MELBOURNE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1427, 10 July 1865, Page 2

MELBOURNE.

Business is brisk. Merchants ei press dissatisfaction at the of insurance to Hokitika. A in crease of orders for Hokitika haAome to hand. Melbourne Sinpprxo.— The \! hambra is to sail on the 10th ; Leoni* das, for Hokitika, on the 4th. The Hero arrived on the Ist July The Essex sailed for London on "the ht July, with 120,788 ounces gold. The Land laws are working sum»w. fully. £18,000 were lodged at a sale in Gipps Land, in one day. The National Bank is about to issue new shares. SYDNEY. The Roman Catholic Cathedral has been destroyed by fire. £10,000 hare been subscribed to rebuild it. Green won the sculling match. Thomson, the bushranger, ha* been convicted and sentenced to 30 (>) years on the roads. ADELAIDE. Flour is quoted at £19 IO3; bran Is 6d. The Australian Steam Navigation Company's tender has been accepted for the mail service between Adelaide and King George's Sound for £9% (?) per annum. OTAGO. Dunedin, July 8, 0 p.m. The Rev. J. W. Habens, of Christchurch preaches at the Congregational Church to-morrow. # A man, named David Jack, of the lighter Eleanor, was drowned between Dunedin and Port Chalmers a few nights ago. A girl named Japling burnt to death at Oamaru. Roman Catholic Church blown down at Hamilton. Business almost stagnant. Otago sails to-morrow for the Bm Weather fine.