AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 688, 11 December 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PER ARAWATA, AT THE BLUFF. [press agency.] Bluff, December 10. V _.M"fiftBOURNE, December 5. yS*Wr Berry leases on his embassy at end of the month. The Public Works, speaking the other night, said Black Wednesday was the most glorious day the sun ever shone on in the colony. The Contagious Diseases Act, passed by Parliament, has been assented to by the Governor. It has transpired that the vacant Judgeship has been offered to Higginbotham, and declined. The Sues of <£soo~iiuposed on Henry and £SO on Ireland in the embracery cases have been paid. Both prisoners are confined in the Melbourne Gaol. The celebrated stallion Panic died on Saturday. There is nothing further about the bushrangers. All traces appear to be lost since the police found the horses and murdered men, some charred ruins, and saddles, but nothing has been seen or heard of Kelly’s' gang. Lord Harris’s team of gentlemen cricketers has arrived at Adelaide, and they play there on Thursday week, the same day as the Australian Eleven play in Melbourne. A new steel paddle-wheel steamer, carrying a thousand passengers, is to be built for the Bay trade. Rust is prevalent in many parts of the country, and there is every prospect of a hot summer. The seamen’s strike in Sydney is causing some inconvenience, as few of the boats of the A.S.N. Company are now running.