AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3366, 19 November 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

i Svumev, November 17th. ; The champion intercolonial j|i<£ race , came oil" on Saturday. Sydney again de- . feated Victoria, the latter crow coming j in a bad th:rd. I A boy, name i Sheridan, and two mvii, ! liavo been committed for trial on the I charge of murdering a man named Askoii near Grenfell. The 'Ministerial banquet to members of Parliament was n. great success. The seamen implicated in the Carl ,' massacres were arrexted in New Caledonia at the instance of the Consul. Bank of New Zealand chares have "been offered at £18 10s. Twenty-five Polyjieaians died during the last voyage of the Queensland labour vessel, the Jason. The enquiry resulted ■ in the acquittal of the captain of criminal i ! neglect. Nkw<ustlk. Arrived.—Ben Nevis, from Lytlelton. Sailed.—Electra, for Wellington, with 875 tons of coal; Gnxcllc, JH2 tons ; the I Fawn, for Lyttelton, with VA~> tons. ! The Itev. George Sutherland han l>e«n elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, in connection with the Synod of Eastern Australia. I The Krohmann Co.'b crushing averaged 40 ounces to the ton, and Beyer's nnd , Holierman'n (55 ounces. ! The Hill End niinen arc i icrea.Hing in , ri elm ess. Breadstuff's are Jirmer. Wheat ia at 7s *'«!. Alklwjuuxk. Two ji«r«onß have committed suicide at ! Ballnrat—the one a Chinese tailor, and tlru otiier an ex-consfable. Mr WortJiington, bairiater, succeeds Mr Carter aw CounuiKsioti-er of Titles. A man named Samuel Webster has committed suicide by drowning a.t St. j Kilda. j At the M^iyoral banquet, the Governor j and a large number of citizens were present. The Ilev. Mr Corbett, in the Catholic Church at St. Kilda, inveighed against the Education Bill. The appointment of the new Governor is generally d^cua«ed. Burliness is dull. !KK)9 bags maize clianged hands on speculation at !>s. A mixwl parcel of Adelaide wlseat was sold at 7s Od. Flour is quiet.

AoEr.AiDK, November 12t!i. Wheat is at Gs 3d.