AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4217, 25 September 1874, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

VICTORIA. Melbourne, September 17. The Commodore, reporting on the Victorian naval training system, approves of it. After strong opposition the. Tariff Bill, including . an increase .in,,the..duties , on. some articles from 10 to 20 per cent, was carried. The Church Assembly has met. , The Bishop reported there were forty-two consecrated churches, and 196 unconsecrated, with other buildings, making a total of .403 places of worship. £4500 has been offered for Mr. Tait’s racehorse Goldsborough. - - The miners are petitioning for a reduction in the duty on kerosene and caudles, which was recently increased by the new tariff. , • ■ Business is dull. Currants, sd.; 1 Tennant’s, ale, 10s.; breadstuffs unchanged ; maize, ss. NEW SOUTH, WALES. ; Sydney, September 17. Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt and Co., agents for the steamer Cyphrenes, have chartered her tothe A.S.N; Co., and also offer the Macgregor and Mikado. The Cyphrenes has undergone a thorough refit during her stay in port. She has left for Newcastle to.coab On her return trip she will take cargo, &e., for San Francisco. She leaves with the malls-for England on the 26th. instant, The substitution of the Cyphrenes for the City of Adelaide is in every sense advantageous.' Mr. Russell’s;. arrival from Auckland is anxiously looked 'for both in this Colony and Victoria. i The Mikado left San Francisco with the mails for the Colonies at her proper date. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. . . ■; , ; Adelaide,-September 17. Fourteen thousand bushels of wheat have, been sold at ss. Id. per bushel. ; ■- : Tasmania! , f Hobart- Town, September 10. More failures are reported in Launceston. In the estate of White, Mills and Co., the direct liabilities .are £12,000, to. £13,000 ; contingent liabilities, ; £25,000 .to £30,000. The, only available assets .amount ‘to about £3OOO. The firm is indebted to Petci'y Barnard and Co. in £34,000 for accommodation bills. ~ "X LATER ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS. ; ' ARRIVAL OF THE TARARUA. ■ - ;; .‘Nelson, .Thursday. The s.s. Tararua arrived at. the outer- . anchorage, at half-past four o’clp.ok, and leaves for Wellington at seven o’clock to-morrow-morning. At Hokitika 1 and Greymouth the bars were found to be rough and impracticable - The Tararua" met - the Otago-near the Sandspit, and-transhipped to her the West Coast mails . and passengers. -She has 150 ; tons .of cargo for this port. (Nelson), 200 for Wellington, 10 for Lyttelton, and 10 for Dunedin. The following news, is to hand : V - Melbourne, September 17. The race for the St. Leger was run at 3 p.m. yesterday. The news was sent through specially- to the Argus in seven hours—the rape, according-to astronomical time, haying been run at one o’clock this morning. .It .resulted as follows :—Captain Lamdes’s Apology,' 1 ; Lioness, 2 ; Trene,, 3. Thirteen ran,.. .. ~ The Albion,, with the' English mail, will leave for the Bluff in the course of a day or two, the Gondola being hourly expected at Adelaide. - /.' ■: • < ; . ; - The Government have so far carried their budget intact. The increases under, the ad valorem rate of duty to 20 per cent, have been agreed to by a fairly large majority; ; The Treasurer was “a good deal-badgered for deserting his principles, and following the policy of the Prdtectionistl” Mr! Langtoh, the exTreasurpr, stated, in the course of the discussion, that had he remained in office he would have remitted duties on imports to the - amount of one million and a half,’ and made up for the loss by imposing a stamp duty and a tax upon bank-notes. A Royal Commission has been appointed in connection with the Phila- 1 'an Exhibition. It is intended to be ascertained- if ct certed action is possible as to.the. Australian Colonies. ■ ' ' ■ Valuable statistical papers .Have been published, showing the-relative position of the various Colonies. According to these statistics, the rate of taxation' per head of population in New Zealand , is £3 18s. 10Jd, and the rate of indebtedness per head of population is £4O ss. lid., which is considerably higher than in any other Colony. The value of her imports per head is within £l2. Victoria is the'highest' on the list. In regard to exports New Zealand is only above Western, Australia.; A severe gas explosion occurred on Tuesday night, at the house of the Rev. James Ballantyne. It caused great damage to the premises, and severely injured both his wife, and son. . Bishop Perry is not likely to -return. to. the Colony. ; ' Madame Goddard and Jenny Claus are appearing in conjunction with the: Lystor Troupe, and -under its management. The Californian .mail steamer left San Francisco on Sunday, the 13th. The s.s. Cyphrenes is, under charter to the A.S.N. Company, and takes the next Californian mail. -She will-call at Levuka. The Payment of Members Bill w - as read a second time last night,. There was a majority of ten in favor.A clerk of the Union Bank, named Shaw, , has suddenly disappeared, but his accounts were found to be perfectly correct, . -■ Launceston, September 17. Owing to the recent failures, some depression has been caused in the markets. The creditors of the firm of Peters, Barnard and Co. have resolved to accept, no composition, being determined to have a thorough investigation. -