AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3561, 22 July 1874, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

{Per Otago.)

mv , Melbourne, July 15. 17159nno e T i f ° r tb# year a “ ts te L 4102,000, the largest yet obtained, and exceeding the Treasurer’s estimate by L 300.000 ,w CUB L° niS, i pubbc works > and miscellaneous items show largo increases; the territorial a «wmg to the fact that the GoveruTh S- le f t the ? ale °. f land b 7 auction, lha Chief Secretary has suffered a relapse and is confined to his bed. The Treasurer makes his financial statement on Tuesday

bave been issued for Grendville vice Mr Pope, deceased ; and for Collingwood’ vice Mr Edwards, insolvent. There will be strong contests in each place. 6 r A ? p “ ld(d P a l Conference is now sitting on the Local Government Bill, introduced by the Government. J

.A T’ a r f^ y “P ath y has been prefh^trinff' Green latel y acquitted at the trial for the Queen street explosion cases. ihe prospectus has been issued of the Pakawhau and Victoria Coal Company for working mines m Nelson; capital L30,000‘, in LI shares’ A correspondent writing to the ‘Argus’’ states that the Rev. Robert Fleming, lafe of Otago, was refused recognition in Victoria as a preacher, and no reason for this was assigned by the Home Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church.

The election committee has postponed till tfon mm 7 ‘ 16(5181011 in tlle East Bourke peti Three military funerals took place in Melbourne last Sunday. ™n h +L AsS 'T bly laß . tai 3 ht l’ the Reform Bill through committee, and agreed to a nm Bills. A b 7 makl,Sg any alteration bi money Captain Duncan, of the barque Palace, from sssw&isl.* T.&s* veLe" 7 ra ‘ taWay ' frora

Mr Gavin Casey, a surgeon at Brighton, was committed by the Coroner for twenty-four hours, for contempt in giving evidence at an inquest. 8 * e 1 The Chief Secretary is slightly better, ihe s.s. Albion arrived this mornin"qUe n ion erecting a lighthous°e at Cape Bridgewater is under the consideration of the Government oKh.jythT&tat'.S"" esi, “ ted here

loSt.?" V*** Wxd *• to-morrow respecting the Land Bill. under the S!? 0 ™ 18 H’ 0 0n Sat «rdav week, mider the patronage of the Marquis‘of Nor-

n ATwiy! MaU P “ “ 1W “ lle h*“‘tomi. The barque Sierra Nevada and the brig E«ake came into collision twenty miles south of Newcastle. The brig was S amidships, and sank in two minutes, but the erew were saved. e

t» M Er S y<S^.“ d Do,,|tlM “ The Torres Straits mail arrived at Singapore a day before contract time.

Messrs J. L. Montefiore, James White, and Professor Smith have been appointed Ministers of the Upper House. A landsman named Di iscoll, kidnapped on board the Wemyss Castle, has brought an action against the captain and mate.

Adelaide. Ernest Giles, the explorer, has sent a telegram from Charlotte Waters, dated July 13, that he has discovered a freshwater lake and splendid country 150 miles beyond Gosse’s depot.