AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3409, 24 January 1874, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

The operation of the Workrooms and Factories Statute has been suspended in two more : R»n 8, w ,? men an d girls employed in the M^ rat c W ? ollen Mills and in the factory of M'Dougall forwarded petiW n °fi v Secretai 7 praying that the “ been accusl !?* DOfc l nterfer ed with. Inquiry Francis has directed that the clause of the Act referring to the hours of labor be suspended in these cases. Mat «ation and Civil of the 390 muUdittM 122 pmed tion, and 214 the civil service examination. jFour passed the former with credit, two of the candidates who attained the distinction beindaughters of Professor Hearn. One of'these young ladies is to be congratulated on bavin" passed an examination which has seldom been SasseA She passed in all ia nine subjects and credit in six, including Greek. In all eight ladies passed the matriculation examiqa’

tion, and fourteen or fifteen the civil service ihe Scotch _ College boys well sustained the credit of their establishment. Of the twentysix who went up twenty-four passed the matriculation.

Dissensions amongst the Sydney cricketers continue, and the brothers Gregory are unlikely to play in the match against the Englishmen. There was a disgraceful scene at the Hobart Town Presbytery on January 14. The Eev. Mr Storey made a long and virulent speech in defiance of the ruling of the Moderator. He gave several members the lie direct, and charged the Presbytery with the illicit destruction of the minutes.

The lessees of the Theatre Royal pay the proprietors 20 per cent of the gross receipts instead of a fixed rent. During the pantomime time the receipts were L 1,500 a week, so the proprietors drew the fine rent of L3OO a week. Fancy paying rent twice in one day as Harwood and Co. did on the days they gave afternoon performances in addition to the ordinary one at night.