AUSTRALIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 648, 21 June 1870, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

Bluff, June 20. The b.B. Otneo, Gapt. Calder, arrived [at the wharf, from Melbourne, at 4.30 p.m. to-day. She left Hobson'a [ Bay on the 14th ; experienced light N.E. winds during the first part, and strong easterly winds during the latter part of the passage. Passengers: Dunedin — Mr A. Herman, Mr George Clare mont, and Miss Bobs Evans. Lyttelton — Miss Jane Benwick, Mr Bisch, Bey. W. H. Cooper, Mrs Cooper, Mr Wyatt. Wellington — Hon. Wm. Fitzherbert, Mr Lord. Auckland — Mr B. B. Thomas ; 25 in the steerage. Cargo : For Dunedin — 70 tons; Lyttelton, 12; "Wellington, 30. Melboubne, June 14. The Eev. J. Hayward has been appointed Chaplain to the Penal Establishment, Port Arthur. The action, Welsh v. Smith, is concluded. Plaintiff claimed £1100, commission for purchasing a claim in the Thames diggings. Verdict for plaintiff— £347. The Melbourne Printers' Library has been established. Bandmann is playing a round of Shabspearian characters at the Theatre Eoyal. Tom Thumb and troupe are in Hobart Town. Heller goes home per Great Britain. The Immigration resolutions were warmly discussed in the Assembly. The debate was adjourned. Joseph Brady is appointed Contractor's Engineer on the NorthWestern Bail way. Mr Grant has given notice of motion affirming the expediency of payment to members. In the case Hewitt v. Argus, the verdict was for the defendant. Archdeacon Beiby has resigned. Power is committed for trial. Marcus Clarke, author of " Long Odds," has been appointed Secretary to the Trustees of the Public Library. The miners' strike at the Hope Company, Wood's Point, continues. Quong Long's sentence of death has been commuted to fourteen years' imprisonment. Supples trial comes on this week, j Arrived : — Gothenburg, June 12 ; Northern Light from the Buller, June 8. Sailed:— Kate Conley for Greymouth. Flour is a trifle firmer at £11 to £11 7s 6d ; wheat; is quoted at 4s lOd to ss ; New Zealand at from 4s 3d to 4s 7d ; oats are brisk at 3s4£d ; maize is 4s 4d to4s6d; malting barley 4s ; hops are firm at 2s Id to 2s 3d, Speculative transactions in sugar have advanced the price 30a. Downer's kerosine is firm at 2s 10£ d. Candles are dull. Wines and spirits are depressed. Messrs Goldsbrough and Co. report the Bale of 156 bales of scoured wool at Is 3£d. The commercial news from England is considered favourable. Sydney, June 13. Another flood has occurred at Murrumbidgee. Wagga Wagga was partially submerged. The Agricultural Show is fixed for August 10. The City Bench decided that Smith's anatomical exhibition is indecent, and committed Billing^, the manager, for trial.

The Bey. Father John Kelly is dead. The . Imperial Government have warned the troops stationed here to be ready to remove on August 1. G-oods for the Intercolonial Exhibition will be admitted duty free. Watts, the forger, has escaped from Dub bo lockup. Mr Thomas, Inspecting Engineer of Public Works, has been suspended. The race-horse Vanguard is dead. The Governor has visited the Orange district. Mr Kobertson resumes the office of Minister of Lands. The total value of salvage recovered from the Walter Hood wreck is £8000. The yield of gold for the past month shows a decrease of forty per cent. H.M.S. Blanche proceeds to the Auckland Islands to search for castaways from the wreck of the Matoaka. The brig Crown, from Mauritius, reports white sugars to be scarce and dear. The Ceres, from Lyttelton, put into Eden, short of provisions. C. Marsh, a passenger per Havillah, from Maryborough, was drowned. Portions of the wreck of the schooner Lizzie Colson were washed ashore near Port Macquarie. H.M.S. Clio proceeds direct from the Cape of Good Hope to Wellington, and will take up the station of the Challenger. Sailed : — From Newcastle, June 9, Camilla, for Wellington; Wave and Mary Campbell, for Oamaru. The Banks have raised the rate of discount one per cent. Mount Hutton station, Leichardt district, Dawßon river, Queensland, sold for 6s 9d per head on 83,000 sheep. The wool sales on June 9 realised good prices. Sales of plantation coffee were made at 9£d. Adelaide, June 13. Three representatives will attend the Intercolonial Conference. . The Port Augusta to Port Darwin Telegraph line is being formed. A Bill legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister has passed the Legislative Council. Judge G wynne has resigned the primary judgeship in equity. The Governor intends visiting the mines on the York Peninsula. Mellor, machinist, has assigned his estate j liabilities, £21,000.