AUSTRALIA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1107, 7 December 1869, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

Melbourne, Nov. 29. The Omeo arrived to-day. In flour the transactions are confined to trade purchases, at £13 tb £14. Adelaide wheat 6s. to 6s. 3d! ; other qualities, ss. 6d, to ss, 9d. Outs 4s< tq 4s. 3d. ; maize 4s. to 4s. 2d. ; bavley- 4s. 6d. Tobacco is very firm. ' Malt 9s. 3d. (wines and spirits dull ; eaßton k oil, 4s. 3d. in, bond. (Dried apples in demand at s^d; ; corn sacks twelve. The mail news is considered satisfactory. The stock and share market show a slight improvement. : ; . The Flying Squadron was sighted oil Cape Otway on Monday, but a severe gale came on and the fleet ran out to sea. Ii entered the. Bay on Friday. The Liverpool, Liffey, Pbcclte, and Barossa anchored off Sandridge. The Scylla did not come in, being sent to search for the Endymion, which separated ,from the squadron during the gale. Both entered the Heads lasl night. • The Governor, General Chute, and stafl went on board the flagship on Saturday, Great preparations are being made for the cordial 'reception of the officers. Numerous balls are proposed. The Mayor has invited the officers, to a pic-nic in Fern-tree gully. ....... Severe gales have been experienced all along the coast ,dim n g the week. The Malta reached the Bay on Thursday afternoon. On the 25th, a gang of coiners were arrested in Collingwood. Wilson, alias Garrat,.is in custody charged with coining. Power, the bushranger, has committed a fresh.,, robbery, and the Government offei £3,00., -for His apprehension. ."_ : , . . . 'The directors of, theEuropean Assurance Company have recommenced : business, They maintain the solvency of the company, and will .accept,no surrender of policies till : further' advised, ,;.

1 Higginbotham's colonial independence I resolutions have been further discussed and , referred to a committee of the' whole house. 3 The Council has made an important amendment in the Land Bill, proposing to s establish a Board independent of the Comi missioner. f Mr. Jones moved resolutions, affirming the desirability of a reduction of railway b passenger rates, so as tb ruhithird class trains at a penny a mile. '•- — • i • Wool sales have been spirited; greasy, sd. to B|d. ; scoured, Bd. to Is. 3d.; half . fleece 1 , lOd. to Is, 3£d. The Government, by last, mail j received i tenders for the mail service by way of the Cape of Good Hope. , William Wood, lately arrived from New c Zealand, has attempted suicide, .. , Capt. Kerr, of the Victoria Tower, has ; been presented with an illuminated address signed by 60 of the principal merchants. } Three pantomines have been announced l by Akhurst. , Arrived— Elfin froth Grey river; sailed— i Ceres for Greymouth; sailed— Guess for i Auckland ; 26th,, sailed— Emma for Dunef din.. , • '' ,1 Califorman flour has sold by auction at ■ £11 10s. - " ; ''"Sydney; r. Dennis, Patrick, M'Kihlay, Rogers, O'Brien, and Shaw were charged with I fraud, found guilty, and remanded for sentence. ;-■ • ./. 0.. ,i . :. Captain Shaw stood his, triAl.on, a charge ■ of wilfully burning the Bird. The : jury, being unable to agree, were dis- ■ charged.. l "" Clark, late of the Varieties, has been i sentenced to three years for manslaughter, - and Mason, also for manslaughter, to one . year. " ■ ' \■ ' : . : ' Palmer and Willamslbave been convicted of the murder of Halligan at Kockhampton, i and hanged. The former made a full con- ' fession. Lingford, treasurer of the Oddfellow's t Society at Sydney, has been- committed for i trial for embezzlement. = , ; r•. Mr. Toulmin, the Governor's private ■ secretary, has resigned, - i Dr. Wolfskehe's estate has been sequesi trated. The Port • Macquarrie's sugar brought i 36s at auction. . At the wool sales, full rates are being realised. s Arrived — Maid of Erin from Hokitika, i John Knox from Lytteltpn, Island City from Auckland. Sailed — Moa for Auckland, Eleanor for Dunedin, Cantero for i Wellington. Sailed from Newcastle— ■ Union for Dunedin, Christina for.Lyttel- . ton. ; • . . The Auckland portion of the English 1 mails have been taken on by the Hero. " Adelaide. i The subject of the London periodic sales s of wool has been discussed by the Chamber • of Commerce, and a committee appointed to act in concert with other colonies, with a I view to originating a change in the present i system. ; Breadstuffs dull ; wheat, 5s 2d to 5s 4d. ■ The Hon. J. Hodgkins has been thrown from his buggy and seriously injured ; he is not expected to recover.