AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2447, 8 February 1882, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

[By Telegraph.] [Per s.s. Te Anau, at the Bluff,] MELBOURNE, January 31. The Russian flagship only arrived yesterday afternoon, being driven by stress of weather to put into the Bay of Firth, on the Tasmanian coast. The usual salutes wore exchanged. The Admiral pays an official visit to the Governor to-day. The Minister* are now returning from holiday, and are resuming their official duties. A report has boen presented to the Government by Mr Qoodsir, of the Customs Department, stating there is a large tract of South Australian border entirely unprotected, and, consequently, he recommends that boundary riders bo appointed to watch all good* crossing the border. Ellery writes to the Chief Secretary that the Tasmanian Government promised cooperation in the exchange of daily weather reports, and has appointed an officer for that purpose. The Victorian cricketer* leave on Thursday for Sydney to play the return match of the intercolonial team. SYDNEY, January 31. The Colonial Company’s lona, recently chartered by the A.B.N. Company, is ashore near Seal Books Pomt. A tug has been sent to her assistance. A suspicious case was reported at Pyrmont yesterday. It is believed to be smallpox. The Junee railway station, a wooden structure, which cost the Government £3OOO, and was the best and most commodious on the Albury line, has been destroyed by fire. By means of a diamond drill a discovery of a seam of soft shale lift in thickness was effected on the north shore. Layoook is now the sole poasesior of the champion belt of Australia. An accident occurred at the Dubho races, caused by a drunken man running amongst the horses. A young man named Panning was killed and two jockeys injured. The Zealaudia passengers complain bitterly of their detention in quarantine. The Hon. F. Higgins, a member of the Legislative Council, and who constructed the zigzag railway and other works, is dead. The remains of Mrs Watson have been brought from the Ho wick Group in H.M. Spitfire, and wore publicly interred at Cooktown on Sunday, in the presence of 600 person*. ADELAIDE, January 31. The Minister of Education and several member* of Parliament started for the Northern territory. All the quarantined passengers are progressing well, and no new cases have been reported. The Wesleyan Conference passed a resolution in favor of Bible reading in State schools. PERTH, January 31. It is stated that Sir W. Robinson will be appointed Governor of Hong Kong. Joubert’s railway scheme meets with public favor.