AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 197, 30 June 1864, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

(From the " Sydney Morning Herald.'') KTAMA. 'June 17. At the WoUongong Quarter Sessions, ln-fore Judge C'heeke. a man named Gordon was sentenced to forty-eight hours in Wollongong gaol for having interrupted the bailin' while in the execution of his duty. Mi'-bael Mackenzie, indicted for perjury, was licouilled. There will bo no District Court held at Kianuior Xdv.-ra tVs time. Ali the cases are fo stand over till ne-tl siftiue". the Judge being unable |o reach cither place either bv sea or land through li e boisterous weather and floods. All the rivers have risen bank and the country is submerged for miles. nouLi;i'!t^ T . June 17. Mill raining, with litiie intermission. We have had rain since last. 1- ndiiy, and the roads are in a frightful stnte. No mail from I'raidwood for a week. Business dull. TAMBAUOORA. June 17. The Maeipiarie and Tnron rivers are higher than tiiev are known to have been for seven years. The races and dams of the mines are all destroyed. The waters are now receding, but. the weather is gloomy and lv.iny. FOKI!K-S\ June 17. Tile floods in the river anil lagoons are subsiding. The waters rose higher than they have done since 1811, Excepting the submerging of'gardens on the batiks of the river, and the wa-hieg out of collates in every direction, no serious ln.-s or injury to property has been sustained. Mr. Jones's store, one of the largest on the field, was flooded yesterday wi'h nine inches of water, but no damage was done. A report is current that a dead body was seen yesterday floating down tin- 1.-ignoji. The l'ir-1 mail since Thursday reached Forbes to-dav about. 11 o'clock. P.arn. s, the coach-driver, hail to swim bis horses pari of'the way. It is now raining heavily, and fears are entertained of a recurrence of the flood.

WKST MAITLAM). .Tuns it). "Weather fill!*. I'iver and hack water falliuE; very slowly. Several landslips have taken i> 1 alontr 11hriver hank. 11 it;h-street, some of (lie honors arc in ;i dangerous slate. The relief <">n)i»iit<-f iivef daily lit the School of Arts, from thru' to five, to ullonl (I'liiporaiT relief to ill.. destitute. It i- expected railway eonnnunieation between Kust and West Ml'.itland will lie resumed en Tuesday. .1 une L'O. .A I.'IVL'C number '.(■ applicants for relief have been made to tlif c omm it! ee thi- a ft'-rnooii. At the meetiiiL' of 11• lie! i- f ('oni'nil f • ii was re - solved t;-> f-t-ii. Ito Sydnev ad* pupation. eon- i-;iii'_r of t1.r0,. of its in. ndor-', and to invite Mes-js. J. IV Parvall. Tiiinis. and "Wcke- (o join them in soliciting ji.-v-i-tsinr-i- from 'lie (i overtnie nt. The news of t!i f ' arrival of a ship at Auckland fmni California with breadst'all's has made the flour mark.-t easier. Trallie is ii'»v resumed !>■ -inc. n 1:.a.-t and "West. M.'.iilaml hv rail. Weather thr< atenincr. . f;ATiiui;sT. •Tnno 2n. On Srdurdav evening, about «r-vf-n <-«>loc-k, \vh<-n the mftil eoaeh from P.athurst to Orant'e had proccodded ahout eighteen miles on the road, it was siuckllp hy three bushrangers with muliled f'aees. There VI re seven pa-s, ni-'er-- in th'- each, amoiiL'-t whom was Mr. Chambers. frown Prosecutor. whowason hit vav to the Wellington Quai tor Sessions. Kaeli of the pass, liters was lobbed. and the mail hairs were cut op.'-n. 'i'lio husiiiaiil'i rs madethe whole party in tlieeoaeh prison. 'r-'. and dofained them until tiie mail from OraiiL'e to Hathiil>l pass..], when tin: down mail was st oy p''d ill the same manner as the other, liesides tin' driver, there was only one poison in the eoaeh ; both were rohiied. and the mail-hairs were rdh d. It was not till two ..'clock that tile coaches were allowed to pl-oeeeil. The hushraiiLreis hail no horses, and they are not supposed to h" coiiTieet'-d with u ll'd! s ;;:i!i|,'. OI.'ANC !•:. June 20. Ahout seven o'clock on Saturday evcninir the mail from l'athurst was st tirk-up by three men, at lied Hill, midwav between John's and Hiinriii's publichouses. The rohhers ui re maski (1. Atter rifling the in.'iil-h'iitrs and rohhiny- the passenirers, live in number, — .\lr. (.'handlers, < rown l'roseeiiter, beinir ''lie, — the eoaeh was detained seven hours, until the mail from I Iran ire met the up-eoaeh and was stuck-up. Kvery letter was opened, cinques and dralts were taken hv the robbers. The coach for Bathnrst was detained until three o'clock on Sunday niornini?. From the driver of the down eoaeh the bushrangers took CI- 10s., X'.U'rom the owners of the racehorse, ljiekety Dick, a few shillings from Mr. Chambers, ■t~> !'s. from another passinj."r. a silver wateli and nine|M.'nec from the remainder of the passengers, and from the driver of the up coach ten shillings. Mr. Chambers' cold watch was returned to him, they stated lie was known to them : t'\c hu-hranL r ers also i■■(is'i i" (i a si Iv. -\a!h <•' anofle'i' passci.irer, in--1 orilliis<_r him Ihai liiey had ciiomrli watches already. Se\eral Jiall'-liotis wi iv found i'.l the letters, and the bushrangers threatened to s'iek up last niuht's mail, to e. ; (lie eorrespondinu; halvis, hut. it arrived safely. It is said that these scoundrels are not of Hen 1 Tail'sLrani,'. Uiii' wa.- a'.in.d witlia revolvi r, the i-eeond witli a double- barr. l e un, and the thii d with a single barrel pistol. 'I'he jMilii-f bcin;;- ei,e':.'.;'i'd on esc'rl duty, e-'-ultl not ';o a fler t h l ' tie; i! rohl," is. Tile »'! iekiijir-iip ~f the mails has (aUM i't Lrri'at excitement . l.ai'LO' (|iiantities are still olitai-icil on the Wont wort h. 'I'he mines are now in the market for sail•. ()(K) is a -k< d. Jcavv rain has lecn fallin:;' here. It, is now snowinif.