AUSTRALIA.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 50, 9 December 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[BY ELECTRIC TKLK.iii U'H. — COPYRIGHT. j B ..UTlilt'o I'Kl.i:.- BA.US. Syo.vky, Dec 7. Heavy clouds prevented the observations of the trau-il uf Venus. December P. The cricket match between the English eleven and 22 of Maitland resulted in a victory for tlie Englishmen in om innings with 15 runs to spare. This Day. The English cricketers commenced thmatch yesterday against 18 Newcastle men, and when the stumps were drawn the home team were all out for 67. The Englishmen had four wickets down foi 130. Bimsbank, Decembr 7. Thp intended trausit of Venus wa rendered impracticable by bad weather AoiJi.Aim:, December 7. The observation of the transit of Venuhy Mr Todd, C-.M-G., at Wentworth wu successful. The weather was clear, an good views of txternal contact were ob tamed. This I ay. The Australian criclceters commence a match yesterday against fifteen o; South Australia, and at the close of tin day's play the scores stood as follows : The fifteen, first innings, 117; Austra bans, first innings, 1 wn-kef for 47. Mklcouunk, Deeemb-r 7Early this morning it wis bright, ami a clear and favourable observation oi the transit of Venus was obtained. December 8. Mi' Munro's motion for the appointment of a Select ommil.fee to invc.siig.-it> the railway administration wiil be treated a~ a Fote of want of confidence in tin i-iovrrniiu'nt. A Board will be appointed to assess tin ( amount of compensation to be awarded to the sufferers by the Hawthorn railway accident. Melbourne, This Da} r . A meeting, at whic.i fuily five hundred persons were present, was held at tinTown Hall last evening. Resolutio iwere unanimously passed requiring the abolition of patronage in appointments m:ide to Govern men i Departments. The General Traffic A.anager of Victorian Railways, Mr J. Anderson, has issued a report regarding the Hawthorn railway collision, in which he blames the tlriver and guard of the express train for the catastrophe.