AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2685, 15 November 1882, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

By TELBOItAPH. [Per Ringarooma, at Russell.] MELBOURNE. Tho Legislative Council take evidence and proceed to the fullest inquiry on tho Railway Bill. A mysterious robbery was committed at the General Post Office between eleven on Monday night and four on Tuesday morning, when several bags containing registered letters were abstracted from the mail room. The bags were locked up as usual in the mail room, and tho key was handed to tho watchman. In tho morning tho bags were raissing, and some of the contents were strewn upon tho door. The contents are not believed to have exceeded .£IOO in ■value. Superintendent Winch, against whom certain charges have been alleged, will complete thirty years’ service at the end of the month, and bo entitled to retire on a pension of .£320 a year. Roderick McMillan and J. W. Pemberton, both secretaries of Shire Councils, were found on Monday morning last with selfinflicted wounds. The former died, and the Litter is in a precarious condition. The annual audit of accounts was about to take place. The polling to determine whether there should be any increase of public houses in the city of Melbourne resulted in a large balance against it. It is con templated to light the Parliamentary offices with the electric light. Obituary Richard Grice, the senior partner in the well-known firm of Grice, Sumner aud Co., at tho age of sixty-nine. SYDNEY, November 9. Tho proceedings in Parliament havo been devoid of general interest. A Bill has been introduced in the Assembly for increasing the salaries of Judges, the Chief Justice by 21100, and tho Judges by .£3OO each. A boat containing seven passengers, just landed from tho Austral, was run down by a small steamer and swamped. All the occupants were picked up. One man was found to be internally injured. Special prayers were offered in all the Anglican churches last Sunday for tho recent rainfall. The composing room at tho ‘ Herald office is now lighted by the Edison electric light. . . The annual report of the Commissioner of Railways shows that the total railway expenditure has already reached nearly fifteen millions, of which over thirteen and and a quarter millions were expended on the lines now open for traffic. Tho nett earnings showed a profit of 4.74 per cent, on the total outlay, but reached 5.31 per cent, on the cost of lines open for traffic. Mr James Greenwood, who some years ago took a very prominent part in connection with the Education League, and was for a short period member for Bast Sydney, died on November sth. Charles Robertson, a wood carter, found guilty of attempting to murder a black tracker by giving him poisoned whiskey to drink, was sentenced to fifteen years’ penal servitude. The enquiry into tho circumstances attending the foundering of the steam-collier Woniora resulted in attributing the accident to the weather and other perils of the sea. Statements haverreoently been made, both inside and outside Parliament, that colliers and coasting steamers are shamefully overloaded. The opera of “La Mascotte ’ is a great success. Three Maori chiefs are passengers by the Ringarooma. They returned from England by the Austral. During the last two days Sydney has been crowded with firemen, nearly 800 having come from Victoria. A procession, with bands and torches, took place last night through the principal streets of the city. The recent rainfall has been productive of much good, but more is needed. ADELAIDE, November 9. Mr E, Morris, late head master of the Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, has been elected Hughes professor and professor of English literature and mental and moral philosophy. Steps havo been taken to ascertain the support likely to be accorded to the proposed exhibition in 1886. The master builders havo agreed, that the pay should he 10s a day for eight hours’ work to competent men. [Per Rotorua at the Bluff.] MELBOURNE, November 8. H.M.S. Nelson was to be docked on the Cup day, but the laborers could not be induced to work, though 30s a day were offered, so the vessel had to wait till next day. On Sunday last there were eight thousand visitors to see h'er. The crowd was so excessive that the marines had to fix bayonets to keep back the rush. A sad affair occurred in the North-Eastern di-trict. Two young men named Radcliffe and Fitzgerald quarrelled over a footrace, and agreed to fight. Radcliff struck Fitzgerald on the chest after fighting some time and killed him. _ Both families were well known in the district. A man named John Bronan drowned himself in the Yarra. He was a recent arrival from California, and a couple of days before had been robbed of a hundred pounds. Tho thought prayed on his mind. The trial of William Hill for the Reedy Creek Bank robbery has been postponed till the December sessions in Melbourne. Miss Oliver, the proprietor of Garton’s Hotel, was summonsed by the police for allowing the use of a room for Miller’s sweep business. On Sunday last a hoy found a bottle on the coast near Geelong containing a paper with these words, “Loch Garry sunk off Oaway on the 2nd November; all hands lost. The captain was on tho ship till tho last moment. ’’ It is reported that a ship of that name left Geelong for London on Wednesday; but it is almost certain this is hoax. SYDNEY, November 8. Four thousand five hundred people visited the Art Gallery on Sunday. The examination of tho Northampton shows a hole fifteen feet long. The vessel was saved hv the cement being unbroken. Messrs Hudson Bros, have cabled home for men, Mr Hudson stating the time had arrived when employers of labour should govern their establishments as they think proper. Tho strike continues. Tho sentence of death on Henry Tester, tho murderer, is to ho carried out. ADELAIDE, November 8. The Lower House has refused by a largo majority to reverse tho action of last session charging postage on newspapers. Tremendous heat has been experienced throughout the colony. The tramway from Adelaide to Walkervlllo was opened with great eclat by tho Mayor. BRISBANE, November 8. A company is being formed to introduce the electric light. An official inquiry has been commenced at Maryborough in connection with tho labour voyage of the Roderick Dhu, schooner.