AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1678, 4 October 1887, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

I Melbourne, September 28. The Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mi Magnus Pyke, Commissioners for the Grosvenor Gallery, with the Grdsvenoi Gallery Exhibition, arrived on Saturday by the Clyde, and wore met at Williamstown by Mr Seymour Port, representing his Excellency. The CommieaionerE brought with them one hundred and fifty pictures, comprising the Grosveuor Gallery collection, which will shortly be exhibited m lho new wing of the Public Library and Art Gallery. The pictures were carefully selected by Sir Oouttß Lindsay and the Earl of Buckinghamshire. His Lordship is of opinion that they equal m artißtic merit the displays at thin year's .Groavenor and Royal Academy. No better collection, he says, ever leit London. The Exhibition will remain open m Melbourne about two months, and will afterwards be taken to Now South Wales, South Australia, New Zoaiundatid Canada. It is proposed that a similar collection shall be brought out each year, the object being to encourage the growth of art m the colonies, to promote federation iv art as a part of the greater scheme of Imperial federation . A Conference of. responsible heads of the Postal Departments of the various colonies will be opened at Adelaide on November 7th, and will probably last fleveral days, as many important subjects will be discussed. Mr T. H, PrJtohardj who has come to Melbourne from Fiji to lay certain propoaalß m favor of the government of that island being undertaken by Viotoiia before the Government of this oolouy, was enter 1 ained at luncheon at bcott'o Hotel. Mr Deakln, replying to the toast of the Ministry, spoke In general terms m favor of thifl colony doing all m its power to aid the people of Fiji In theie efforts to make matters m those Islands more prosperous than they are nt proeont. Mr Pritohard stated that aflalra are ao bad m Fiji that unless a chauge is 'effected a total collapse most: enaue, and the colony be virtually abandoned as a European settlement. He attributed the existing itate of ofitiirß to the bad administration )f the Government, the oolony bebg a 3rown one of a severe type. The detective force haveatlaßtßOCoeeded n capturing a gang of criminals, supposed 10 be the men who for aome months car'led on audoclouß robberies and burglaries n the city and suburbH. The lender of the fang fired on a detective, and the ballet leuetrated hlo ooat, pocket-book and >apers, but the deteotive was uninjured. Sydney, September 29. The session oommenoed rather atoroiily ast night. There was a acene on a quealon of privilege raised by Mr Melville, nd Sir Henry Parkea admitted that au rror had been committed m publishing ortala newspaper articles iv a book jsuad from the Government Printing j )ffioe with a report of Bpeeoheß by the *remier to celebrate the introduc ion of eaponuible Government into the oolony. H. M.S. Dart returned to poit yesterday or repairs, having boon ashoie off Broker aland, m the Louisiade Arohipeiawo. The railway report for last year shows hat tha railways are not paying interest n the money, and that the tramways are filing less than 4 per cant. Qaarantine has been declared agaiuet II veßßole ooming from Tasmania, owing o the outbreak of emdlpox,