AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1549, 4 May 1887, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

» Melbourne, April 27. The Registrar of Titles and RegistrarGene'al'a Department have unanimously agreed to givo a day's pay to the Queen's Jubilee fund, which Lady Loch suggests ahonld be formed for the assistance of bereaved women. Should thin example bo followed by other State departments tho results will be a splendid contribution to tho fund. It Is stated the Now South Wales Government ara shipping unemployed over the border to Victoria. Tho Minister of Works doprecates the introduc'ion of mure labor into the colony at present. The Hallway Department aro construct* ing two ttucks to facilitate the laying of ballast on the linea, They are the invention of Mr Roberta, late of tho Now Zealand railway?. A jeekey named Hickey fell m Ihe steeplechase at Warnambool races, and broke his neck. Death was inatantaneoaß. Adelaide, April 27Edward Summers, a drummer m ihe Salvation Army, was fined 10s and costs for boating a drum to the annoyance of the public He elected to go <o gaol. A large meeting at tho Town Hall recommended a Boheme of 'planting fro its, olives, and wattles on waste lands of tho colony. The Exhibition Buildings are rapidly approaching completion. Admiral Fairfax has accepted an invitation to be preBent at the opening, nnd will probably bring H.M.S. Nelson round. The Victory Reef Teetulpa, ha 3 been Eold to a Melbourne Syndicate for a large sum. Sir Arthur Blyth will, at the request of the Tosmanian Government, act as AgentGeneral of that colony during the interval between the departure of Mr Adye Douglaß and tho arrival of his successor. Sydney, April 27. The appointment of Mr A. G. Taylor as Examiner of Patents has evoked considerabb discussion In, the* Assembly, many! momberß characterising it as a job. The Minister of Justice is preparing a Bill to do away with Bweepa and consallationoin. connection with iv.co meetings. The unemployed ngltation continues, and disgraceful scenes ocour at tho distribution of free food ticketß. A satisfactory trial of Wo'seley's sheepshoaring machine was made at tbo New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency's stores. The beet time was smin 65aeo, iv whioh a crossbred wether was shorn. Heavy rainß have fallon throughout the colony, and cheep m pome localities are showing serious symptoms of foot rot.