AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2415, 31 December 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

TBt Tele<jbaph.l [Sex s.e. Wakatipu. at Wellington.] MELBOORNE, December 24. Experiments will shortly be made to lisht the Btreets by electricity. The Australian Electricity Company are employing domestic lamps. The gross takingß cf tho " Olio English* Fnyre" were J65C00. 'l he conclusion of the cricket match between the English Eleven and Victoria, which resulted in a victory for the former by eighteen runs, was attended with much excitement. Boyle, for Victoria, played an excellent innings ef 43. Palmer, with 14. was the only other double figures. McDonald, Horan, Edwards, Bonner, and Cooper each had 0 for their score. 'J be Englishmen sailed for Adelaide on the twentieth. Successful experiments have been conducted in the presence ot twenty shareholders of the Southern Cross Petroleum Compmy o! New Zealand with samples of oil from the company's grcund, where it is reported mineral oil is freely found. Proceedings will shortly be instituted against several firms for the fraudulent use of trade mark* of Bennessy's and Mar tall'6 brandy and JDKZ gin. On the evening of the 22nd, a young wo.jan named Eliza Burke fired a pistol at the head of Charles Chapman, a music seller, at the ]atttr*s shop door. The bullet only grazsd his cheek, and Burke, who walked away, was soon arrested. She said that Chapman had ruined her and refused] to give her money. She consequently swore to kill him. The collections on Hospital Sunday atnonzied to .£6600. The profit on tho working railways of Victoria during the year amounted to .£679,0.10, equal to three and three-quarter per centum on tho capital. BYDNE7. December 21. Dr. Collette, on the twenty-first, performed a requiem mass for the soul of Mr Fitzpatrick, after which he proceeded to tho grave with tho family of the deceased, and performed the burial service according to the prescribed ritual. Sir H. Parkes, on 2lst December, being the third anniversary of the present Ministry, entertained the members of the late and present Governments, and also the Judges of the Supreme Court at his private residence at Fardconbridge. PERTH, December 24-. A prospecting party have selected 5000 acres of mineral land in Darling ranee, and report finding a promising reef running in a south-east direction. ADELA.IBE, December 24. A large deputation waited on the Minister of Lands on the 20 tb, and represented that there was great distress amongst the settlers at Coonatta, Pinda, and other districts, and asked the Government to become mortgagees for twothirds of the valne of their property. The Minister said that the Government we.e anxious to meet the settlors by postponing their payments, bat could not become mortgagees of the selections. The " Register" believes the cauee of the distress is the selection of land unsuitable for wheat growing, and urges a prompt and Btriot investigation into the whole circumstances.

The All-England Eleven arrived on the 22nd, and were welcomed by the Mayor, who gaTe a champagne luncheon. Charles Massey, a well-known scenic artist, died suddenly of apoplexy.