Australian Telegrams.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1690, 19 July 1875, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

PER ALHAMBRA

MEETING OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS RELATIVE TO SECULAR EDUCATION.

; I.' ;].,. Melbourne, jtQylO. : The railway revenue last year a tnoun ted to £920,000.—The scandal about Ju<j ge D unne is likely to be ventilated. The j a dge has sent in his defence to the charges of intoxication, but it is hardly considered sufficient to satisfy the country.—The Rom an Catholics have declined to offer a deter m i ne d opposition to the new Education Acfc, At a meeting of bishops held this week a series of resolutions were agreed upon.— The scandal of Father Daiton kidnapping the children of a dead mother, and placing them in a Catholic Orphanage, will shortly be brought before Parliament.-, Mr J. P. Macdonald, theatrical lessee at Sandhurst, has been committed for trial for stealing money.—Very cold weather has been experienced.

Sydney, July 10. The steam colliers, Susannah and Cuthbert were wrecked on the Long reef.—The quarter's revenue, ending June, . shows an increase of £152,000. —Professor." Beveridge's report on the Sydney Water Supply, has disclosed the existence of the most disgusting impurities.