LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 182, 9 May 1872, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Per CrREYILLE & Co.’s (Reuters Agents) EXPRESS. C ARRIVAL OF THE ‘ TARARUA.’— OPENING OF THE. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.-SUPPOSED WRECK OF THE 1 MAGNET.’—POSTAL SUB-SIDIES.-COMMERCIAL.—SPLENDID YIELDS AT TAMBAROORA, &c. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSIONS.—A WILD MAN AT BALLARAT. BUSHRANGER SHOT.—WRECK OF THE QUEEN OF THE EAST.— PROSPECTING NORTHERN TERRITORY.

Hokitika, May 1, G r.M. The s.s. ‘ Tararua,’ Rouse, commander, arrived at Hokitika last night, at six o’clock, after a passage of 5 days 2 hours from Melbourne. She brings the following passengers—Mrs Nutt, Mrs Howard, Mrs J. A. Taylor, Miss Taylor, Mrs Fraser, Miss Fraser, Messrs. W. Hewitt, George Evans, J. W. Goodberton, Howard, and 30 in the steerage. J. li. Heaton, purser. Meldourne, May 1. The Parliament met on the 30th ult. The political parties are fairly divided. The opposition proposed an amendment to the reply on the Governor’s address, on the ground that the Governor’s speech did not contain any reference to the important subject of public instruction. The debate is proceeding. Great anxiety is felt in reference to the •' Magnet,’ of Greymouth. The ‘ King Oscar’ reports having seen a vessel bottom up, also some fragments of a wreck. Mr Casey has introduced the Permissive bill into the Victorian Parliament. The Governor in his speech proposes subsidies to the postal services via Suez, San Francisco, and New Zealand, also by the Cape and Ceylon. Tookey’s shares have been sold at £7, and are wanted at £G 15s. Flour firm at £IG. Wheat slightly easier, it ivas sold by auction at Gs Gd and Gs Bd. Sugars unaltered. Oats, good feeding, 3s. Arrivals : 1 Northern Light,’ from Westport, ‘ Prosperity,’ from Hokitika, 1 Elector Glednor,’ from Greymouth. Sailed : ‘ Hector,’ for Napier. May 2. Coining operations have been commenced at the New Mint. The attractions of the Tambaroora goldfields are taking away many Victorian miuers. A boiler explosion has occurred on the American Reef, at Cohlman’s claim, by which one man was killed.—Another happened on the United Catherine Reef, by which three men were severely scalded. Some proposals have been made to send a steamer to look after the missing vessel Magnet. The vagueness of the information as to the position of the wreck alleged to have been seen lias led to the abandonment of the proposal. Wilkie, convicted of the horrible murder of a person at Daylesford, has been convicted and sentenced to death without hope of mercy. Cliff, found guilty of rape on a child at Sandhurst, has been sentenced to death. Lieutenant Wood having been unable to purchase the steamer Pharos on terms, lias left for Fiji,

A wild man has been creating a sensation by making his appearance at different places in the neighbourhood of Ballarat. Sydney, May 1. The Martin ministry have resigned. There are great reports from Tambaroora gold mines ; a crashing of 17 tons-yielded sG39~ounces. The ‘ Dido ’ is expected fiom the Cape with reinforcements for the Australian static )3. Wrol is quoted slightly dearer. There is a good demand for maize, good samples are selling at 2s Gd. Arrived— ‘ Hero’ from Auckland. Sailed —‘ Lady Bird,’ for Wellington ; ‘ Leonidas,’ for Auckland. , Newcastle, May 2. Arrived—The ‘P. C. E,’ from Wellington. Sailed— ‘ Ann Meliush.’ May 2. The captain and crew of the wrecked ship Queen of the East have arrived. The only articles saved were the ship’s chronometer and papers. The vessel struck a reef in longitude 159 degrees 40 minutes, latitude 29 degrees 30 minutes. Paxton’s mining claim has been put upon the market at a price of one hundred and sixty thousand pounds. Fraser, the bushranger, lately releasad from sentence, has been shot and badly wounded- whilst attempting burglary at Mudgce. The Exhibition opened, and was well attended. Wheat is firm at Gs 3d to Gs 6d. Adelaide. May 1. The Trans-Continental Railway Bill was read the first time. A fatal affray has taken place between the sawyers at Blumberg. Wheat firm at Gs to Gs 2d. A steamer is to be laid on for the Northern Territory. May 2. The subject of immigration is being discussed. A public meeting -on the question is to be held shortly. All shares are advancing, owing to the vast amount of money waiting investment. A number of Ballarat men are forming a company to prospect the northern territory. The Rev. Ralph Drummond, the oldest Presbyterian minister in the colony, is dead. Mr J. D. Wood, father of one of the nuns about whom there has been some public discussion of late, has obtained a committal for trial against Lewis, the publisher of 1 The Protestant Advocate,’ on a charge of libel.