AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 699, 24 December 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[press agency.]

PER S. & ALBION, AT THE BLUFF,

Blufp, December 23,

The Albion arrived at 11.30 a.ra, Passenger for Greymouth, “Mr Barkley

Melbourne, December 13.

The political world is just kept alive by a few embassy meetings in the suburbs and country, in which the’ Go-, vernmient proposition has received an assent; hut now that the embassy is certain very littje interest is attached to the proceedings. • Berry and party leave by the’ mail this month, and takes with him' Eh H.Hayte'r, the Government Statist, as secretary.

The difficulty of the Treasurfership has been settled by Bteviy resigning the office, and Major Smith’s appointment thereto without salary.

The Governor dotes not leate till February,- when Lord Norman by arrives immediately after, so that it Will not be necessary to appoint any acting Governor.

THE VICTORIAN HHsHrANGSRS. The doings of Kelly’s gang has been the groat topic of conversation, and the history of the sticking up of the -Euroa Bank reads like u romance. It-seems quite inciedible that four’ fnen/ oiit-

la wed and hunted by dozeris of polifiSj could, in the light of ddy* live made -m Such a raid upod a township on a railWay line, with & station; an<i departed with the flank rrianager, his wifei clerks, and servants, a distance or nearly four, miles, without being ol> served. From thb accounts received it is evident the Whole business wad cleverly planned add well earned out; The telegraph wireS were but, dnd the line who camb to see to the repairs, was baptiiredj and at one time the gahg had npt less than Sf persons imprisoned at Youiighusband’s Station. The gatig had previously stock up a hawkbPa cart, and rigged • ihetriselves out in new clothes from head to foot; and bUrrit their old ones; They left One man td^ guard the ptisonlta at the station, while the other three' todk the hawkert cart arid droVe into Euroa; there entered the National tiank by the front hnd back simultaneously,' and; having made prisoners of all the inniatbsj ranSabked the Batik of Over a £IOOO in notes dnd between £4OO in specie. They kept all their victims at the station until late in the evening, Und eracted from them a promise not to depart until a certainhouf under penalty of - death. shia - extras ordinary raid was made in the full, light Of day Within d township, full of people; arid iu lelaVing the Eelly made the manager drive his bwtl buggy while he sdt beside him. the reward for Ned l£elly hds been raised to *IOOO and additional police havfe been sent off in alldirections; while the garrispri corps Has beeri drafted to several townships in order 1 to protect the banks* Kunaors have, been.plentiful; but still there are of the gang since they disappeareuAa'ro'jatiie Euroa affair; ThO police SeemtdT oe'iSiiipletely off thesdent.. The whole available force; with the Chief CommisionOr at their head, is now out in search riiridilg the ranges, and a letter has been received from Ned Kelly by a member of inent, hut its contents are no't rnadh* known. The papers SVery day ard filled with columns of bushranging ndWSj and rivety little scrap df infdfcUatidn is eagerly sought fph