AUSTRALIA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 15, Issue 2011, 6 December 1870, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

Melbourne, Tuesday, Nov. 29. Business has been very dull. Flour has settled down at £12 10s., and wheat at sa. 6d. to ss. 9d. The weather continues very variable. Feed of all kinds is abundant; the hay crop is large, and harvest prospects generally are good. The shareholders of the National Bank have bad a preliminary meeting to organise a line of action preparatory to the meeting on the 9tb. The affairs of the Bank are in an improving condition. Queer revelations made with respect to the connection of the Bank officials with Fisher's estate, has led to much public comment. Meanwhile, shares have gone down from £5 ss. to £4 16s. The meeting of the Polynesian Company has been postponed to admit of a more satisfactory report. Things in Fiji are not progressing to the satisfaction of shareholders. Four larrikins have been flogged in the gaol. This punishment is likely to abate the larrikin nuisance. The strike on the Beechworth railway is causing much anxiety. Several squads of police have gone to Kilmore to maintain order. The navvies want seven shillings per day ; the contractors only offer six. Herr Bandinann suddenly left the Haymarket, and went overland to Sydney, where he arrived yesterday. Mrs. Banduiann followed by steamer. Herr's flight has created many surmises. Parliament is making great progress in the estimates, and is likely to be prorogued early. The Marriage with a Deceased's Wife's Sister Bill has passed through committee. It simply enacts that such marriages shall not be voidable in Victoria. Belliqueuse, a French ironclad, has arrived for a cargo of coals, and leaves for New Caledonia the end of the week. The Ilotham sly distilling case was heard at the Police Court to-day, and Wilson, the distiller, fined £300, or, in default, twelve months' imprisonment. The case against Garrison, the proprietor, is also on, and is likely to end similarly. Beishane. The parliament has passed the new tariff as proposed by the Government, with slight alterations. Sydney. Mr. Dindall, author of Euterpe, has been committed for trial for forgery. Medical evidence has proved his insanity. It turns out that he left Melbourne owing to a discovery of the same nature. He frequently gave cheques and then took them up again before they were paid in, and thus avoided discovery. Adelaide. Mr.Under-Treasurerllutton took poison and cut his throat, but he survives and 13 likely to recover.