AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 31 August 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[k«UTBB’B TBI.KOBAMB—COBTBIOHT.] 1 „ [Receivod'Augußt 31, 12.50 p.m.] ' ;' ' The Btmda Eruption. Melboubnb, Yesterday. ■ The‘Dutch Consul-General in this city* , a telegram this morning from ‘Admiral Van Gogh, commanding tHe'naval forces in -Java, confirming the statement that a tremendous seismic eruption has occurred in the Straits of Suiada,! and that the charts of those seas'tan no longer be relied upon. The lighthouses in the Sunda group have .been overthrown. :ij ; The Postal Union. Mr Graham Berry, replying to the German Government’s communication the decisions of the .Postal Conference at Sydney in May last, has strongly urged the acceptance of the cbbmtions sought to be laid down by tHb colonfes in joining the General Postal; Union. . , August 31,12.50. p. m. ] V . Eccleasiastical assignation. ‘ v Melbouenb, To-day. ' VXbeßev. .Charles Strong has resigned the charge of the Scots Church, at''the'same ‘ time intimating that he does so from a desire to spare his congregation from the inconvenience atising from the action for libel which he understands the Presbytery intends ; Substitute against'him in consequence of a' speech he made on Wednesday iUt',- ' . Sydney, Yesterday. Sailed,' this afternoon—Union steamship Te Anau, for Auckland.

Sporting. The latest betting on the A.J.C. Derby is 6 to 4 against the field, Martini-Henry being a firm favorite. The latest betting in the Great Metropolitan Stakes is as follows First Demon 7 to 1, Navigator to to 1, Norman 12 to 1. Much interest is being taken in the race. Nothing is going better than First Demon and Masquerade. Yately is also going well, and Sir Modred has much improved of late. Earthquake. A severe shock of earthquake was experienced at midnight at Raima, a seaport ninety miles south of this c'ty. The dwellings in the town and neighborhood were severely shaken. A Memorial. At a meeting of the Diocesan Synod to-day it was resolved that a Synod Hall should be erected as a memorial to the late Bishop Barker.