AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1367, 3 July 1878, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] . [Per Wakatipu, via Wellington.] Brisbane, Juno 27. An extraordinary meteor, with head as largo as the apparent size of the sun and tail of immense length, passed over Georgetown and burst like a hundred rockets. Newcastle. Sam Howard’s New Zealand Combination Troupe are doing well here. Sydney, June 27. A woman named Mary Padbury, was picked up by the police in a street at the back of the Town Hall about 5 p.m., with a wound on her head, a broken elbow and other severe injuries. She said her sister had thrown her out of a window twenty feet from the ground. Melbourne, June 27. The Government will have to contract a new loan for the purchase of the Hobson’s Bay railway and construction of other linos. The price for the former is <£132,000. A number of reductions are being made in the public service by the superannuation of old officers. It is rumoured that the Governor has received a dispatch by the last mail in which his action is not altogether approved by the Secretary of Stdto. A nugget, found by Chinamen on private property pear Bealiba, weighed 4QO ounces. A movement has been started for the formation of an Infant Asylum, to prevent infanticide and baby-farming. Gentle’s owner and rider, a selector, was killed while ridjng in a steeplechase. T. B Payne, of South Yarra, has given <£ 1000 to Trinity College for the foundation of a scholarship. Adelaide, June 27. A man named Askley, who had been sentenced to death in Victoria, but had the sentence commuted to twenty years, having served his time, was convicted of forgery three days after his arrival hero. anJ •••mter.ced i > s>”.e-r years. Tntellig ■ • ■' ■ ; - u:e .-c-m. of lb; Loch Arc merit Ac,, ; mi. ob cargo u.k, being reev -■ ■ ■ T : /’• •»<> work from V :cnv boats <«•«. procured. Thomas I x •v-o nas been ;>» -v- v.ilL ic Humane Socie \ s go) i v/eIM. i'iie Prcay are ..r; mg On -'ctM:r. m to V : M.rv Ivors' 5 v' yob {>o - 1 ■; ':ii I itoj J to remove the - ■ - 'm - t .AJgali v. . .ini Hurior, r f ’ : i. ‘j 1 . .roji'L'T.eo \ ' ■■ -ii in ■ *ob6 ui- 1 ’ ' ' ! ‘l rials pro • fin rift WiJos and Chief Secretary. u " :% V ’ the Ac

in Victoria prohibition is only by proclamation, Mr Berry says this colony must follow the example of its neighbours, as it would be useless if prohibition is removed to keep our port closed. Most of the principal breeders and owners of stock favor the withdrawal of prohibition. The libel action brought by the Hon. Alex. Fraser, M.L.C., against the “Age.” resulted in a vex-dict for <£2so and costs against the defendant. It is generally thought that the newspaper got off very cheaply. A dense fog enveloped the city and suburbs for several hours last Friday night. Ail traffic in the streets was suspended, and it was impossible to see ten yards off. No serious accidents were reported, except that one man was drowned going aboard ship. Dr Hope, formerly M.L.C. and. chairman of committees, is dead. lie bad been ailing some time. John Fisher Dean, charged with felony under the Insolvency Act of New Zealand, is likelytobe remanded back under the Governor’s warrant. The solicitor who appeared for accused objected on the grounds that the Act under which the charge bad been laid was repealed by a new Act passed in 1870, which contained no provision making the conduct of prisoner a felony. After some discussion it was ascertained that a subsequent Amendment Act existed. A valuable shipment of draught stock left per Hero for Auckland on Tuesday last, consigned to Eicliardson and Canning, of Hawke’s Bay. It includes the entire Stockman, sold for 700 guineas. The Melbourne Cup weights have been published, First King Las the top weight, 9st 31b ; Chester, 9st; Woodlands and Savanaka each Bst 11b; Tankard 7wt Sib ; Bosworth, 7st 71b ; Device, 7st 51b ; His Lordship, 7st 41b; Vulcan, 7st 3!b; Warlock, 6st 71b; Jack o’Lantern, Cst Sib. Of Walker’s New Zealand pair Trump Card has Bst, and Lo Loup 7st 101 b. Acceptances arc f o be made on 7th August. “ Our Girls” is having a genuine run at the Academy of Music, and “Uncle Tom” at the Princess. There is nothing doing at the Royal. ' William Lyster leaves by next California mail for a trip in America and Europe. Business of all descriptions continues dull. This is traceable to the uncertain feeling existing regarding the intentions of Government, which prevents anything like permanent investments Mining prospects show an improvement. The new rush near Dunnolly is doing well, and twelve, ten, and eight ounces are obtained by parties from more surfacing. Another prosecution against the firm of Geo. Stevenson & Sons ,'s pending. Sydney, June 27. The Barrington diggings are turning out well. The scheme instituted by the propx-ietor of the “Queenslander” for a survey of the transcontinental railway line, with a view to the construction of a railway by means of land grants, is being practically carried into effect.