AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3869, 29 July 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

MEJiBOUBNE, July 22. r - The Rip, pilot schooner, of • Queens*'^cliff, was struck by a heavy sea, and Pilot M'Kenzie, Hecks, Stuart, and ttro sailors were drowned. The schooner waai nearly wrecked. The survivors are, badly injured. The subscription in their aid has already reached over £1000. . .;"'-, Mrs Shannon, a storekeeper at Hptham.' has poisoned her three children,,and 4s«i her own throat. One child isdead j. thip/ others are in a critical state; She wasactuated by the fear of his husband discovering that she had three illegitimate children during his absence. ..,-- "^ v A girl at Sandhurst, gave /birth to.-4^>f infant and threw it to the"- pigs, ' : %^ The Norfolk sailed to-day, taking 20 tons of meats preserved by the Harrison process. '' ..-■•■ There are twenty-four Victorian entries - for the intercolonial rifle match. Coroners' juries are to be abolished. The Queensland Government offers a reciprocity treaty between the Torres Strait* *nd Suez service. . ":. Mr Francis has announced that New; Zealand has agreed to join in the Sue* . service, but that the terms are not settled* The Press complains that, Mr Yogeln r : despatches are always marked "confident tial." , Governor Bowen is shooting on the : Murray. • .. Breadstuffs dull. Country flour, £13 10s. Wheat, 6s to 6s 3d. Feeding grains quiet. MaiZe and oats lower. 1400 bushels Oregon barley sold for New Zealand at full rates. Shoobridge hops, Is Id to Is 6d. Sugars improving; yellows, £36 ; grainy grey, £38 10s. Brandies advancing ; MarteH's, dark, and* Hen* nessey's, 725 ; pale, 7s .3d. '0 July.l 6. Arrived — 16th, Hero, from Auckland, via Sydney. 20th, Rachael Cohen j. froni Wangaroa. V' • l \'- ; Cleared out— l2fch, Aborigine, for "West* ■"' . port, N.Z. ; 14th, W. 0. Wentworth, for Hokianga ; 18th, Zephyr, for Hokitika. Sydney, July 22. There has been fearful weather on the coast. . The merchants have petitioned for a r twelve-knot Californian service. Mr Parkes says he intends to offer all. colonies the advantages of the Pacific service without asking any subsidy. News from the Cape of Good statesthat the Naval Court finds that the Bteamer Fidelia was lost through the fault of the captain. Teas lower. Large sales of ale in bulk. Coarse salt, 745. ...... Bank discount, 1 per cent. Arrived— l6th,- Black Watch, from Dunedin ; 13th, Result, from Auckland ;. Stormy Petrel, from Lyttelton^., ....... ..;. Brisbane, July 22. The Parliament is dissolved. The Government has decided to give no subsidy to the Sydney-Californian lins and will concentrate all their efforts in theTorres' Straits line. . . • ' AdbiiAlDß, July 22. The Ministry has resigned. The new Ministry is Blyth,- Premier; Gedge, Treasurer ,» Mann, Attorney-General ; Goerard, Minister of Lands ; Bright, Ministejf of Works. Ten thousand bushels of wheat were sold afloat at 5s 10d. The exports of cereals for the half-year amounted to £1,300,000. The quantity exported during the year was 131,000 tons. A private telegram from- California says the surplus crop for export is six millions centals, Th« Lannceston Bank, Tasmania, ha* declared a dividend of seven per cent. Port Dabwht, July 20. The gold prospects are good. . \'T \ Fever is abating. . The hands are deserting from vessels./