AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1679, 8 July 1879, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Via Auckland.] SYDNEY, July l. . The "Herald" condemns the system in the colonies of the unemployed relying for work on the expenditure of borrowed money. Two girls were drowned accidentally in the ladies' baths, Sydney. The Corporation of Sydney are in a pecuniary difficulty, owing to the pressure of the Union Bank for payment of an overdraft of nearly £75,000. The Corporation will obtain .Parliamentary sanction to issue debentures with the Government guarantee. The 'Premier promises a Bill next session, taking the licensing business out of the hands of Magistrates. Gately, the hangman, attempted suicide while drunk. Heavy ..floods occurred up country. In Goomini county the river banks to a width of forty miles were submerged. ' Captain Scott, of the barque Bose, while unloading timber at the Clarence, was robbed and killed. He leaves a wife and children. MELBOURNE, July 1. In reply to a-communication from London respecting the colonial museum at London, the Government Baid the colony would spend a large sum on their exhibition, and this precluded present action. The gun duty, which expires in August, is not to be re-imposed. A thousand guineas and an address were presented to Dean-Olborne. Several articles of jewellery were missing - from the person of the actor Mr Bates when found dead. A tender for the defences at South Channel 'Fort was let to the amount of £9OOO. The School Boards are holding a conference with the object of securing a larger share in the administration of education. Further particulars of the death of Bates, ' the actor, state that a preliminary examination of the body by Dr. Neill showed a deep wound on the right temple, but Dr. Neill - thought it probable, on port mortem, that Bates died from disease of the heart. The Eolice think he was struck violently on the ead and then robbed and thrown over the embankment, as a quantity of jewellery he was known to have on him was misßing. Deceased had only arrived from Sydney a few - days previously. Mrs Bates and two children were in Sydney, but left for Melbourne to attend the inquest. HOBABT TOWN, July 1.

Owing to the apprehension of disturbances through Mr Chiniquy's lectures, the Municipal Council, are swearing in specials. The Roman Catholic Bishop advised his people to abstain from violence.

BRISBANE, July 1. Father Hennebery opened a temperance mission. At the close 2000 people, including Bishop Bose, took the pledge. A cyclone occurred at Brisbane on the 26th. Many houses were unroofed, verandahs blown away, and trees foiled. There was no 'loss of life.