AUSTRALIA.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 305, 20 June 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[Special:jto the Mail.]

(Reuteb's Telegrams.) ■ - ' .Melbourne, June 19. The papers here publish the text of Sir Michael Hicks-rßeach's despatches to - Lord Normanby,-... the substance of which has been fully. anticipated by" direct telegraph. : -",.,'. , .i '' ' The Legislative Assembly last;'night ; . passed a. vote of £300,000 for and rejected a resolution regarding Jihe r financial administration of the Ministry, ■; which was tantamount to a vote of want - of confidence. for Wellington.*' "' Sydney, June 19. The schooner Lovelle Peacock, bound from i Queensland to Sydney, timber ladenj *has. been "wrecked off' Newcastle. The sailmaker was drowned ; the rest of the" crew and passengeis were saved. The vessel. was owned in Sydney by, Messrs Robey, and was. built in New .Jersey in 1855. ' Sailed—City of Sydney, for Auckland. (from the lyttelton times.) Melbourne, Jnne 17. The movements of the sympathisers with the Kelly gang are exciting much comment. It is stated by the Police Department that important information as to the movements of the Kellys may be expected shortly. Arrived—Tanj ore, to-day, from King George's Sound; the Chimboraao arrived at Suez yesterday. ' . Mr Berry reached Mcibourn to-night, and was publicly received in Spencer. street. A torchlight procession was formed and proceeded to the Treasury, where Mr Berry made a speech, thanking the people for the reception. He believed the reform question had been, brought to a.point where victory was assured to the people. He had the "moral support'of the best minds in England. He could not fail to win. June 17. It is alleged that the police have obtained a clue.to the whereabouts of the Kel!} s though the sisters' known confedeiatcs in Melbourne. ["Special.! June 18. The Victorian Parliament will probably meet on July I_. Mr Berry's apparent intention is to start the session Y»ith the Estimates and a "Refo m Bill for rejection by the Lcg-O^uu- 1 Council. t) bo f I'huud In a U-'-'Jl' I io i :i 3 iii i c (vnc,. mo v i , ( d ot ihe Ml«'1" ouru«» un- *• .!.. i* i 1 a i eti' ou

The Kelly sympathisers . purchased from a Melbourne gunmaker 400 rounds, of ammunition, suitable for a Spencer rifle, similar to the one the Kcllys secured at the time of Iher Mansfield police murder. It is reported that they have , succeeded including the police. -1 Sydney, June 17. The Mint authorities have made, arrangements to issue a new silver coinage. Tho health of Lady Normanby is more 'satisfactory, although she is still weak. Sailed — Arawata, with' the Suez mails.