LATEST AUSTRALLYIAN NEWS. Melbourne, April 3.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 145, 12 April 1873, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALLY IAN NEWS. Melbourne, April 3.

Governor liow en ainw.l mi Hob^on's Buy frcxn Sydney on Monday, thetflst, jii I « h reamed bj tlio Ministry and escorted through the em to tin Treiwun, wher» the ceremony of swearing-in »u< performed by the Acting Oinef Justice, in tlic picacnic ol" .i largo croud. Lady Boweiv was present He holds his levee- on the Queen's Birth-day. The Governor opened the- show of the National AgnculI tui'itl Society to-day . I The cable between Java and Singapore is interrupted ; I there have been no me-sages ior several di\a. ' A murder was coiuuutted on Suudav at Kangaroo Flnt. A in.vi named Fetor Morns deliberately shot a maruod wolntiii named .Sarah SttutLr. The Melbourtu- ertw won this Intercolonial Boat Kucc, l Ballarat (city) crew decoud, tiyctney third, Geeloug and Ho- ; bail Tow), nowhere. Course, 3 \ miles ; minutes. J ht> i.ibli'lmc 1^ icdtorcd. Pioeeai of repairing is pio- : cocdiiig ihe » jinpleliou ol Iho iirsL looiuotivo for Go^ornuicnt tt tll<" UaKiMVI) UuilHll J win will l» ulcdl j-cstciday The ifan mm uorp^ ha\ i* gone into camp. The ohmi i,erlollot next »v*cek. ijydnej , A]>ril ',) I Ilia Assembly voted ior immigration purposo. { It u intended to finish Cook's monument. The Half Million 1 Per Cent. Loan Bill was read a first time. H M s. Blanclic it ordered to Melbourne to await the arrival of uar schooner's crew in tho c s. Nortliumberland. The blacks have robbed and destroyed tho contents of Booby Island dep<it. AdiLude, Apid i Sixty thoui.md tons of breadstuff's exported during the year. The Chamber of Commerce urges on the Government tho nccesstt} of immigration. Tho Government are sending out an expedition to Koper, to pl.ice 4,00 J iron poles along the overland line. The schooner Lord Ashley will conwy the party. Willhaiu Milne is likely to succeed Sir John Mo*pliotl as President ol the Council. i Oats in demand — seed, 3s 9d to 3d lld r milling, 4-t. Wheat, little oirerin^, 3s 8d to os 9d. Sugars ha\ c udt an ced ' in value, and fully £1 per ton established on provious rates. Devoe's oil, Is Ud. In Adelaide, wheat ii li lHd to si. Arrived : 20th, Aiutnihnd, irom \\ elhugtoii ; 31st, Lrit, from LUtelton. Sailed: liSth, Drover, for Turaiuiki; Alice Cameron, lor Auckland.