AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2064, 5 October 1880, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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[Per s.s. Arawata at the Bluff'.j A portion of the Australian news, per the above ship, was given in our issue of yesterday. The following are additional items : MELBOURNE, September 28. It is understood that sweeping changes are contemplated in the Customs department. Mr Clark states that he intends to effect a saving of £20,000 on the annual expenditure.

The complimentary Robinson race meeting at Flemington came off amid cold and showery weather, with a limited attendance. The Governor and Sir William and Lady Robinson were present, also a number of foreign Exhibition Commissioners and officers of foreign vessels in the bay. The racing altogether was excellent, and there were good fields for eoch event. The following are the results Hurdle race, Canczou 1, Pemberley 2, Battle Abbey 3; Two year-old Stakes, Baltic 1, Welcome Jack 2, Nelson 3; Robinson Stakes, Lord Harry 1, Oamballo 2, Prattle 3 ; Welter Stakes, Brenden 1, Morning Star 2, Zilmany 3 ; Steeplechase, Simpleton 1, Twilight 2, Turpin 3; Farewell Handicap, Oamballo 1, Lord Harry 2, Cremorne 3.

The stewards of the Victoria Racing Club disqualified for ever Goodie who rode Star in the Hurdle Race on Saturday, for foul riding, and yesterday, placed on record their opinion that the gravest suspicion attached to the complicity of Mr Whitehead, the owner of Star, in fraudulent running. The Mayor’s ball on the 23rd was numerously attended. The Governor, the Duke of Manchester, Sir William and Lady Robinson, and the Exhibition Commissioners were present. The average annual expenditure of the Melbourne Mint for the last five years was nearly £14,000. The average annual receipts for the same period were £3445. SYDNEY, September 28. The Supreme Court delivered judgment against the “Evening News” on the 24th, when the proprietors were fined £250. The Chief Justice in delivering judgment said that this was a gross case, and the court would bo neglecting its duty if it shrunk from exercising its power in the present instance. The above decision largely occupied the attention of this and other colonies, and a meeting was held to protest against the ruling, which the Press generally condemns. The Melbourne “ Argus," Adelaide "Register” and Brisbane “ Courier ” all agree that the judgment will tend to diminish the respect for judicial tribunals, if not to bring them into contempt. The anniversary of the opening of the first railway in the colony, namely from Sydney to Paramatta, was celebrated by a picnic by 3000 railway employes yesterday, and a banquet to 600 in the Exhibition building. The Premier, Minister for Works, and others attended.