AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 855, 30 January 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

,/ / / Melbourne, Jan. 24. The Creswick inquiry is still proceeding. A juryman named Kemp made himself very prominent, and caused great obstruction of business by acting as if he w«e prosecuting counsel instead of a jurymm. He .imputed all sorts of motives to’; we directors. There seems to be considerable doubt about the correctness of pßeok, and a fresh survey is being made. ! ,Il£ f The victory of the Hon. Ivo Blipr# team was somewhat unexpected, and. deciding match at Sydney excites keOn interest. After the conclusion of ! we match here there were enthusiastic-calls for Bates, who had appeared on the’ Bilcony. The general opinion was expressed that he won the match. A subscription waa-raised on the ground, and a pnrse f-, bf sovereigns was presented to him. i" 1 ! Several papers and. halves of bank notes Were found near the post office, eyidOnlfly a portion of the recent robbery, is no clue to the thieves, . Great satisfaction is expressed at ?tna conciliatory course adopted by the bakers, both masters and men, in averting the strike,, which probably saved serious inconvenience to the public. Thomas Clausen, a well-known mitdhg speculator of Maryborough, while insisting a mine in Now South Wales, fell down the shaft and was killed. Charles Turner, of the MonlagfieTurner Opera Company, has. filed"'mis schedule. His liabilities are L 600; 'assets, LBO. His failure was caused by bad seasons. The Bijou Theatre season came tb‘ a sudden termination, and the band Atruck work owing to no pay, and the curtaipfikd to be dropped. ;; The Commissioner of Customs hair' decided to employ a steam launch in 'place of boats for the bar service. He estimates the saving at L9OQ per annum. A case of mysterious disappearance ay id supposed suicide took placp on Mpp&ky. E. S. Harris, formerly Head Master, came to Melbourne to answer : -charges of misconduct. He took a boat

on the Taira,"-which wasafterwards found oontaining his clothes.'M 4s Brown attempted to enter a traiammotion at Richmond last night, and fell between the train and the platform.and was cut to piecea The Board of Enquiry, re the Hawthorne , accident,, includes the Mayor of i Melbourne and four well-known citizens. t , . . Stdnbt, Jan. 24 The nomination for East' Sydney took place on Monday. Copeland and Fenwick (fare ;proposed. The Government sent a letter to Garbett, the contractor for the North Shore bridge, telling him to take back his deposit as theiwqrk would not be proceeded with at present. An inquest was held on the remains of ; John Oaton,.. whose body was found in Darling. Harbor. > ,The verdict was that he< died through being bitten by a shark , whilst bathing. ■ The Bfauroto made the' fastest passage on .record from Wellington to 'Sydney, four daya.six hours.- . Adelaide, Jan. 24 Wiliam Bums was executed, on Thursday for the murder of. the mate of his {ship. Ho. wrote a. letter to the master of the Devonshire expressing, penitence. He had been in the Peruvian war. . On Thursday, Robert Hintod,“who some time was second steward of the Tararua, died of- consumption. Before his death , ho expresaed anxiety about a large - iron bound box, and asked his friends to forward -it to his brother, in San Francisco. Suspicion was aroused, and an ingot of goIdXStTO ozs) was found in it.