AUSTRALIAN NEWS
rBY TeLEGBAPH.] [Per s.s. Hero, at Auckland. 1 SYDNEY. October 15. The exhibition of the New South Wales Art Society has been well attended. J 2500 worth of pictures have been sold since the opening. The Council insisted on cutting out one portion of the poll tax and the clause prohibiting the acquisition of property by Chinese from the Chinese Restriction Bill. The Assembly carried the local option clause in the Licensing Bill, on the 12th, after a long debate. The Church of England Synod continues sitting daily. The subject of marriage with a deceased wife’s sister has been debated without definite resu'ts. Ecclesiastical organisation, clergymen’s widows’ and orphans’ fund, and the aboriginal mission were also discussed, and a project for joint action in such matters considered. Lieutenant Phillips and two men of H.M.S. Alacrity, while surveying the island of Zedna, at Fiji, were drowned on September 6th, through the capsizing of the boat. MELBOURNE, October 15. A message from the Assembly was road in the Council on the 12th to the effect that the salaries would henceforth be paid to the President and Chairman of Committee without being subject to the Lower House. It has been announced in the Assembly that a Bill would shortly be introduced limiting the working time of engine drivers on the lines to eight hours daily. The subscriptions received within three weeks after Bishop Moorhouse’s appeal on behalf of the Cathedral fund amount to .£20,000. The Assembly has passed the Four Million Loan Bill.
Tho mining returns for September showed a considerable falling off. BRISBANE, October 15. Serious complaints continue as to tho want of rain at Darling Downs, Burleigh, and Cooktown.
The Queensland Moat Company are now freezing 300 sheep, besides a number of cattle, weekly. ADELAIDE, October 15. The Attorney-General is prosecuting the manager of tho German court of the exhibition for £2BOO, being treble tho value of jewellery which ho tried to pass without paying duty.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2357, 22 October 1881, Page 3
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