AUSTRALIA.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 380, 12 March 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

(Reuters Telegrams.)

f Special to the Mail]

Sydney, March 11.

An action for £10,000 for libel has been brought by John Shepherd, M.L.A.,. against G. R. Dibbs, merchant, for uttering alleged slander, charging Shepherd with immoral conduct with Mrs J. 0. Dibbs, for whom he was acting as solicitor in a suit in the Divorce Court, has resulted in a verdict for "plaintiff for £2,000 damages.

The Stamp Duty Bill which was. sent a second time to the Legislative Council, has been again rejected By that chamber on constitutional points.

fFROM THELYTTELTON TIMES.) Sydney, March 9. Arrived—Hero and Tararua, from Auckland, yesterday.

A man has murdered his two children at Bathurst. He was suffering from the effects of delirium tremens. March 10. Bishop Selwny has arrived at Gunya from Norfolk Island en route to Auckland. Melbou'kne, March 9. The Union Company's steamship Rotomahana grounded on the banks of the Yarra, but it is expected that she will float again at midnight. It is not probable that there will be any opposition to the re-election of the Ministers. Mauritius advices, dated 17th state that the sugar market was active ; large sales were being made and stocks were small..