AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4380, 29 August 1871, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydney. - August 14 : His Excellency the Governor visited the ship ' Himalaya' to-day, and delivered a short address to the telegraph construction party, which proceeds in the ve&sel to Port Darwin. The ship sails to-morrow.— Mr. Neil, late of the Commercial Bank, has been appointed manager of the City Bank. — The 8.M.. steamer ' Avoca ' took from Melbourne half a million worth of gold. The Customs revenue for the month of July shows a slight decrease. — The 24th instant has been proclaimed a public holiday for the opening of the Agricultural Society's show. — Mr. Patterson, the police magistrate at Illalong, died suddenly on Wednesday night. — The Treasurer has promised the deputation of the Chamber of Commerce,which waited on him relative to the subsidy of the Californian Mail route, to support Hall's line. The Government consider that Victoria and South Australia should subsidise the Suez route. Melbourne.— August 12 : Amerchant, desirous of sending a tank of malt to Corrowa in bond, was required to sign an undertaking that it would not be reimported across the Murray. — Thomas Parker, second officer of the *A. H. Badger,' was drowned off Twofold Bay. — A foot race, five miles distance, took place between Mat Higgins aud Bedford, a youth 16 years of age, who received a start of 700 yards, which he sustained for the first mile; Higgins then made an effort, but broke down before completing two miles, and it is reported he has broken a blood-veasel. — WjlHamDunstan, a passenger by the ' Anglesey,' was arrested at the Heads, charged with embezzlement of £300 ; having returned the money, the prosecution was withdrawn.— Ihe ' Bernard,' from Foo-choo-foo, has brought 22,000 packages of tea, 5,300 of which are for Sidney. She s.-iiled on the 13th of July. — The Corean diffiuuliy was still unsettled, and an i<nglish gunboat had gone up to rescue Lome .English subjects. — It is rumoured that the Government have instructed Mr. Verdon to protest against the transportation of Communists to .New Caledonia.— Currants have been sold at from Gjrd. to 6\d. Holders are now firm at the latter figure. — Private advices from Foo-choo-foo, of the 12th of July, report teas scarcer and dearer.— The barque ' Bella Mary,' Captain George McArthur, arrived in port on Tuesday last from Auckland, after an unusually protracted passage of 45 days. She passed some broken spars floating about 150 miles to the eastward of Cape Barren Island, and which presented the appearance of having been recently scraped and varnished, and consequently only a short time in the water. — August 14 : The Ministry have carried the bulk of the tariff", but the proposed increase on the sugar duties has been rejected. — Pleuro-piifumoaii is very prevalent. IN'ewc istle.-— August lfi : An action at law has beeu commenced by Mr. Joseph Hollinshead, against the Borough Council, to recover ihe sum of £?,000, for allegffl damages to his furniture and shop, caused by the falling of the gallery arch at the new market Imildings some short time ai^o. — An nccideut of a fatal nature happened in Hunter-street, opposite Mr. Holhnshead's Hotel, to it child about three years of age, the d.iu^'uer ot' Mrs. Cole. The child «af iv charge of a girl, and she left the child lymg in the street whilst she went playing witu some other children; in the meantime, oue of Mr. Hughes's omnibuses came by, and, the driver not seeing the child, the wheels of the 'bus went over the child's head, completely smashing it. The head of tho child was so injured that its brains were scattered about«the roadway. Dr. Tennant was present, but of course his skill was of no avail, as death must have been instantaneous.

Queenscliff. — August 12 : Arrived — ' George Thompson,' ship, from London ; * Derwenfc' (s.), from Launce3ton ; at; 5 p.m., R.M. 8. 'Avoca,' from Sydney. Sailed — ' Borrowdaie,' skip, for JNetvcastle.

Adelaide. — August 12: A sale of 12,000 bushels wheat has taken place at ss. 4J-d. Hobart Tgwn. — August 12: There has been no change in quotations for breadstuff's to-day. Flour is quoted at £13 105., and wheat at ss. 9d. to 6s. Bran sells at lid. per bushel, and sharps at £7 per ton.

Bathtjbst. —August 12 : Seven tons of fine copper have arrived from Cow Flat, and the mine is looking splendid.

THE THAMES YOLTJNTERES. The various companies of Volunteers turned out in good numbers on Saturday afternoon for their usual monthly inspection by Major Cooper. After mustering m the Hall, the whole force marched with their band to an open space-adjoimng Grey-street, where they were exercised in various battalion movements. It is the intention of Major Cooper to hold as many outside parades as possible duriu iT the fine weather, as the Hall is found too small for so many men to be dtilled in. Major Cooper announced to the men that a course of position drill instruction would be commenced at once, at which he expected every man to attend, so that all might be thoroughly up in exercises with the rifle, which was the first step towards excellence as a marksman. The whole force then marched to Grahamstown and back to tho Hall, with the band playing martial airs. Before dismissal, the proficient men of each company received certificates as such, and Major Co«per read a letter which he had received from the Government, notifying that class firing badges would be forwarded to be distributed to those men who had excelled as marksmen, and that applications for the New Zealand war uiedal should be sent in to him, and tho addresses of those to whom the medal had been granted should at once be sent in to the office for transmission to Wellington. — Thamts Star.

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