AUSTRALIAN NEWS
[Br Thlbohaph.J SYDNEY, April 20. The trial of the new dry blowing machine for gold mining was made on the 18th with satisfactory results. Ihe apparatus is simp e, and costs .£35. The third intercolonial Conference of the Presbyterian Churches opened on the lßik, tho Kev. Mr Adam, moderator, of Victoiia, presided. 1 he Government steamer Thetis returned to Sydney on tha i9th from a vitit to Lord Howo Island, where the Hon. Bawie Wilson made enquiry into the charges against the Kesident Magistrate, also the resources generally of the island. The result of the recent inqrrry will not be known until it has been Bubmisted to the Colonial Secretary. Complaints are made of a deficiency in the water supply. A. gentleman in Sydney has received a letter from Sir Wilfred Lawson, who considers that the New South Wales Licensing Bi.l was a great step in advance, and hopes it will bear good fruit. MELBOURNE. April 20. The Government have reduced thi postage on letters to a penny per half ounce vithin the colony, and a halfpenny for newspapers to all tha colonies. The Government have received a hurdrcd diamonds, valued at -CiUOU, for the use of diamond dril's. The Cazco on the Ist May takes 5000 carouses of frozen mutton, and the Jinropa on the iXth takes 9000 to London. The evidence of the Tariff Commission at Ballarat showed that one distillery made 72,000 gallons of whisky annually The City of Melbourne Bank has declared a dividend of 8 per cent, per annum, Goidaborough Company 10 per cent., and the Theatre Royal 15 per cent. The Minister of Railways invites tenders for rolling stock to the value of a quarter of a million, extending ove? long t< rms in order to encourage colonial firms to compete. ADELA.IDK, April 20. The City of Adelaide Land Company have purchased property to the va'oe of ,£ttiO,ooo. The revenue in March quarter has increased £53,000, and the expeuditu-e his increased £46,000. The Customs estimate the increase for the present year at £SO 000
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2510, 25 April 1882, Page 3
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