ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.
[Press Telegraph Aoencv.] Auckland, Friday. The Hero has arrived from Sydney after a tedious psssage. She brings Australian news to the 24th. The Marquis of Normanby, family, and suite, were passengers. They proceed to Wellington in a few days. LATEST ENGLISH. London, November 21. The Admiralty have ordered a survey of the Fiji group. There is a moderate demand for money. Foreign exchanges more favorable. Reserve in Bank weak. Cora has advanced Is. to Is, Cd. Home deliveries moderate ; foreign arrivals are a fair average. Good qualities of wool firm. French buyers operating in Cape sorts at a halfpenny to a penny lower. Little business in tin. The market is depressed. The ship Duchess of Edinburgh has returned dismasted. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. New South Wales. The trunk of a man’s body has been discovered in a waterholo near Tocal, attached to a, stone with a rope ; and a human head, battered in, has been found in another waterhole about a hundred yards distant. It is supposed a murder has been committed. The remains are decomposed beyond identification. An inquest was held, but adjourned. The new Governor of Western Australia is a brother of Sir Hercules llobinson. A young man, named Daniel Joseph Bradly, died in the Newcastle lock-up. Verdict, died from alcoholic poisoning. A miner committed suicide by cutting his throat, at Lambton. Mr. Abbott, Minister of Mines, narrowly escaped losing his sight through mistaking sulphuric acid for eye lotion. The Government have London telegrams stating that Sir D. Oowper’s paralysis is likely to prevent him resuming his duties as AgentGeneral. Sir Daniel Cowper had been appointed to represent the colony in telegraph cables’ negotiation, Madame Bishop has commenced a series of musical entertainments and met a splendid reception. Mr Hoskins and his wife are at the Victoria playing to crowded houses. They play here for a month. Newcastle Shipping. —Arrived, Nov. 21st.: Eosby, s.s., and Duke of Edinburgh, from Dunedin ; Moa, from Timaru ; Gutemburg, from Lyttelton; Derwent, from Kaipara; 22nd, Edwin Bassett, from Wellington ; Wave, from Bluff Harbor,
Victoria. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of William Simpson, late manager of the Bank of Victoria. Simpson is charged with forging an order for £7OO. ■ The trustees are likely to open the Museum and picture gallery on Sundays. The strike at Fulton’s foundry is terminated. A reef has been struck at a depth of 645 feet, showing gold, in the Albion mine, Stawell. Stockbridge is in great favor for the Sandhurst Cup. Archbishop Goold returns by next steamer. The mail left Galle on Saturday. Queensland. The master of the schooner Morning Light reports that seven miles south of Cape Palmerston he found on the beach a boat constructed of ship’s planking, named “Our Hope,” apparently a long time since used. There were also Walker’s patent ship log, hand lead-line, and a small lot of carpenter’s tools aboard, but no sign of anybody in the vicinity. Adelaide. Paul Phillips, J.P., was found dead near his station in the far north. The yacht Nautilus capsized on Sunday, and James Gostick and Samuel Scobel were drowned. Some larrikins, arrested for assaulting a gentleman, were fined £2 each. Sales of new wheat,-4s. Bd.; old, 4s. lid.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4277, 4 December 1874, Page 2
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