NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 1259, 31 May 1870, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, May 14. A' prize fight between Hicken and Carßfcairs was stopped to-day, by the police seizing the steamer on which the members of the ring were proceeding to the convincing ground. The principals took to the boats, and made off inland, where it is extremely likely the erent will come off. The first parcel of pig-lead has been received from the Woolgarlo mines. The English pedestrian Topley has been matched to walk 14 miles in two hours on the Queen's Birthday, and his backers are sanguine of hia success. May 17. The schooner Dora, Newcastle to G-eelong, is a total wreck in Jarvis' Bay, crew saved. The shares in the Sydney Meat Preserving Company have all been sold. Operations to be commenced forthwith. Private letters state that the Duke of Edinburgh intends to be in Sydney on the Ist of August, and then to dock the G-alatea for three months. Hicken fought Carsfcairs 59 rounds for £100 a-side at Balmoral on Saturday. Darkness interrupting, the fight was declared off. Both men were severely punished. Both were arrested and remanded, but bail was allowed. May 18. The floods in the interior still continue. The town of Wagga Wagga is again submerged. The Murrumbidgee has risen within 23in. of the last flood. Five thousand acres of crop have been destroyed by the recent floods in the Hunter district. The Floods Belief Committee have psssed a vote of thanks to the Melbourne subscribers. # ; The banks have raised the price of exchange on Lopdon to three-quarters per cent, premium. Holders of tobacco have reduced their quotations. May 19. The floods have again been accompanied by a sad loss of life, and great destruction to property. At Maneroo, Mrs Caldwell, her seven children, and a man, whose name has not transpired, have been drowned. The Bombala bridge has been swept away, and property of different descriptions greatly damaged. Th6 weather along the coast has been very stormy. The ship Medea, fronv Liverpool, encountered very heavy weather off Cape Otway, lost two of her boats, and sustained other damage. , : Portions of wreck have been washed ashore at Wollongong. The- wreck has. not; been identified, but is supposed to have belonged to the schooner Hannah. [ Messrs Stubbs and . C0..,. t0-day submitted to auction the sugar brought by the Wonga Wonga from Honolulu- and the consignment was sold at prices ranging from £28 5s to. £37 10s per ton. Maitlawd, May 19. A meeting of farmers was held yesterday to consider whether, on account of the floods, they should 'not all leave and take up farms elsewhere by free selection. \ Ifc has been raining heavily since last night. Many buildings are considered in a dangerous condition. Sydney, May 20. The rain continued throughout, the | night, and more floods are anticipated. It is still raining. The S. M. Herald favorably reviews Mr Mackay's pamphlet on diamond mining. The sentence of death passed on James Wakefield, at Bathurst, in April last, for the murder of a shepherd named. Harry , has been commuted to imprisonment for life, the first three years in. irons. Mr Campbell, the registrar of the Insolvent Court, died yesterday. The two prizefighters, Hicken and Carstairs, were brought up at the Police Court to-day, on remand, and bound over to keep the peace for six months. May 21. We have dates from Fiji to the 23rd April. A meeting of settlers at Vuna passed a resolution in opposition to having a republican government at present. A number of natives working on Mr Smith's plantation at Vanna Levu, ransacked the homestead during the absence of the proprietor, and made off with the plunder. The neighboring settlers mustered, and attacked the natives, killing three and wounding others. In the import markets, fine sugars have declined here during the week, owing to arrivals from Melbourne. A boat race between Hickey and .Rush came off today, and was well contested. Kush led from the start and won by three lengths.