LATER ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1662, 2 December 1873, Page 2

LATER ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Auckland, Dec. 1. Tha Wentworth has arrived. She left Sydney on November 25. The cable from Singapore, which had been interrupted, has been restored. The only cable message through announces the reduction of the rate of discount to 7 per cent. Sydney, Nov. 25. A miner named Ramshaw has been crushed to death by a fall of coal at the Company's mine, Newcastle. Jarvis has been sentenced to death for the murder of Canister, at Moggeridge. He made a full confession. George Webber has been remanded, charged with killing a hawker named I Davis, three years ago. Evans, builder, who was found dying in the bush at Queanbeyan, has died. The Alice Cameron reports having seen a {newly-coppered schooner of a hundred tons, bottom up, in latitude 24, longitude 47 "15. She was painted black. Her name was invisible. Melbourne. Miss Turner has entered upon her duties as pastor of the Unitarian Church. The Assembly has disagreed with the amendment of the Council on the Innd Bill. The Bill has lapsed, the Council declining to give way. During the last session the o oun3il rejected 23 Bills sent from the Assembly, The New Zealand war medals are daily expected, when there will be a public presentation. , A boy. named William Dosset has confessed to setting fire to the ship Penthille, and that he made four attempts in order to obtain his discharge. The candidates for matriculation at the University are so numerous that the Town Hall had to be engaged for the matriculation. The slaters have struck for ten shillings a daj. Queensland. News from Palmer's river states that payable gold has been found, but nothing exciting. The blacks had attacked a Chinese camp, killed several, and speared two diggers. They are very troublesome, and police protection is required. Soul? Ausibalia. The gunboat Beagle arrived at; Port Darwin, on Saturday, oh a cruise. The new embankment and wharf have been opened at the Port. • Breadstuffs unchanged and quiet. The crops are looking well.