LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3449, 12 March 1874, Page 2

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Per Ranyatim.) Ensineer-in-Chief for Victorian Railways (Mr Higmbotham) was entertained at dinner : by the officers of the department, previous to his departure from the Colony. : The Melbourne Harbor Trust recommend the formation of two {Boards, one to have control o. the shipping, the other of the improvements of the port. kavque, has been got off safely from Mud Islaud. i n- U V )V r l } leu k * s , a ß°at in Melbourne fora public holiday on the 12th, the of the Duke lof Edinburgh s entry into London. A petition i |il as l ? een . Presented to Government, asking that the day be proclaimed a puffijc holiday. ■ .. ,® T ? ase ?Ji l ‘ Ireland, the actor, against the Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette,’ for libel, has been partly heard. 7 England v. Launceston was won by the Lnghsh in one innings, with 30 runs to spare. Letters have been received from Major Warburton. They say that the men were so reduced by famine that they could scarcely crawl a hundred yards. The Rockhampton Sub-collector of Customs received, from a squatter residing at Bald Hill, a letter stating that a very large ship, name unknown, was anchored twelve miles north-east of his (Mr Ross’s) house. Her foretopmast

and mainmast were gone; her mizenmast was broken iu the middle, and not a rag of sail was left. A man connected with the railway at Kooky Creek, Queensland, was carrying 31b of blasting ' powder in his pocket, when the powder exploded, disembowelling and instantly killing him. The Brisbane ‘ Courier 5 strongly deprecates any rush to the Palmer goldfields at present, .as it would be highly suicidal to the interests of the miners. A meeting of St. David’s Cathedral congregation, Hobart Town, called to upset the action of the churchwardens iu allotting sittings, hah approved of their action, and thereby repudiated Canon Bromby’s free-sitting scheme. This is considered a project against him." January yield of gold ili New South vv ales shows a considerable increase. (Ptv Alhambra.) Hokitika, March 12. ] vr T . , _ Melbourne, March 5. Mr Ireland, the actor, obtained LIOO damages from the Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette,* Tot Übelj iu saying h6 was'a slovenly acfcoj:, ■ :

The election arrangements are complete. Nominations under the first batch commence on the 18th March, and the polling under the last batch takes place on the 21st April. At the adjourned inquest on Mr Reynolds, who was killed through an explosion, the jury, after additional evidence, found Augustus Green guilty of wilful murder. He was committed on the coroner .s warrant. The verdict caused great surprise, as the evidence against the accused was the slightest possible. A deputation from the Agiicultural Society waited ou tue chief Secret .*ry, and asked him to piohibit the importation of cattle from New Zealand, or to remove the prohibition as regards Europe altogether. Mr Francis stated tnat fresh legislation would be required. A verdict of LS7 has been given against the ISowZealand Insurance Company attheinstance or one Michael Walsh, a publican, on account of insurance. Ibe English Eleven, in the Hobart Town natch, scored 368 in their first innings ; 6. F Grace making 154, Oscroft 45, and Jupp 44. Ihe lasniamans have 13 wickets down for 182

runs. .The match is likely to be a one-inuiiigs one. ° The Australian Cup is to be run for to-tnor-row. Protos, Contessa, and After Dark are hot favorites. Heavy rain has fallen during the last 24 hours. H.M.S. Nelson has been successfully docked. Ihe Sydney Go vernment has accepted a tender the northern railway to Tamworth Ihe Legislative Council of New South Wales the Deceased Wife’s Sister Marriage •ill, with one amendment. The E.M.S. Flintshire, with the Torres olrarts mail, reached Singapore punctually. The strike in the iron trade at Sydney has ended. The men are allowed two meal hours in winter and two in summer. The gasmen in Sydney have struck for advanced wages, ..The ship Southern Belle, from London, is disabled at North Queensland. Assistance lias been sent. . The Adelaide vignerons ask the Chief Secretary to initiate legislation in favor of intercolonial free trade for native products. UNPUBLISHED. ~ . Sydney, March G. Last night the Assembly decided to postpone the vote for Volunteers and garrison corps, pending the examination of the commandant and officers at the bar of the House, respecting the alleged disorganization in the force. The Government intend to ask Parliament to vote the price of match rifles for the intercolonial contests.