AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
By the Tararua we have some addi- j •tional telegraphic items of Australian news : — Melbourne, Sept. 80. Mr Purnell, barrister, arrived by the Nubia, seeking more witnesses in the great Tichborne case. A coiner named William Wright, alias Walter Hill, has been, apprehended for making half- crowns. The Ecclesiastical inquiry proceeding. Resolved that the Rev. Mr Wallaston's •conduct was unworthy of a minister and a Christian gentleman, in a money transaction with the Rev. Dr Tucker. O'/ara Novello, actress, has horsewhipped an impertinent attorney's clerk Geelong. The Ann Melhuish k*s arrived at Newcastle. Sydney, Sept. 29. The Shipowners Association held an inaugural banquet, at which the policy of Victoria was commented on as likely to form a protective character and to encourage trade. The master, mate, «ook, and two seamen of the Jason are in custody on .a charge of kidnapping ia the Melanegian Islands. Captain Stafford, of the whaler Metaris, was dragged overboard by a -whale line, while fast to a fish, and was drowned. An omnibus company on a large scale is being formed in opposition to Mr Hoyt's proposed scheme. H-.M.S. Clio remains here till the Malacca arrives. The Tasso takes 22 racehorses to Mauritius, including Rawden, Gem, Sir John, and Wai wick. The Government of New Caledonia basbeen informed that 1500 houses have been shipped for Noumea by the French Government. These are supposed to be for the Communist convicts. Adelaide, Sept. 29. It is believed by good judges that the yield of wheat will be less than last harvest. Sankey's report is not favorable as to the irrigation of Adelaide Plains. Main, chemist, an old colonist, died suddenly. The news from the Northern Territory is very positive as to there being a payable goldfield in that district, about 109 miles from Southport, on the overland telegraph line. Bray, clerk in the Bank of New South Wales, Auckland, has been apprehended on a charge of forging a cheque for one hundred pounds. The schooner Martha and Lavinia, Leven, bound to Adelaide with potatoes, was wrecked on King's Island on the 17th inst. The crew were brought to the River Don in the Helen. Sir Francis Smith, Chief Justice, goes home on leave of absence for 18 months, from the Ist of March next ; and Sir Valentine Fleming, the late Chief Justice, will be his locum tenens
AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3316, 11 October 1871, Page 3
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