AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 360, 19 June 1877, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Per Rotorua, at Auckland.] J Sidney, June 14. 1 There has been great mortality amongst' ! 5 stock travelling in up-country districts. } The barque Italy lies on a sunken reef, j and is expected to be floated off. ] Brisbane, Juno 14. il Official statistics show tho population; I on the Palmer to be 1,400 Europeans, ;j 17,000 Chinese. J The missing boat of the ship Banda, s with the captain's wife and eight of the | crew i s reported safe. 1 Melbourne, June 14. | Sir W. Jervoise and Mr. Scratchlcj | have commenced their inspection of Hob I son's Bay. j Professor Pearson is commissioned tc * organise the education department. J A woman, whilst running across railway line, was killed. b The race horses Spark and Sultan havfj been sent to India. j Commercial—Wheat, 7s. 6d. ; flour, firm. nj The Government will introduce a Bits to continue tolls for six months. J By a railway collision on tho Han)iltotj| Railway line, two firemen were injured. tH A railway collision also occurred aaj Spencer-street terminus, whereby 12 perj| sons were injured. | Business is dull. K Adelaide, June 14. | Mr. Glyde lias given notice of motiol for an inquiry into immigration. I The pension to judges' widows has beci fixed at L 250 judges to receive salary. Launceston, June 14. The Attorney-General is appointed fo Norfolk Plains. The agricultural returns for Tasmani show a surplus of 184,527 bushels o wheat available for export. ||