AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1554, 11 February 1879, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

[BEtTTBR's TBLEGBAMS TO PBRSS AGENCY.] Sydney, February 10. Arrived—City of Sydney, from Auckland. Advices from New Caledonia state that the natives were completely pacified. The early resumption of operations at the New Caledonian nickel mines is probable. MEMOr/BNB, February 10. Terrific fires are raging in Colao forest. Fears are entertained for the safety of the township. The Minister of Lands will not at present press for payment of rent by selectors who have suffered considerably from rust in the crops. Arrived—Rotorua, from Auckland. Lady Robinson will lay the foundation stone of the Exhibition Buildings on Thnrsday. Brisbane, February 10. At the Volnnteer sham fight on Saturday six hundred were under arms. Colonel Soratchley inspected the men and expressed himself satiafied with their evolutions. Mr Q-retiley Lukin is appointed executive commissioner for Queensland to the Sydney Exhibition.

j [BPJBOIAI TO Till! PRBBB AGHNCY.I Sydney, February 10. The Few South Wales scored 49 in their second innings. The t'.im won by o.ie innings and 41 runs. MbIiBOTIENE, February 10. There arc now six victims to the Colic fire, and another is not expected to survive. The K >rangie, wrecked at Grabo Island, aas insured for £23,000. [By Telegraph, via the Bluff.] Melbourne, February 4. Politics still continue dull and uninteresting, and there is very little general news. The Governor will bo asked to lay the foundastone stone of the Exhibition building. This will probably be his last public appearance in the colony. Mr John Thomas Smith, who has been seven times Mayor of Melbourne, died, aged sixty three, after an eventful ca eer. He had a large fum r.l, the procession extending over three-quarters of a mile. The members of the Reform League have fallen out amongst themselves, and some revelations have been made regarding the disposal of the money of subscribers by the Ministry, and the meeting in support of the hJmbasay. other matters also cropped up showing, some rather extraordinary transactions for political purposes. There is now some prospect of the longs anding dispute between the Harbor I rust and Messrs Wright and Orr, dock lessees, being settl d in'favor of the litter. At the sale of the St Alban's yearlings, six realised an average of 386 guineas a. company is projected for the construction of a new dock o<; the east side of the Saltwater River. She dock ia to be 369 ft. long, 66ft. wide, and 20ft. deep, capable of holding vessels of 1500 tons There is nothing new about the Kelly pang. Parties aro out on s arch every day, and ex pectations of a capture are constantly raised, only to come to nothing. A collision occurred on Friday night at the Heads, between the steamer Ju i i Percy, outward bound, aud the ship St. Joseph from New York. Both were somewhat damaged, but not seriously. The we ther has been very hot, ranging up to 106 deg in the shade at Melbourne and at K'chnca. Several deaths occirred from sunstroke, two ia Melbourne, and others in different parts of the country. At Wilcanina, in New ~outh Wales, the heat has been frightful, 125 deg. being registered in the shade. Sixt'en deaths occurred in two days from the excessive he.it. Rain is very much wanted, and the country is mu h parched. At a meeting of the medical profession sixty were present. A Medical Defence Association was formed to deal with mattt-rs closely connected with the intere-ts of the profession. h fire occurred in Elizabeth street on Sunday nigh , when three premises were partitlly de-troyed Three firemen fell f■ om a verandah, and one of them had to be t.iken to the ho pital. The failure of McClura and Valleutine wholeBftle grocers, is announced. Their liabilities are . does not. exceed .£2O 000. A few other minor failures have taken place. i The four th»aires are still open, besides other places of amusement. Parson Chiniquy is now here addressing meetings. He has been taken up by the Orange institutions.