AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 913, 1 February 1868, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydney, Jaxx^fThe Panama mail steamer Zaikqt^ -firrived here at 9.20 a.m. to-day. ? *'"*' The Homebush Races were a poor affair. The Prince of Wales Stakes were won by Why Not, with Hard Times second ; the New Year's Gift by Ramsworth, with Premier next in order ; the Flying Handicap by RainsworJJi, with JJlondin second ; the Corinthian Cup by Mountain Maid, with Cornetnext,

The bones of three persons who are supposed to have been murdered a long while ago have been discovered near Singleton. .

A man named William Craig has been arrested on a charge of brutality, having struck his wife .with an axe and nearly killed her. The unhappy pair live near Newcastle.

The Empire was issued yesterday , at Id., and has had an extensive sale both yesterday and to-day. - - „ ■ Over 3000 bales of wool were catalogued for to-day's sales. Little was sold. Prices were a half-penny lower.

January 3. Bush fires have occured at.UHadulla and Braidwood, and a, considerable amount of damage has been done in the neighborhood. Fences and houses have been burned down. .

An outbreak is apprehended between the two sects! of the community here on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, but the ' Government has determined to suppress it on the first appearance of any such disturbance. They have ordered the enrolment of a number of special constables for the, occasion. Sales of wool liave been made at Id per lb. lower than last week's prices. Adelaide flour is at£2O per ton. About one -third of the Ellen's cargo of sugar has been sold at £1 per ton of a decline. White crystals sold at £37 10s to £38 15s ; white counters, at £38 5s ; fine yellows, at £35. to £3,7 7s 6d. • : • .

It is understood that the Panama mail steamers will in future sail direct from Aspinwall to the Azores.

'. : -i . January 4. The Sailor's Home Committee hare decided on haying a grand pic-nic during the Prince's visit. The corporation also intend to give a fancy dress ball. Major Crammer, who was the only "Waterloo man " in this colony, has just died at Port Macquarie.. The inhabitants of Ulawarra district suggest a generalifastrday and prayer for rain. . ■ , The Cumberland disease has madeitsappearance amongst the sheep in the Mudgee district. The match for the championship of Port Jackson, which was partly arranged to come off between Hickey and Green, has fallen through ; Green's friends having failed to make the second payment, and j having forfeited their deposit, £50. Jan. 14. A melancholy accident occurred on the Paramatta Railway line on the morning of the 6th, when a goods train ran into the early passenger _train from Paramatta, while she was taking up passengers at the JSTewton station. It was a fearful collision, and nine of the carriages were smashed to pieces. Mr. Falkner, a squatter in the Mudgee district, was killed on the spot, his body being mutilated to a shocking extent. Mr. Dalman of the Freeman's Journal ; Mr. Bryant, a railway official ; Mr. Underwood, of the Crown Lands department ; Messrs Berthan and Armytage, attached to the Public Works department ; Mr. Rattray, accountant, of George street, and about a dozen others were all more or less injured, and two of them are not expected to recover. Mr. Sutton Petearham, the station master at Newton ; and Dixon,, the driver of the goods train, have since been committed for trial for manslaughter in connection with the recent railway accident. Jdbisbane, Jan. 4. The Governor embarked to-day in the City of Brisbane, on his way to New Zealand. Colonel O'Connell was sworn in to-day as Acting-Governor. Adelaide, Jan. 2. No transactions have taken place in the markets for breadstuff's that are worth reporting. Prices remain about the same, viz., for old wheat, from 7s. 6d. to Bs., and for new, from 4s. to 6s. 6d. per bushel, according to sample. Flour is quoted at from £17 10s. to £19 10s. per ton. Jan. 3. Sheep boiling-down at the establishment at Port Augusta is proving very successful. The proprietors, by erecting more boilers, will guarantee to boil down 10,000 sheep per week. ; •- • ' Jan. 4. The question of changing the seed wheat with a view to obtaining more regular crops, is engaging a large amount of attention.