AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3368, 21 November 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mkmiouhnk, November 14th. Tho debate in the Legislative Council on tha Education Bill ia not yet iinished. It is anticipated that tho Bill will be rejected. A Bill has been passed by the Assembly to increase the Agent-General's salary to £:iOOO, and to limit tho tenure of the office to three years. It is probable that the appointment will bo conferred on Mr Langton. A Bill providing a fifth Judge of the Supreme Court has been passed by tte Assembly. The Government have offered Mr Fellows a judicial appointment. The Polynesia Co. are agitating for the Victorian Government to assumo tho pro*teclorato of Fiji, but there is little chance of their efforts proving successful. Tho railway to Long wood has been opened. 24 miles of the North-Eastern line lire to be opened on the 18th. Tho Jtev. W. Henderson, Ballar&t, haa been elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly. The Steeplechase at tho race meeting of the V.R.C., was won by Brownie, and! the Free Handicap by Foam. During the meeting £7201 were paid in stakes and the receipts amounted to nearly £GOOO. The settling wail satisfactory. A strong feeling of antagonism prevails between the Governments of Sydney au& Melbourne regarding the Border duties, and a settlement of the question is further off than ever. The antecedents of Sir George Bowent are favourably commented upon by the Press. The enquiry into the grounding of tho Victoria has resulted in Lieutenant Tandy being censured and losing, a month's pay, ■while Captain Panter is censured only. The International Exhibition ia crowded with exhibits. The attendance daily i* large. A. large sperm whale has been harpoonea in Hobson's Bay. Mrs Holmes and Mr Alfred Iteevesy two theatricals, have died — the former suddenly. Arrived. —12th, Moa, from Hokianga; Aborigine, fromHokitika ; Waratah, from. Dunedin. ' Sailed. —10, for Greymouth- * At the wool sales, greasy fetched lOdte Is Hid ; scoured, Is 9ld to 2s 6|d ; fleece, Is 7d to 2s 2|d ;*latftbs, la 9]d to 2s 3d. The Boston fire and the new French duties have tended considerably to raise the market. Breadstuffa are. inactive. Sales of flour have taken place at £19 to £19 10s. Quotations for wheat are from 7s to Bs. Oats meet with gooct enquiry up to 3s 3|d. Sugars are steady, but sales are light. There is some speculation in tobaccos. Trade generally ia satisfactory, though much has not beca done this week. Tookey shares, paid^ are obtainable at £5 10s; and do, new, afe £3 lOa. ~.-",,. „ - .... SVDNMT. The Newspaper Postage Repeal Bfli has been read a first time. . / A Select Committee haa been appoints to report on the state of the wharf aacommodatiou. The French tranaporte Guerriere and Garonne have arrived afc New CatedonJa. with 1250 Communist prisoners. The weights for TattersaU's Cup have been published. Buk« Iw&da the list with Bst 4lbs. The Border Customs duties for three mouths reached nearly £2^,000. Tea mouths' revenue from mineral leases amounted to £129,000. * The narrow gauge railway question t* under diecuesien. Layton, the defaulting Treagury Adcpuutant, lias been cointnitted for trials : At llockhainpt<m, during a violent thunderstorm, a boat was czpaixe&t a»d

Mr Wildridge, !wat builder, five children, «nd a sailor, were drowned, Tbo wool sales were dull, and the bußc <oi the wool offered was withdrawn.

Newcastle. Arrived.— JJth, Ben Nevis, from Lyttelton. lOth, Joliba, from Auckland. Saibd.—Amherst, for Napier.

Adelaide. Sir Jam en Ferguwon enters upon his •duties- in New Zejiland in March next. It is not settled when he is to leave here. The Chief Justice will assume the Governorship after'his departure, pending the arrival of his successor. The Consolidated Loan Bill is not to be proceeded with until the English money market is easier, and the Victorian scheme hai» been tried, Meanwhile, Treasury bills, with two years' currency, will be ■issued. Bird, the pedestrian, has been sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, on an unsatisfied judgment. The Todd banquet takes pLace totnorrow. The Omeo, with the telegraph •construction party on board, ha« arrived. 2000 bushels of wheat have been Bold at (in '.id. Flour is quiet, at £13 to £I<l.

Port Darwin. lOOw. of gold from Westcott's reef have hoten shipped for Adelaide. Fifty miners return to "Victoria in the 'Strathmore.