AUSTSALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4666, 27 October 1876, Page 3

AUSTSALIAN NEWS.

I SYDNEY, October 9. . assises..Michael Dufferand ■ HTabji-Wanhy-io"- nrarder.-were acanrtSedT i Patrick Henjs«ffi(ey,..conyJcted at the Wagga j Wagga Circart-€oßrt-of-the murdor of Mrs. ! Pilkington, at Gnndagai, was sentenced to (death. t - lAQ «T. : :T The new clip- ot wool, is arriving fast, and ] the first auction- will-take place next week. | Thomas.'Jonfes, "s seaman of: the You Yangs> : has been sentenced* to a-month's imprisoni ment'fdlcbroaching,cargo. l "L" ':u1 r-.V. ■, The revenue receipts-for the quarter end- • iag.-30th '■ulK..'.' exceed / the - corresponding: ! quarter of last year by £214,281.-., The! total ! revenue was £1,215,264. .' More thatfhalf of I this .amount was derived from land sales alone, 'irrespective- of balances •or .-interest derived : previous conditional purchases, i The Customs yielded" an'increase of £12,500, jand of this, £5535 is credited to border j duties. The cash balance of the Government ion the 30th.September, was £3,500,000, and ,the.disbursements for the quarter,were £1*533,688. ! ! 1;, • • October 10. [ 'The'foundation-stone of the new .Lands [office was laid to-day by the Minister of j Lands, in the presence of a large number of I persons..'; j '.. The Ministerof Mines is to be entertained j at a 'banquet at Mudgee. ! ' A iitran named Wißiams was arrested to- ! ; day for causing the death of his wife through ; ijl-treatment. ADELAIDE, October 5. At a sale, of racehorses the following were \ sold:—Presuption, 250 guineas; Sir Ed- • mundj 270 guineas; W. G.j 185 guineas. The Rev. W. R, Phillips, formerly pastor of WiUiamatown Congregational Church, has died at Truro,. '-.- October 11". Armstrong, a law clerlf, and Aldridge, a clerk, have been committed for trial for- a violent assault on James Baird Moffat, a newspaper writer. At a large meeting it was decided to establish a children's hospital. Seven doctors have offered their gratuitous services. A.licensed Victuallers' paper was started to-day. ,