AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3862, 3 July 1874, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

. _ , ~ Meuboprne, June 27th... ; The Legislative Assembly! has been dis^ cussing the Constitution Bill, in Committee,! and whether money Bills'' should or should' not be dealt with by the two Houses sitting! together. '" "•' , The steamship Somersetshire has arrived, I after a run of 56 days. 'i '■','■'..-:■■*,;'. i The Cyphrenesv with the Californian mail,! left, San Francisco on.Sunday, June"2ist& I Samuel, House, and' Co., grain factors^ i have failed. .Their .liabilities^are £15,000^ !j . .Maher, whojwas committed for perjury in! | connection Buckley?s will, is to be tried: I by a special jury. ; , . :The Geelong Hurdle, Race was ,wort. byi Rory o'More, ahd-the Steeplechase by Shfeet! Anchor. The -Governor was present- C'--;^?' ! Several arrests have been made on aceourit'' of sugar thefts from Dalgety, and Blackwood.l: A new 'steamer for the New Zealand trade' is being built in England*'for;-Messrs; M'Meckan,Black wood, and Co. . ■. :r ; The sum of ,£64 has b.een.;subßcribed,ior~a; monument to J. P.' Fawkiber/"'*'":" '' '* ■

About £1500 has • been:jsubscribed for the Bums boysf renderedarmless at Portland by; an accident. r. r ;;. _^ ; •' -The markets are dull.>f ilour is lower.! Oats are firm; stocks light. :4d; to 5s 7d. "Candles are in^gpbdrdemand.! Large sales of teas have beeii" "efiect'e^l Cm! Sconsequence of news • from': Foochowj stating that the market is higher'ahd the quality of the teas inferior.; ; : f ■" - '

, , A. telegram .from. Batayia reports";sugar as advancing rapidly. A telegram states, that Hennessy commences selling brandy at 2(X> francs per ~hectplitre. Salt; ha? ."advanced,! owing to the small supply shipped." ' ' *

Sydket," Jtine 27tht Parliament .was.prorogued on Thursday. The speech icongratulates ; oa. the -revenue, the establishment of-the Californian service, i and promises early, attention to the new: electric cable sanctioned by Parliament. •■ -; v--iThe: Governor's" i minute oa the Gardinei case.confirmsthe mterjtTdn t»^exile limr^ThV matter is causing public dfegatisfactipniCiU. Mr Neale'bas resigned his'lEeat-"for'Sy3Hßj-. The Electoral Bill is shelved foßihesesaSnIncessant rains .continue .in the coast districts. The steamer Flintshirerhas beea got off. She proceeds, to Sydney5 i for -repairs. Most of the effects have been, saved. Beisbanb^ June 27ihj J The Land' Bill has passed the'Assemblyr The Deceased Wife Sister's Bill has passed thesecond reading in the,Ooancil.-; -.-,';;. ■■: Adelaide, Jnne 27th. " --The barqueX3on±esfc,_frbmPbrt Darwin, is wrecked on the coast near Freemantle, All hands saved. l" "^ i "~£~~'"'''■"":'~'■'-' ■--'•■J^ .[Severalcargoes of ■wheat beenltaken up for the Gape.' _ J * "' I # Wheat is quoted at 5s 8d;: '