SYDNEY .The Sydney Cup was run on Thursday, ~£st inst. Six horses started. Imperial was Ist, Reprieve 2nd, Lurline 3rd, Toe race was won by a length pretty easily. Lurline won the All?aged. Stakes,: on, Friday, 2nd,. beating a moderate. field. At this meeting Sir Hercules Robinspn won np less than seven races, and got! places in five others. ! M'Grath,, boaMingrhpuse keeper,, of. Gr enfell, aad. his wife, were committed fo». trial for the murder, of a miner. The Treasurer's Budget, shows, tb^ revenue for 1875 to be L360,00p, and the expenditure L 37,5,000. There are no changes this Besp;oq. b.ut next session there will b^ a modified Stamp Act, and a tariff to be modified in a free' trade direction. Murphy, husband of the woman who was, poisoned at Shoalbayen, has been committed for trial for the murder of his wife and Mrs.Boland. The Government intend introducing an amended Land Bill, to limit the selection to minors above six years, and increase, t^e area of selection to 840 acres., Favorable accounta are received from the Pairaer River. Plenfy of gold is got* but in the sickly season a. number of de^bs were reported. The black's are very troublesome. There is great opposition to Chinese immigration, and thpreis likely to.be a conflict, as*2Qoo Chinese are coming. .