NEWS BY CABLE.
(REUTER’S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) Sydney, Friday. The Assembly sat till past four this afternoon, and adjourned, after an indescribable scene of uproar and confusion, without a division. The Government claim to have had a majority of thirteen. The Hero sailed to-day for New Zealand. Wheat is quoted at ss. Id.; Adelaide flour, town brands, £l2 10s. Others remain unaltered. Sydney, Saturday. Arrived : Easby, from Wellington. Sydney, Monday. There have been heavy rains and an easterly gale for the past two days. A flood is threatening in the northern district. The Hero’s departure was postponed till this morning. Notwitnstanding two memorials, Boon, the murderer, is to be executed on Wednesday. The steamer City of Newcastle ran aground in the Hunter river yesterday. Two men while taking a line to the shore were drowned. Sydney, Tuesday. Trickett beat Sadler by four boats’ lengths. Time, 24min. 36sec. Great excitement. The Suez mail arrived at Adelaide this morning. Sydney, Wednesday. The heaviest gale experienced for many
years occurred yesterday night at Newcastle. The destruction amongst buildings and other property was very considerable, and many gardens are in ruins. The City of Sydney is not signalled yet. Latest London telegrams say the wool sales are proceeding heavily, without recovery of prices. New Zealand wheat 48s. to 51s. Sydney, Thursday. The City of Sydney encountered a succession of heavy gales after the 14th, with high sea. The San Francisco mails were delivered in London on June 20. Melbourne, Monday. Sailed: The Arawata for the Bluff. Melbourne, Thursday. Nottingham, who was coming out to Christchurch as organist to the Cathedral, met with a fatal accident aboard the Lincolnshire. Sawell has been sentenced to five years. The Ringai'ooma, with the English mails, sails on Saturday. Adelaide, Saturday. It has been ascertained that the captain had his wife on board the G ettwood, and intended to retire on the conclusion of the voyage. Twenty-seven persons perished in the wreck. Adelaide, Wednesday. The barque Agnes, from Sydney, has been wrecked in McDonnell Bay. Crew saved. The chief mate of the Lightning denies the charge of imbecility and drunkenness against the captain.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 244, 22 July 1876, Page 10
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