AUSTRALIA.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 372, 13 February 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

(Reuters Telegrams.)

(from the lyttelton times.) Melbourne, Feb. 10.

Mr Berry addressed the Geelong electors yesterday in a long speech, in which he defended the policy and actions of the Government. He sketched the future programme of the Ministry, and stated that they had resolved to abandon the nominee clause, but would retain the plebiscite and sixth clause in tho next Reform Bill. A vote of confidence was carried by a large majority. A woman named M'Mahon, while suffering from religious mania, murdered her infant yesterday.

Sailed—Te Anau

Feb. 11. Racing sweeps have been declared illegal and the holders Avere fined nominally. Sydney, Feb. 11. According to the latest ugavs from Ncav Caledonia, a terrific cyclone swept over the island on Jan. 24, causing almost incalculable damage to property, and leaving a large number of settlers in a state of destitution. The Government, however, promptly took steps to alleviate as much as possible the prevailing misery and distress, and voted 100,000 francs. Information has been received of the loss of 14 vessels during the cyclone.

In the exhibition class for the mild ales, Joel, of Dunedin, took first prize ; Brown and Campbell, of Auckland } highly commended. In the class for pale ales, Martin, of Invercargill, took the first prize. The samples sent by Pa&coe, of Wellington, and Wilson, of Dunedin' were highly commended. In the class for stroug ales, Vincent, of Christchurch, took first prize ; Speight, of Dunedin, second. In the class for bottled stout, Crawford, of Dunedin, took first prize ; the Phoenix Brcwerj (probably Ehrenfried) second). There were no awards for bottled ales.

" Well farmer, you told us your place was a good place for hunting ; now we have tramped it for three hours and found no game."—" Just so. I calculate, as a general thing, the less game there is, the more hunting you have."