AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1296, 23 July 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

July IT

The Assembly Is proceeding with the discussion of the schedules in the Customs Bill The duty of fid on aerated waters is maintained, and the duy of Is per cwt on alum omitted, Mr Coghlan has been appointed Government Statist on probation. The Bench considered that a pritna facie case had been made ont in the charges against Lee and M'Alister, for railway frauds. The other cases will come on next week

Yesterday the harbor e'l’-'mer Prince cl Wales went ontside the tcidg to tow In the ship Peterborough. 1 l?e men Were aboard. The ship ran into the steamer, catting her down, and two men were drowned.

The tunnel which has been completed on the Waratah line is the longest in the colony. The question of a Centennial Exhibition is being pushed forward. The celebrated racing mare Scandal ia dead.

A mass meeting of employees in the iron trade passed resolutions in favor of ironwork being done in the colony, foreign competition being the cause of depression in the trade.

Brisbane, June 17.

Continued rain is affecting the density of the sugar cane and unless there is a change the weather will seriously retard crushing operations.

Melbourne, July 17. The Minister of Agriculture has promised to favorably consider the appointment of a travelling instructor on vinecultnre, to visit the country districts and lecture.

The anion of South Australia and Victoria has been seriously mooted in the Assembly. Mr Gillies said he saw no prospect of success, and therefore declined to take any action in the matter. The last Melbourne Cup meeting left a profit of £12,0C0

Adelaide, July 17

e Government is unfavorable to the construction of the proposed cable from TanctMiver Island to Australia. Af wther shipment of South Australian wfa.ee i being sent to the Exhibition.