AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 723, 23 January 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PER ALBION AT THE BLUFF*

MELBorttsE; January 1L ' Tenders f -r the lioernaMonal Exhi' i* tiiin building iri Carbon Gaidous are expected to he called shortly, and work will then he commenced in earnest..-..;

Exertions are being made to )ia,ve .| be main hall and gr ind entrance of Harjiament buildings completed in time for the opening of next session. , The G.inihnfc left Plvmoti'h‘oh’tfie 30th Decemfier, for Melbourne! with 407 passengers . , Efforts to capture Martin Wilberg! tlm A voea robber, have not. yet met with-uecess. - ’ ,U.:< 't.'J.

Dtirng the voyage of the Eurynone from Liverpool a saloon passenger ! T. Healey, committer] suicide by juuttiing’ overboard.

No athentic news'otf the MVtisfieM murderers has been received during the last few days, although sensati irial rumours continue abundant. Walter and John Stewart, living near Chiltern, were arrested on Friday as suspected’ accomplices of Kelly. •In the bouse where they live there were discovered' firearms and fifty rounds of mottalic' cartridges. Walter Stewart was lodged in Beechworth Goal.

Twenty prisoners Were brought liefore Mr Foster, R.M., on Saturday, 1 charged under the sth section of the Felons A pprehension A ct, wifcltpaving, on the 10th December, given’a T d to' Kelly and mates to rob the-National Bank at Knroa. All the prisoners but: one were remanded to Beech worth. Gould was remahi -d -to Ktu- va. The four men who ’cresset 1 the ;Muiy rnmbidgee, and were supposed .to be Kellys, are ascertained W hive been drovers. -' . . ( i ■ A sculling mateh is arrange*! l>efcween Peter Sullivm of Sydney and' Roberts of Melbourne for £ 100 a side,,to, ;c=»me off io March.

Parliament, is further -prevftgnej to 22ncl February; Steps sire being taken to 'initiate a fund to:' the relief of tlieslwrehblders in the City of Glasgow Bank;-; s

The Boaid appointed to inquire into the question of th" improvement of the Melbourne water '■upply,/ reported favourably on the praticihility of diverting Watt’s River into Preston reservoir.

The steamship Northumberland arrived at Aden on January 6th, all well.

Sir Samuel Wilson proceeds to England by next mail. George H. Richardson, Collector s of Customs at Belfast, is charged wit hembezz’ement of Govefninent money.■ Defalcations to a considerable extent have been discovered already! <

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Melbourne, January 20.

An extraordinary stickiug-ap case occurred near Sandhurst at midnight on Saturday. A cab with.seven passengers 'Was', bailed up by. h man in. a white gown, who presented a. revolver. He only got sixteen shillings.,. Na resist- 5 a nee was offered. The -police liave-a clue to the offender; . i . li The Victorian Gbyetpraerit.; has d«i-' cided to 1 the.-^ydhfey Exhibition, and ■wifb' N to--wards it. . •; V ■ / T Adelaide;' January 20w Large parcels of- wheat‘arel-offering" for forward delivery tutlie. out 'ports, at - reduced rates. The market,ds .weaker. * SypNEY;, January 2(k Several destructive firek bavedeehr- * red in Melbourne and this Colony, ihvol- r ying serious ‘lbSs.’ ‘Three chililrebf were burnt at CollingwdbJ: ’ V 1 A’.trenieii'dous hurricane has been raging, at Norfolk Island, \vlii.eh has eh-’ tailed .--erious 1 damage on tlie plantations. It was expectetf to-reach Samoa. ;

Brisbane; January 20. .; Mr Palmer’s joining the Ministry is doubtful; the other nannies are correct.

On the new i ush at the Laura River there are 300 Europeans, who- are averaging half a pennyweight to thd dish.

At rived—The German ' ship ! FritzReuter. There were 30 deaths on the voyage, seven from typhoid fever.