LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 2210, 30 October 1872, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OP THE ALBION AT THE BLUFF. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH EUROPE, BY CABLE, RESTORED.

Bluff, October 29. The Albion arrived to-day, having left Melbourne on the 24th instant. She sails for Dunedin to-morrow night. Melbourne, Oct. 24. Cable communication is restored. Messages have been sent to, and received from Europe. line is working most satisfactorily. The Education Bill has been made strictly secular and compulsory. No successor has yet been named to the Governor. A line of steamers is to be run early next year from Batavia to the Colonies every seventy -five days, by the Netherlands India Company. Mr Adam Burues, late Mauager of the Colonial Bank, has been a ppointed Manager of the National Bank of New I Zealaud, at a salary of , £3000 per annum. The Roman Catholic Bishop has issued another pastoral against the Education Bill. The Theatre Royal opens on the 6th of November. The Government is favorable to the Imperial proposal for a new mail service, Victoria to take all responsibility, and to invite the co-operation of the other Colonies ; Melbourne to be the terminus. The Government is not averse to giving a subsidy for a Californian route. The final deposit for, the cup has been paid for twenty-five horses. New Zealand wheat, 7s to 7s Bd. Arrived, October 22, Australia, from Timaru. Tookey's paid up, are wanted at 755; sellers, 82s Bd. Sydney, Oct. 23. An Intercolonial Conference has been arranged to be held on December Ist. . A banquet will be given to the Governor at (joulbourne, on October 28th. Very rich stone has been obtained from the Tambaroora claims. A shock of earthquake was felt in various parts of the Colony. The Opera Company leave for Auckland on the 11th instant. The Mukulau kidnapping case reveals in atrocities Bimilar to those of the Carl. The Californian mail closes on the 25th instant. The Anglican Synod have completed the new church constitution. Adelaide. A demonstration will be given to Mr Todd on his arrival in Adelaide in honor of the completion of the telegraph. Another gentleman has given £10,000 to the University. Mr Rekiwick, second in command of the exploring party, has died. The Glenelg Railway will be finished by Christmas. Congratulatory messages have been received from all quarters. The telegraph line is doing a good business. Wheat, 4s.