AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2371, 8 November 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Bv Tblbgbaph.J P?er s.s. Eotomahana, at the Bluff.] MELBOURNE, November 3. The debate on Mr Ramsay's motion - was resumed last night. It was announced that Mr Justice Higicbothsm declined to act on the Commission, and Sir Archibald Michie will bo appointed chairman. Sir Geo. Verona will also be added to the Commission. A general desire is expressed to get on with the practical legislation, and close the session before Christmas.

The Scotland, 192 days from London to Melbourne, and the Elizabeth, fifty-six days from Mauritius to Adelaide, long overdue, cause some anxiety. *' wo defaulting employes of Kronheimer and Co. have been arrested in Tasmania. The Agricultural Society’s show was successful in all the branches. There was a large display of machinery and implements, also good cattle and a fair show of horses.

SYDNEY. November 3. Further reports of casualties show that the late gale was very severe. The brig Wild Wave, bound from Newcastle to Auckland, returned to the former port, having been dUabled when a hundred and fifty miles from land. A terrific gale and dangerous sea were experienced, as there were three and a half inches of water in the well. The vessel was kept before the wind, that being the only means of keeping her afloat. The decks were swept fore and aft, and Charles Kennedy, a seaman, was swept overboard while working at the pumps. No more was seen of him. The pumps were kept going for fifty-six hours. Captain Jones was swept overboard by a huge wave, but a second one swept him aboard again. The chief mate was also carried overboard, but seized a rope from the bulwarks, and was dragged aboard again.

The ship Omb», supposed to be wrecked on the Sydney Coast, was insured for £30,000 in the General Insurance Company, mostly re-insured. Various portions of wreckage found point to her loss with all hands. BRISBANE, November 3. Xhe blacks attacked tbe Otiinese camp at Normanby diggings, forty-five miles from Oooktown, and killed and ate one Chinaman, whose bones were picked clean. Chief Justice Lilley, who at first declined, has now accepted knighthood.