LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

Evening Star, Issue 4012, 5 January 1876, Page 2

LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

[Per AViambra at Hokitika,) ™ Melbourne, December*?. .; nm h j!S c °A Thnwday evening last Passed tlii# dl ?^v°« mcreaßed division, and the Governor assented to it the x ' ■¥? Assembly the Chairman of Com* mittoes ruled that Mr Tucker's amendment in fetor of dissolution oould not be received, os it did not come within the order of reference to the Com* mxttee. The Opposition threaten to bring forward another amendment to the budget when the House a«un meets on the 11th January. On that date, nlsojattention is to bo colled to the fact that there are two. members of the Government who do not hold seats in the House. Theoold wet weather was succeeded by a few days ?L e f tre “® ?***• the thermometer being as high as 106 degrees in the shade in some parts, but the min has again come, and yesterday it continued the whole day, putting a stop to the progress of the In. tercolomal Cricket Match, which commenced on Boxing Day, when the attendance on the ground numbered about 12,000. e Mr Elliott, manager of the Bank of Australasia, s&ssa.fcaas o' “• By order of the Government, the body of the man Heath, who was operated on by Dr Beaney for litho* tomy, has been exhumed, and a post mortem examination corroborated all tks statements made as to the mal-treatment the patient had received. An in. quest Is being held to4ay. In the meantime, seve* ral letters have appeared in the papers, tefleotingon previous operations of Dr Beaney; The bodies of two newly bom infants have been found floating in the river on Monday. It appears a double murder has been committed/ The mail Mongolia left Wle for Ausyth a janmrx b * 4,14 Bhould 1611011 Adelaide about A. woman named Marion Grant has been committed for trial for causing the death of her infant through neglect. Caims proceed by the mail to

m.. . . Sydney, December 29. ihe spread of fever causes apprehension. A scarcity of water has occurred in the suburbs. RiSff b f? a Bt °PP® d in consequence. During a heavy gale, the mate of the brig Perse-ver-nce was washed overboard and drowned, coming from the Clarence. ou * A^AS 8 <wcun*d at Mart’s freezing establishf h u ld £ t Darli ?S Harbor. It is insured for £IO,OOO in the New Zealand office. The loss is estimated at £3, 000. Mrs Martin, an hotelkeeper, has been murdered named Pitt, who has been arrested, there was a disturbance at Newcastle during the laying of the foundation-stone of a Protestant Hall, interfere!? 16 ® alllollCß and Orangemen, uhe polios Two children have been burned to death by the a 1 a . k ® ro ?ene lamp, at Brisbane. The mother and a third child are seriously injured. t, ~ . _ Adelaide, December 29. f - 0 -Backstairs Passage cable was safely landed on Christmas Day, at Kangaroo Island.