AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2115, 3 December 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[ret/tee's telegrams.] MELBOURNE, December 2, Shipping. Arrived Kingarooma, from the Bluff. The Australian Eleven. The Australian cricketers received a most hearty welcome back after their English tour, and at the Town Hall today, Mr Street, of Dunedin, on behalf of the Otago cricketers, presented Mr. Murdoch, captain of the team, with a handsome gold bat. The Mayor entertains them to-night. The Conference. The intercolonial conference has adopted a resolution in favor of a federal council. Legislation on the Chinese question has been adjourned until the meeting of the Conference at Sydney on January 15th, when all the colonies will be invited. MELBOURNE, December 3. The Parliamentary Librarian. In the Legislative Assembly last night a discussion took place in regard to the appointment of Mr Earrell to the post of Parliamentary Librarian, and Mr Berry agreed that he should be transferred to another position. Civil Service Salaries. Mr Berry also announced that the Government had decided to abandon the proposed reductions in the Civil Service salaries. Wool at the Exhibition. There are 200 entries of wool for the show in connection with the Exhibition. There are twenty-three exhibits from New Zealand. New Zealand Beer. It is stated that New Zealand brewers take the first prize for beer at the Exhibition. COOKTOWN, December 3. Massacre in the Islands. The steamship Corea has arrived here, and reports that news had reached Somerset that the Natives of New Guinea had attacked the Natives of Rigo Island and massacred all except one woman. SYDNEY, December 3. The Elections. The elections are now finished, and the result is considered very favorable to the present Ministry. Shipping. Sailed Yesterday, Zealandia, for Auckland. ADELAIDE, December 2. The Sorata. The Sorata sailed for Melbourne today.