LATEST TELEGRAMS FROM AUSTRALIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 57, 9 March 1867, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS FROM AUSTRALIA.

WAGGA WAGGA. February 26. At an influential, crowded and enthusiastic meeting held at the Court-house last night, resolutions in favor of a free bridge over the Murrumbidgee in this town, were unanimously carried. The high rate of toll, demanded on the Company's bridge was declared by the speakers to be driving the cattle and other trades away from the town, and they urged the duty of agitating for the purchase of the existing bridge, or erection of a free one by the Government. GOULBURN. .. February 27. f The Yass mail was robbed at Mutbilly 20 miles from Goulburn. t' e three bush'rangers who stuck up the mail are supposed to be Clarke's gang. The letters 'were taken, and one of the passengers • was robbed of £6. ; MELBOURNE. February 26. The mail steamer sailed at the usual hour. Messrs. Hall and Ward have arrived from New Zealaud, to attend the Postal Conference. The selectors? of land at Ararat have commenced a movement to get their rents credited as part of the purchase money in fee simple. A salvage case betweeu the owners of the tugs Resolute and Sophia and the agents of the ship Chariot of Fame has been commenced iu the Admiralty Court. The admitted value of the ship and cargo is £130,000, and 5 per cent, on that amount is claimed. Chariot of Fame had lost both anchors, and was drifting ashore in Hobson's Bay iu a strong gale, when the tugs got hold of her. February 27. The Chariot of Fame salvage case terminated in a verdict for the plaintiffs for £500. The debate on the Tariff is still proceeding ; the debate is expected to finish to-night. Dixon was brought before the Court to-day for the bill robbery, and the case was again adjourned. The body of a man was found in the ( river at Richmoud, aud he was supposed \to have been murdered, as the legs of the vtrousers were tied at the bottom and i'stones put in to keep the body down. There were severe injuries on the head, and one eye was almost torn out. , """Mr. Beaumout was accidentally shot in the face by Mr. W. Lyster while out shooting — the wouuds are not, however, serious. Ministers had a majority of 21 last night on the Budget division — the number being 45 to 24. The Assembly is now in committee on the tariff. Mr. Traill, mauager of the Oriental Bank, iu his evidence in Dixou's case, admits that he agreed to a particular course iu order to recover the stolen bills. The body found in the Yarra is that of a man who committed suicide while under religious illusion. A rush has taken place from Echuca to the Barrier Ranges gold-field. The Customs' receipts for the week are over £32,0(J0. The Murray River Commissioners have commenced snagging operations between Echuca and Wahgunyah. ADELAIDE. February 27. An injuction was yesterday granted by Judge Gwynne, after Supreme Court hours, at the instance of S. Mills, stopping payment of the dividend of the Moonta Mining Company, payable on the Ist March, pending pi'oceedings. The directors paid the dividend this morning, before ->^he injunction could be served. There is great excitement on 'Change in consequence of these proceedings. The Attorney-General has gone to Melbourne, to attend the Postal Conference, and the Treasurer follows him on Saturday. Cobalt has been found on the Sixth Creek Mine. Great distress is likely to result from the Burra Burra Mine. The officers of the Esk have all left town to-day, on a visit to Mr. F. Dutton's station at Anlaby. The construction of loop-line railway | commences to-morrow. j The Kearneys have confessed to a ' number of highway robberies.

The recent skiriiaishes at Tauranga seem to have had a most; disastrous and depressing effect upon the natives in that district. The Piriakaus have fled to the Thames, but the Ngatihaua and the King's people say that they will render them no assistance. The Uriweras, who lost so many men at Orakau, have held a large runanga, at which they came to the determination that as they had always lost men when fighting away from their own territory, they would remain at home, and fight only if attacked at their own settlemeuts. Altogether the Piriakau have met with the cold shoulder from all the tribes to which they have applied for assistance. — New Zealand Herald, 28th February. The man who has a stake in the country writes to say that he is longing to get back fr> a chop in town. The Dutch and Belgian washerwomen, who get up their linen so beautifully white, use refined borax as a washing powder.