AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1485, 17 February 1887, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Stdnbt, Februsry 10. Sir H. Parke3 has stated mos> unmiitakeably that one of his first acts will be to repeal the ad valorem duties. The Rev H Brittle, lnoumbtnt of St Ann's Church, Ryde, has been charged with setting fire to the parsonage A quantity of kerosene balls were found about the premises, and the prisoner had previously pnrohated a case of keroseneBe has been remanded. The nuemployed In the building trades are urging the completion of several publio works. Two oases of abdnotion of young girls came r^oantly before the Court, Iv the oaae of Edward Gilbert Fleming, a ware houseman, he was oharged with abduoting a girl from her home, but as the girl went of her own freo will this charge" could not be sustained, and another haa been brought by the parents for loss of services, whioh has not yet been deolded. In the other ease two young girls left a boarding* house where they were employed, and with two of the lodgers resided at Ba) main. In this instance also the aot waa a voluntary one One of tho prisoners, John GHfford, a mhiing engineer, has been committed for i rial. Mr Dibbs, speaking, at Wagga, said the Thomson affair bad nothing to do with the resignation of the Government It had been originally formed of freetraders, but half of its numbers had gone over to the protectionists It would have been better had Sir P. Jennings reconstructed the Government by tnking m more freetraders, and letting the proreot'onista go by the board. He still oonteads that the defioit was a mere fl abite, as valaable assets had not been reokoned. Melbouricb, February 10. Typhoid fever ia very prevalent iv different parts of the colony of Victoria. Tbe military force ia to be armed witb • the Schfiutoff msg;<zlne rifle, from which nix shora can be fired without the removal of the weapon from the shoulder. A deputation from the Australian Native*' Association suggested that January 26 h of next year be set ppart as m national holiday ia celebration of the contenarj . At a o n'erenoe of delegates of the oity and snbu r ban munic ; parties, the Brisbane fl >oda relief fund was stated to now amount to £4000, and subscription were ~fltlfirCOmllig Hl i IrcrJy. Cooktown, February 10 The party who iun ed »t Johannette Inland to puntßh th« murderers of Oapcain F. Craig attaoked the village. They found about eighteen natives ; ton were Ktl:ed and two wounded. They then burnt three villages and destroyed tht> cocoanut trees aurrounrlina thorn. Th* remainder of the natives fled into th* ■ornb \ Winchester nfla. a Colt' revolver, and some ammunition were diaoovererl. They had bel mged to Craig Most < f the NaMvea wr«o murdered him are sill m the mountains, and it wool' be impoHsible to follow them, owing t> the dense undergrowth and scrub Adelaidk, Februnry 10. Mr Col^s, leader of the Opposition, upoßbing at Kapunda, opposed the io crease of the land tax. and advocattd the ■ale of lan^s to meet the deficit. They had, be said, a • almost unlimited tern* tory, practically undeveloped, yet they were at a standstill, paralysed with fear, publio confidence was lost, and the popu lation was leaving m hundreds The Chief Inspector of StocV has re ported t hat affected horses st Petersburg are sofforai*' trom malignant^ typhoid fever whioh is oontagious. The Treasurer, speaking at;the Kipunda banquet, said the Ministry would oontinue their pilioy of enc>urauement of local industries. The deficit wan caused, to a great extent, by the abrupt stoppage of Crown land sales. A few years back £4U0,000 was annually received from this source, and not half that sum came In vow.