AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 81, 18 December 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

: — ♦ ' [bKUTEE's TtfLEGBAMS.J Melboubne, December 17. Arrived, this afternoon, tbe Tarawera, I from the Bluff. Sailed, this aiternoon, the Wairarapa, for the Bluff. ,- ] fy\ Negotiations for a y match to r be played I here between the English cricketers and the Australian Eleven which visited England this y«ar> have proved fruitless. Barnes, the notorious criminal prisoner, has confessed that he murdered Slack, the well-known litigant who died on September 11, and who was believed to hare committed suicide. This Day. The confession of Barnes, the notorious prisoner, that he murdered Stockwell, the well-known litigant, in Sepember last, is now fully confirmed. , The Imperial Government has extended I the jurisdiction of the High Commissioner [of New Guinea to .Do Eutrecasteaux Islands, situated N.E. of New Guinea. Melbourne has been officially declared to be free from small- pox. Sydney. December 17. No fresh cases of small-pox have occurred in this city. Donofan has been fined £150 for neglecting to notify to the authorities the small-pox cases which were under his treatment. Adelaide. December 17. The cricket match between the Auatralian and English teams was resumed yesterday, when the former, with four wickets down for 152 runs, continued tl»eir second innings, which closed for a total of 191. The Englishmen won the match by eight^Tckets. \