AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1011, 2 August 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[bEUTEE’s TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT. ] ShippingSydney, Yesterday. Arrived last night—Tarawera, from Auckland. Political. Brisbane Yesterday. The Hon J. Douglas will oppose the re-election of the Hon S. W, Griffiths for Brisbane North. A Search for the Informers. Adelaide, Yesterday. The steamship Pathan arrived here to-day, and on entering port was boarded by the South Australian police. The latter believe that four of the passengers are the “ Invincibles,” Kavanagh, Smith, Murphy, and Kelly, but find it impossible to identify them. The Captain of the Pathan doubts the truth of the allegation. [Received August 1, 1 p.m.] The Tasmanian Budget. Bobart, To-day. The Colonial Treasurer made his Budget Statement last night.. He estimates the revenue for the current financial year at 1.563,000, and the expenditure at 1.5x9,000. The surplus will be applied to the remission of 3s per cwt on sugar, 3d per lb on tea, and the abolition of the duty on machinery. A new loan of a million is to be raised for public works. Journalistic Enterprise. Melbourne, To-day. The Argus has despatched a special correspondent to Madagascar to report on the events in that country. An Annexation Question. Sir Thomas Mcllraith, Premier of Queensland, has requested Mr Service t'q : summon a convention of delegates from the various colonies to consider jhe annexation question. ~i ; ~4 Puzzled. Jn the Assembly last night J(lr Ser- . . vice; in reply to a question, said that he-believed that some of the Irish informers were on board the steamship PZthan, but he confessed that he was nbinplussied as to what to do in the nutter. <