Australian.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1814, 26 October 1874, Page 2

Australian.

Melbotjbne, Octoberl7. Middlepark Stakes: Pleberian, 1; Pcrsee, 2 ; Galopin, 3. Mr. Vale is appointed member of tho Board of Advice. The London sailed on Saturday. Shannon is acquitted of the Schnapper Point murder. Goldsbrough and Break o' Day are favourites for tho Cup. The latter won the Ballarat Cup easily. Haricot won the Handicap. The Speaker has issued invitations to a banquet in honor of the Governor and Mr. Francis, prior to their visiting England. Mr. Cairns, Governor of Queensland, leaves for Brisbane to-day. The San Francisco mails were delivered on the 17th. Of the Victorian loan, tenders for £375,200 have been received at the minimum ; the balance is open till Thursday. Sydney, October 17. The Californian and Torres Straits mails were delivered on Thursday, and the Suez mail yesterday. The Hero carries the Auckland portion of the latter. Eicherie, ex-Governor of JSTew Caledonia, has arrived here. The despatch £ boat Sendic, which arrived from hence at I Noumea brought a telegram, ordering him instantly to vacate the Governorship and return to Sydney, and from thence home. Colonel Alleyron takes charge of the office, and is to carry out Eiboust's orders. Mr. Eussell and Mr. Samuels are still negotiating the Californian mail arrangements. The matter is almost closed. Both representatives are resolved) to continue joint action re the mail service. The Pacific and Sydney Marine Insurance Companies lose £5,000 each by loss of the Xingsbridge. Arrived : The Amateur, from Timaru. Mr. Vogel is still in Victoria. The new wool is arriving slowly; only one cargo is yet cleared. The Congregational Uuion has closed its annual session. It declared against continuing the denominational education system. The Governor is expected from Fiji during the week. Brisbane, October 17. A woollen factory is proposed at Ipswich. Pettigrew's saw-mills, near Brisbane, have been burned'down. Advices from the Palmer goldfields, report that tho miners were starved out, and are leaving in hundreds. A famine is feared next winter unless tho Government open communication. A woman named Mackay, at Brisbane, poisoned herself and three children. Adelaide, October 17. The exports of breadstuff's for the year are 83,000 tons;* Breadstuff's are firm; wheat 5s 4d.

Auckland, This day. Sydne/ papers per Hero state that in the outset the Californian service will be carried on temporarily,. service steamers calling at Auckland en route to Sydney each trip. A private letter received by tho Mikado intimates that it was known in commercial circles in Boston, U.S., that Forbes' circumstances were not so affluent as was generally supposed. It was believed impossible that he could carry out the contract with tho Governments of New South Wales and .New Zealand, Mr. Sheehan has addressed his constituents, and expressed his determination to resist the abolition of provinces. A vote of confidence was passed.