AUSTRALIAN.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1846, 22 January 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[reuter's telegrams.] MELBOURNE, January 21. Dissolution of Parliament. Parliament will bo dissolved on the oth of February. Mr Berry and the "Happy Land-" No performance took place last night at the Academy of Music in consequence of the prohibition issued by Mr Berry. Sailed —Rotomahatna, for New Zealand yesterday. SYDNEY, January 21. The Irish Relief FundThe sum of £"50,000 has been remitted to the Lord Mayor of London as a contribution towards the Irish relief fund. Thirty-six Chinese residents of Sydney subscribed together the sum of £ll4. SYDNEY, January 22. A ComfortiDg ConclusionIn tho Legislative Assembly last night the Hon. Jamos Watson, Colonial Treasurer, announced that tho Govormont had no intontion to proposo additional taxation in lieu of tho intended excise duties on colonial beer and tobacco, which wero recently rejected or withdrawn. Sailed—Wakatipu, steamer, for Welh'ngton. i

[association hpecial.] SYDNEY, January 22. The Kellys Again. Four men were seen tampering with tho tolograph lino near Bonalla. Their horses wore near. It is supposed they wore tho Kelly gang. Inspector Connol and black troopers started in pursuit. MELBOURNE, January 21. The Sugar Trade. Mauritius telegrams state that since January eight or nino hundred tons of sugar have been bought for Adelaide and Melbourne for orders. There is a good demand for tonnage. New Zealand WheatNew Zealand milling oats are wanted at 3s. [eetjter's telegrams.] MELBOURNE, January 21. A Bushranger Captured. The Gippsland bushrangor has surrendered. ADELAIDE, January 21. The Weather. Intense heat has prevailed throughout the country. The thermometer has registered 113 in tho shade. Heavy bush fires are raging.