RENTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 927, 19 September 1879, Page 2

RENTER'S TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, Sept. 24. A publican at Deniliquin has been stuck up by two avmed men, who left him tied to u tree. It was six hours before he was released. There were about 24,000 persons present at the Exhibition yesterday. floorTa are reported from the country districts.. The New Zealand Court in the Exhibition is full completed, and the display of grain, furniture, skins, minerals, and wool wer* the special features, and were much admired. The attendance to-day was I:mitt d. Postal difficulties cnuinne between Victoria and South Australia in reference to the new c mtrait with the P. and O. Company. South Australia proposes a reference to the Imperial authorities. OPENING OF THE SYDNEY EXHIBITION. Sydney, Sept 17. Thvh-Mv-i'o present at the opening of the Exhibition, besides Ins Excellency Lore! l.ofius, their Excellencies the Mavipiis of Normanby, . Governor of Victoria, Sir \V. Jtuwoi?, Governor of

South Australia, Sir F. A.Weld, Governor of Tasmania, who ali took part in tl>e ceiemonies. The Commissioners received Ids Excellency Lord Loftus at the, western or main entrance of the buildings, faciiig Macquarie street arid proceeded by way of the western transept to the statue of her Her Majesty, situated under the dome, where the unveiling took place, the band playing the Natioual Anthem. The procession then continued it-* way to the dais erected in front of the orchestra in the North Tower where the original cantata,, composed by Henry Kendall, the well known Australian poet, with music by Signor Giorga, was sunk by the united choirs numbering 4.5(7. The performance was brilliantly successful. At the conclusion of the cantata the Commissions presented a short address to the Governor, who replied. This was followed by further performances by the choir and orchestra which rendered Hande's Hallelujah chorus, and the Australian Anthem, and God Save the Queen. His Excellency then declared the Exhibition open. The announcement was received with prolonged cheers by the throng 1 , within the building and vociferiously taken up by the crowd outside. The opening having been' communicated to the City and harbor by pre-arranged signal, was celebrated by salutes of guns from the batteries, manned by the permanent New South Wales Artillery force, and from the British, Austrian, French, ;?u'd German war ships' in Farm Cove. The Vice-Regal party and suite visited each Court in succession, the Foreign and Colonial Commissioners standing before their respective Courts to receive his Excellency. The weather was beautifully fine, tire general arrangements were excellent and gave every satisfaction. The exhibitors were more advanced in their arrangements than was anticipated although the various Courts were far from complete, with the exception of New Zealand; Japan, Great Britain, and Victoria.