AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 98, 28 January 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

♦— ; .... [BBUTEBS TBLB&BAMB.] Mblbottbhs, January 27. A meeting of th» Constitutional party in Victoria has been called for to-mor-row, to consider the political situation invoked in the coming re-construction of the Ministry. The steamer Afghan arrived at Hobson's Bay yesterday with 178 Chinese. Of this number 64 were detained on board by the Customs authorities for having false naturalisation papers. Sydney, January 26. The Anniversary Handicap was won to-day by the Hon. J. Whyte's Tempe, Minerva being second, and Kathleen third. Seventeen horses started ; won by a length ; time, 2min. 25£ sec. It is announced that the Canard steamer Parthia is under offer to the Pacific Mail Company, to run between Sydney and San Francisco, ia conjunction with the present vessels of Australia and New Zealand. : Received January 28, 9.30 a.m. i Melbourne, This Day. A caucus of the constitutional part] was held to-day. It was resolved to continue to support the Coalition Ministry. Arrived, thii mwrning, Te An*a, from the Bluff. The men charged with attempted bant robbery at Collingwood were broaght up before the Magistrate's yesterday, when the prisoners Murray, Hopkins and Seal were csmmilted to take their trial. Sydney, January 27. The Ministerial statement was made in the Legislative Assembly to-day. It proposes considerable amendments shall be made in the Land Act and announce.' the Government intend introducing s a scheme of equitable taxation tc meet the deficiency in the revenue Th< treasurer stated the Financial Statement would be brought down on Thursday 4tl February.