LATES AUSTRALIAN.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 86, 7 March 1877, Page 2

LATES AUSTRALIAN.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARAWAfA AT THE BLUFF. MELBotmifE, March 1. Sir Charles M'Mahon lias declared Berry's apology not sufficient, and he has promised a full statement to the Assembly when re-elected, which, however, seems doubtful. Sir Charlel Gavan Duffy is the no* mince of the Liberal party for the office. Welcome rains have fell all over the country. Rain is still very badly wanted in the back country, where the cattle and sheep are dying by thou* sands. W. Hastings has been found guilty of murdering his wife at Frankenstein. The principal evidence is circumstantial. The witness against him was his own daughter aged 15, who deposed to having had improper connection with her own father since I she was nine years of age. Prisoner continues to assert his innocence. The combined match Victoria and New South Wales against tbe English Eleven will be played in the mid« die of March. The colonies play j twelve against eleven. The Melbourne Meat Preserving Company, taking advantage of the present loss in the price of sheep, is now in full operation. Tbe Bishop of Melbourne is visiting ramote parts of the Diocese, and appears to be well liked. It is likely that Bailey and Hooper's menagerie and circua will visit New j?ealaud after their return from Adelaide. They have done splendidly in Victoria. M'Meckan, Blackwood and Co have made important reductions on all pas* senger rates and freights between Melbourne and all New Zealand ports Mr Gregor Taylor, the principal electrician and representative of the Cable Company, is a passenger per Arawata. A three years' contract has been en» tered into with Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood and Co and the Tasmanian Government for tbe conveyance of mails between Tasmania and New Zealand.