AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3804, 14 May 1873, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

I Melbourne, May 8. The mail steamer Baroda arrived on Sunday night with small pox on board. One of the Lascars had the disease. The news caused great excitement. A French steamer has been quarantined at Adelaide, and the Baroda at Melbourne. The mails were fumigated and brought up. All the passengers, forty-seventy in numbex*, were landed at the sanitary station, where they will remain fourteen days. The Baroda has proceeded to Sydney where she will remain in quarantine and another vessel will probably be chartered to convey the outward mail. The Albion takes the New Zealand mails. There are two vacancies in the Assembly for Pox'tland and the East Bourkc boroughs. Higinbotham consented to stand for the latter. The question of the mail terminus is still exciting attention. Victoria strongly objects to Kimberley's proposal and the Chamber of Commerce and the whole of the j mercantile community are supporting the Government in their opposition to the extension of the present service. The Governor visits Ballarat on the 9th to stay two days. Fred Walters, cashier of a wool firm, who was arrested for heavy embezzlements has committed suicide whilst under remand. Mr H. M. Murphy, a member of the Legislative Assembly, has been fined £10 for cruelty to a dog. Smith and Brady, for the Woragee murder, are to be executed on the 12th. Pierri Borhen, for the Kangaroo Flat murder, ia to be executed on the 20th. In the Trimble and Trimble divorce csse it was stated that the respondent was in New Zealand. The missing barque Springbok, which left Barwon in January last, has arrived at Cardwell, Northern Queensland. The passengers encountered great perils. The Captain is suspended as an imbecile. Tenders are to be opened for the New Zealand loan at the Bank of New Zealand to-morrow. It is likely the Government will arrive at a definite course respecting the mail service before the meeting of Parliament next week. Sydney, May 8. Mr Samuel is likely to viait Auckland before proceeding to England. It ia stated that the Californian contract is to be decided before the departure of the mail. The ship Belle Isle was wrecked during a gale. The crew were taken off by the Velocipede. At the Wentworth funeral on Tuesday there was an immense procession in which all sections of the community were represented. Sir James Martin delivered an oration. The steamer Fire King has been lost in the Manning River. Captain Beck, of the barque Lyttelton, was thrown from a horse at Newcastle and broke his neck. Adelaide, May 8. Mr Myers has received a telegram from Sir James Ferguson, dated Aden, May Ist, stating that Governor Sir A. Musgrave had left Natal, and would arrive by the end of June. The northern goldfields continue to be successful. Hobart. Town, May 8. The first white woman born in the colony died on Sunday, aged 70. Shipping. — Newcastle — Arrived, May 3, Velocipede, from Auckland ; Emile, from Lyttelton. Sailed — May 3, Woodville, for Auckland. Commercial. — Wheat, scarce, 6s ; very prime, 6s 2^d ; oats, very saleable up to 4s 5d for feed. Sugars are firm, and the late advance is ■well maintained. Large sales of brandies have taken place at an advance owing to advices of the destruction of the vines in France. The mail news states that prices of all articles are on the increase, and that there is great difficulty in executing orders. New Zealand hemp and kauri gum are both dull, with few sales. Sydney, Thursday morning. The Government intend calling for tenders for a Funded Debt Loan in a fortnight. There is grefct excitement amongst the Freemasons caused by the Bishop of Newcastle preventing the masonic ceremonies at Capt Beck's grave, The Baroda -will be quarantined, but the mails will be delivered after fumigation. The Springbok leaves Cardwell to-day in charge of Lieut Walters, R.N. Great praise is due to Dominick Daly for saving the ship. He took all the observations, and brought the ship through Torres Straits.