AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 191, 23 June 1864, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

(From the " Sydney Herald.") WINDSOR. June 11. The rain has been falling in torrents all night, and continued throughout to-day. The creeks are all flooded, the river nearly bank high, and the water is still rising rapidly. The coach could not proceed to Blacktown this morning. PENRITH. June 11. The Xepean has broken over its banks in several places. Mr. Tyler, with the punte, was washed down the river about throe miles. Two boats were sent in search, but two punts are still missing. The lower end of the town is five feet deep in water, and many houses inunda+cd. Coming from Lapstune Hill the Emu Plains present one sheet oi' water, the extent of which is frightful to witness. On .Lapstone Hill immense rocks are washed down from a height of fifty feet, some of them weighing ten tons, in to the road, which will prevent all kinds of vehicles passing until the rocks are broken and removed. The l'ain commenced on Thursday night, and has continued ever since. All works of every description have been stopped on the mountains. It is feared that this will be one of the greatest floods that has ever visited this district. Still raining very hard. WEST MAITL.AND. June 11. It has been raining all night, and there is every appearance of heavv Hoods. 6.30 p.m. The river is rising eight inches per hour, and we have heavy rain at short intervals, with every appearance of a wet night. The Hunter iTiver Agricultural show is postponed. No mail arrived from Sydney to-day. Via Newcastle. June 14. The river broke over the banks in the m'jht, and is now within fit iy yards of the Telegraph Office. At JJrackenrcstg*' the railway stationinaster'a house is under water within three feet of the shingles, and is surrounded by a. perfect sea. Communication was obtained with Singleton at 10.LiU last night. The liver was then rising eight inches per hour, and it was raining in torrents. There lias been no report from Singleton this morning ; it is feared that the telegraph lines have Iwu washed away during the night. Heavy rain fell from Friday morning until Sunday. The river was bank" high when the rain ceased. No serious damage has been reported up to the present time. This morning the weather was showery and threatening. We have had no mail from Sydney since Saturday night. GOULBURN. June 13. For the last twenty-four hours it has been raining. The Wollondilv Kivor and Mulwarrc Ponds are rising rapidly. " BATIIURST. June 13. The Saturday mail from Sydney has not arrived yet. There was a copious fall of rain here, lasting through Friday night and all day on Saturday, when the iincquarieKiver overflowed its banks. The occupants of one or two houses on the margin'of tho river had to vacate their dwellings for a time, but no serious consequences ensued. BRAIDWOOD. '" Juno 14. The (loods here are most disastrous. All the digginys are ilooded. The damage done to elaims at Aralueii is very great. Two lives have been lost there and there have been several narrow escapes. The Clyde and Araluen Koad bridges are all broken, and now impassable. The right, title, and interest of tho late proprietor to the Observer, newspaper, was sold for £30 to Mr. Musgrave, proprietor of tlie Dispatch. MELBOURNE. June 8. A great stir is being made, for the election of the new Assembly. There is a brisk trado in teas, nearly all low-class changod hands, the lowest price being lr. sd. A lar"-e sale of wheat is reported at a fraction over lls. The barque Stag, from Sourabaya, is reported off Giijie Otwiiy. "Weather] threatening, and cold; wind northerly. June 9. Flour and wheat quiet. Tea Srm. Malt was sold to-day at 7s. 6d. Arrived. —Souchiiys, from Sydney; Black Swan, from Launceston. Weather, sharp and clear. June 10. The Wood's Point escort brings 7500 ounces. Tho markets are slightly affected by mail news. Teas, middling to low, have been bought up, all undor Is. Gd. Sugars firmer. June 11. Markets unsettled. Eice firmer. Advices from Calcutta state that two vessels had sailed and one was loading for Melbourne. Adelaide first flour is now quoted at £27 per ton. Kenuult's brandy 235. per gallon. Juno 13. The Bombay sailed at noon on Sunday. The schooner Apollo was wrecked off the entrance of Gipps Land lakes ; all hands were saved. The markets are quiet. A cargo of rice, ex Joshua Hates, changed hands ; also the cargo of the Elizabeth to arrive. Sales of trade parcels £23. China advices have hardened tea. June 14. Tuesday's Argus contains a sensational leader against buslir.uxging in New South Wales. The English ana Scottish Branch Bank at Collingwood was ua'led up this morning, at opening, by three armed men ; they followed the clerk in at ten o'clock, and presented revolvers at him. The clerk defended himself, and knocked one man down after being stubbed in the wrist. One of the burglars was captured, the other two decamped. ] he arrivals from Utugo report mining news there iuduTuri'iit. ADELAIDE. June 8. Mr. Thomas Young, wine-grower and jam-maker, his tailed. llis estate has beuu pli.cjd in trust for the benefit of his creditors. In the Legislative Assembly notice has been given of three separate motions with reference to the validity of the Acts of the South Australian Parliament.

Mr. W. Rogers lias been returned unopposed fo l " Mount Barker. Messrs. Townsend and Co. sold by auction flooring at 2d. per foot. , The wheat and flour market are dull, no alteration in prices. Juno 9. In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Treasurer made his financial speech, lie spoke with pride of the prospects of the colony. The exports hnd increased from 27 to 35 per cent. In cereals the increase had been 1,310,000, in wool 99,000, in copper 203,0(37, in wine U3.538. The average quantity of land under cultivation was 4 acres per head of the population. The shipping: had increased outwards 16,000 tons, and inwards 16,500 tons. The Government ivere beaten bv a majority of seven on the Minerals Hill. Mr. "W. ttogurs and 3lr. J. "Williams, the newly elected members, took their seats to-day. The produce market is somewhat steady. "Wheat, 10s. 9d. to 11s. Hour, country brands, £26 to £21, best brands, £28 to £'ID. The Wallaroo mineis again struck this morning. The Yelta miners have found a (irst-class lode in a fxesh part of the Peninsula. Juno 13. The produce market is dull. "Wheat is quoted at 10s. 9d. Holdors refuse to sell under 11s. Flour, £26 to £28. There is a movement in bran, Is. 3d. beinp freely paid. Mr. Tori-ens lias written to tho papers declining to receive a testimonial by private subscriptions, lie will not receive any donation that does not emanate Jfrom the Legislature. June U. Inthe Legislative Council a committee has been appointed to petition tho Queen concerning -the validity as our laws. In the assembly, the second reiding of the Hond Bill has heon postponed for a fortnight. Three notices of motion have- been given in conveying ccneuro o;i the Government. Messrs. Soloino/i mid Co. sold by unction the cargo Of sugar by tho Wiid Wave, viz.,browns, £'1$ 10s. to £28 ; yellow. £3G os. to £37 13s. lid. • brewing crystals, £39 to 40. ' Copper is down to £93. Wheat, I.os. y<l. to Us. Flour, £2<3 to JC2S. TASMANIA. Via Melholu.sk. June 9. "Flour market dull. Price, £24 to £20.