LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4435, 6 May 1876, Page 2

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Blotf, .May sth. The Ringarooma brings the following lata Australian news:—

Governor Bowen, accompanied by foist Ministers, has been paying a visit; to that Western district, for the purpose c£ taming; the first sod of the Preland Railway. ■< He met with a most enthusiastic receptioa. ' Political matters still remain in abeyance^ but there are signs of the coining storm wheat Parliament meets on June 20th.

The Agent-Generalship has been decides! by the re-appointment of Mr Michio. The Stevenson embroglio has only for % time been settled. The Government, after detaining the letters of the firm for threa weeks, returned them unopened, but accom--panied by a letter stating that the refusal of the Stevensons to allow their letters to bet opened in the presence of witnesses was prbna fack evidence of their guilt, as they must have something to conceal, and at this same time threatening to examine every package of theirs imported, with the view o£ personally verifying the correctness of their entries. , , :

It is expected that the result of the Brought Smyfche enquiry will be the abolition, of thss Mining Department altogether. ". There has been great dispute over the will of David Nesbifct, better known as ScofccJt Jock, and after some Equity proceedings fcliet matter then went to a jury for decision. A daring robbery of a Bank in broad daylight has taken place at Seymour, when the. branch of the Bank of Victoria was stuck up» by. an armed burglar in the temporary absence of the manager. The clerk in charga was bound and gagged, and the thief do* camped with. £570. * : The settling over the Randwiok Races has resulted, so far, satisfactorily. One sectiaa of the ring are losers to the tune, it is said, o£ several thousands, having manfully stood ta Richmond all through. AT, the winner of the Cup, is said t» have; drawn £20,000 in "winning for hia backers.

When Sullivan the murderer was brought up he stated on affidavit that he was possessed of one acre of town and twenty acres of country lands at Wedderburn, a&d that he had been domiciled in Victoria from IS4SL He states that for private reasons, he does not intend to reside in Victoria.

Cable communication with Australia ik completely cat off by the breaking of no lent than two of the cables forming: the aubmariact line, and as the repairing steamer is at preaeafe at Penang, there is no vessel available for tha Port Darwin and Java section. It may per* haps be two or three weeks, or more, bifora through communication will be restored. The wheat market still continues firm, biJfc the absence of English telegrams stops bask ness.

Mr Andlej7 Coote has made aa offer to tho Queensland Government to duplicate all the cabla east of Singapore, and also the land lines. This will probably have to be doue 4 and at no very distant date.