LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3444, 6 March 1874, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

_ Mbmoobhb, February 28. The Rev. P. 5. Menzies, the popular Presby. terian Minister, died of consumption. He was much jregretted, and his funeral was a large one. At the adjourned inquest on the body of the late Mr Reynolds, nothing was elicited as to who sent the explosive material. It is now believed the deceased was experimenting in compounds. The Nubia left £ralle foj- Australia on the 18th February, and" will arrive herp 12th March, as she is two days late. ' The Englishmen won the oriohet match against the Victorian Fifteen by seven wickets. The match excited no interest. Mr Grace then batted, with eleven in the field, and httt the fielding was very indifferent. The Eleven have slope played at Launceston, where they made 247 in oho innings—(Woffc contributing 96; G. F. Grace, 45 ; "wf a Grace. 33, and Jupp, 33, The Tdsmanians in their first innings only scored 90, ten of the number making nil In the second innings eleven wickets were’ down for 112 runs After playing at Hobart Town the eleven return here and then play the final Scket lhepeoplehere are heartily tired of Bishop Perry left for Europe by the mail Adtouee were previously presented to him. Bishop Tufnell of Brisbane alsq proceeded tp England, and will not return, ■ ? •. • uiembers of the Government recently vmted Maryborough to-be present at the turnfirst sod of the railway and the laying fo undation.Btone. of a State school 7 Mr Stephen, Minister, of Education, made a speech ou _fb e Success of the Education Act. . i ft§ urinations under the first batch of eiectmns are fixed for the 18th, and the polling for the 27th;- Several of the candidates are uylding meetings. The elections are likely to caijse a pod dwJ of • -y I

Parliament is to be dissolved on the 9th March. The Chief Secretary’s: election address appears next day. The New Guinea colonisation scheme is progressing strongly. The promoters intend to ask the cession of 10,000 acres from the natives. The barque Don Diego, from Liverpool, is ashore this morning near Mad Island, but it is expected she will be got off shortly. ' ~ ___ Stdnbt. Mr M Leary has presented his natural hiscollection, and L 7,000 to the Sydney University. / Hume reiterates his story about Leichardt’s relics having been stolen from him, which nobody believes. The Palmer River rush is over. All are returning ; many are dying from starvation and exhaustion on the way. The township is deserted; provisions are scarce and at famine prices, and.tlm rivers are flooded. Parliament is still sitting, but the business done is unimportant. The strike in the iron trade continues. Large orders for machinery are meanwhile being sent elsewhere. Adelaide. The ‘ Register’ estimates that 870,000 acres are under wheat, the crop being 110,000 bushele less than last year. The average yield is a little over 7J bushels to the acre. The surplus available for export will be 105,000 tons. An attack was made .by blacks on the Barrens Creek telegraph station on Sunday evening when all were outside enjoying a smoke. Stapleton, the telegraph master, and Frank, the linesman, were killed. Flint, the operator and black boy were also seriously injured. Next day the Natives reappeared in force, and were fired at. One was killed. Since then reinforcements have been sent that and all the stations on the overland line. The Hon. Mr Elder has despatched a wellequipped expedition to Perth to explore the country passed over by Major Warburton.