AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Per 'Rangitoto.' LARGE FIRE IN MELBOURNE. [From New Zealand Press Association.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4850, 13 March 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Per 'Rangitoto.' LARGE FIRE IN MELBOURNE. [From New Zealand Press Association.]

MELBOUKXE, Thursday, Maich 0. An extensive fire occurred on Monday night last, on the premises of Mesbrs. Council, Wation, and Hogarth, wholesale grocer*, ill

Flinders-lane. They had tho largest stock <>f .in v m the tiadc' in the colon). It i3 valued at 175,000, and it is insured for CO*), 10:?, dnided pretty equally amongst the \.ui(ius insuiaiice oihccj A further niiKiunt of X. 10, of)!) the him neglected to renew <m home e\pn ing policies. It was feared .it (mo tune that the piemises of Messia. I'xinks lit otheis Mould be saenh'ced, Imt the hie »ns k<j»t Avithui Messia. C'onncll ami <'(> N picinises Damage by Mater to the < \h lit (if about £3,000 was done to Messrs. Hanks and Co 's stock. The liio was •witnessed by thousands, and tho sight ins voty giand, the stoic being tilled Mith f-piuts and other inflammable material. £337,000 worth of debentures have been cancelled and Imint, and the amount baa been l einvested in a new loan ; the subscribed stock aq liust funds Mr 1'ejnolds has had several interviews ■with Mi Fiancih with, lcfeience to the Califoiiiian mail set vice H is not however likely that it will be settled until it has been conectly ascei tamed about the decision of the Amciican .Senate relative to the granting of a subsidy. Sir James Fergusson has engaged the Eev. James Hore, of Perth, Western Australia, as secretary nnd domestic chaplain. A murder Mas committed at Emerald Hill on Tuesday night. A man named Caroline stabbed another named Stephens. The prisoner has been committed for trial. Tho Isevr South Wales Government have received a telegram from London which states that Earl Rimberley will not decide the terminus queption until the proceedings of the Intercolonial Conference hare been received. His Fxoellency the Governor was well received at Bathnrst. A contiact has been accepted for the Queensland mail service from Singapore to Bnubnne. It will be a nine-knot service for £20 000 Clancie has been sentenced to death for the ' Carl' murders. 1 he schooner ' Challenger' arrived here as a prize to the ' Basilisk,' having Polynesian divers on board without a license. 1 hv Italian frigatn ' Victor Pieaani' left for Auckland on the 4th instant. The Intercolonial cricket match has been postponed on account of the weather. It will be lesuraed to-morrow. The ship 'Otto Antonio,' from Biker's Island to Cork, put in to-day in a leaky condition.

ADELAIDE, March C. Good .accounts continue to be received respecting the reefs in the Northern territory. Large shipments of wheat continue to be despatched to London.

COMMERCIAL. Flour and wheat continue very scarce. For prime quantities of wheat 5s. 7d. is readily paid. Flour, £12 15a. to £13. Oats very firm ; feeding sell at 3s. 3£d. Sugara are Buffering, as holdrrs will not Bell under an advance. Candles have advanced ; they are now firm at 12!d. In Adelaide wheat is selling at 4s 9Jd per bushel, with a firm market.

SHIPPING. Sydney. — Arrived onMarch 2, JohnKnox, from Lyttelton ; Leslie, Ngarhunga, Ellea and Healena, from Wellington. Newcastle. — Arrived on the 3rd iDBtant, the Cantabre, Lyttelton. Sailed on the 3rd, the Heverehitm for Wellington, and the Derwent for Auckland. Hobart Town.— Sailed, on the 5th, the Swordfish, for Dunedin.