LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 1331, 29 December 1869, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

— — —^N— — — VICTORIA. J jnei/BouKNE, December 23. The impoi.-t markets are dull, home advices monopolising attention. Flour has moved off '„ small lots, at from £11 10s to £12. Wh eat, of best quality, 5s 3d. Maize, heavy, 3 g 4d. Oats are in good demand at 3s Bd. Sugars are inactive. Teas, steady, and a fair demand. Hops, wanted ; stocks low. New York advices report kerosene one, half cent. Advices per mail announce increased exportations of soft goods. Corn 'Sacks have reached 12s. Sardines, scarce ; sales have reached 10s. Blood's stout, 9s fid. New Zealand flax, best samples, £33. The sentence on Davies, nvning manager at Ballarat, has been reduced from six .months to one month. Arrived— lo, schooner, from Greymouth; Black Hawk, from Lyttelton. The Legislative Council and Assembly «re at variauce respecting Land Bill. Higginbotham's Colonial Independence Tesolution has been carried. A nugget, worth three thousand pounds sterling, has been found at Berlin. Captain Norman, formerly of the Victoria, war steamer, has died in England. A Walter Douglass, an Evangelist, formerly of Auckland, has been summoned to the Police Court, Hobart Town, for inciting a breach of the peace in church. A proposition is on foot to present Dr Halfard with a testimonial foi discovering an antidote to snake poison. The Victorian Woollen Cloth Company have declared 10 per cent, dividend. A man. named Ryley, has murdered his mate, named Walsh, in the Ovens district. Sydney. The ship Marceau is reported wrecked off Naumea, New Caledonia. Newcastle— sailed : Joliba, for Lyttelton. The Flying Squadron sails on Monday. The officers had been greatly feted. They attended a picnic at Clontarff on the 22nd # Thunderbolt has resumed sticking-up at Arroidale. Mr Tegg has been committed for trial for murdering two Chinamen. Archbishop Palding has returned by the mail, throughfill-healtb. Adelaide. The weather has been intensely hot. It has been 112deg. in the shade, and the dry weather had done much harm to the crops. The loss is estimated at four bushels per acre. Sugar, ex Flying Cloud, brought reduced rates. Country flour is worth £10 15s ; wheat, 4s 6d. The branch steamer arrived at Port Glenelg on Monday, at 2 o'clock.

THE WESTLAND JOCKEY CLUB RACES. The following are the Entries for the Races to take place at Hokitika on the 30th and 31st of December next :— TBIAL STAKES. Mr Spillar's b g St. Patrick, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b. Mr Garforth's b g Native, aged, lOst lib. HURDLE RACE. Mr Martin's br m Blink Bonny, aged, lOst lib. Mr Miller's b g Trump, aged, lOst lib. Mr Ranger's b g Peckham, aged, lOst lib. Mr Garforth's b g Native, aged, lOst lib. TOWN PI-ATE. Mr Cassidy's b m Flat Iron. 4 yrs, 9st. Mr Ranger's br m Tantrum, aged, lOst lib. SELLING RACE. Mr Cassidy's br g Elesmere, aged, 9st lib. Mr Miller's b g Okair, aged, 9st Blb, £30. Mr Clapcott's b g O'Rafferty, 5 yrs, 9st 31b, £30. HURDLE RACE. Mr Spillar's br g Brown Stout, aged, lOst lib. Mr Millar's br g Trump, aged, lOst lib. butchers' purse. Mr Spillar's b g St. Patrick, 5 yrs, 9st lOlbs Mr Miller's b g Okair, aged, lOst lib Mr Garforth's c g Sir Tatton, 5 yrs, 9st lOlbs. TKB WESTLAND JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP. Mr Cassidy's b m Flat Iron 4 yrs Mr Ranger's br m Tantrums, aged j Mr Garforth's b g Native, aged Mr Clapc t's b g O'Rafferty, 5 yrs. VOLUJ.TEER CUI\ Mr Stevenson's br h Little Britton, 4 yrs Mr M'Farland's g m Kate Mr Louisson's b g Woodpecker, aged Mr Christian's c g Shamrock, aged Mr Miller's b g Okair, aged Mr Cameron's'br m Caroline, aged. HANDICAP HURDLE RACK. Mr Martin's br m Blink Bonny, aged Mi Miller's b g Trump, aged Mr Ranger's b g Peckham, aged Mr Garforth's b g Native, aged. LADIKS' PURSE. Mr Ranger's b g Peckham, aged, 12st 4lbs Mr Garforth's b g Native, aged, 12st 4lbs.