AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 997, 10 December 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Per s.s. Arawata, at the Bluff.] VICTORIA. Moonlight conceived the idea of organising a gang to stick up the mail steamer, sailing from Adelaide as a steerage The plan was to induce the Lascar crew to mutiny, and seize the officers and vessel. Moonlight would then force the bullion room, and compel the Lascars to take the gang and plunder ashoie. October Ist is definitely fixed on for the inauguration examination. It is probable that a premium of 50 guineas will be offered for the inauguration cantata, and 100 guineas for the best musical composition. Berry refuses to provide for the endowment of Municipal bodies beyond next September, leaving the New Parliament to express its own opinion on the matter.' NEW SOUTH WALES. A fatal coach accident occurred near Maitland. The driver fell off in a fit. The horses bolted, and the coach was capsized. A young lady was killed, and several others injured. Rust has appeared in several places, and is expected to affect the crop. A large fire at Greenfield destroyed property worth £IO,OOO. The township was saved with difficulty. 12 horses were burnt. Alexander Stewart, M.P. for Sydney, has accepted the Agent-General-ship. A Bill to legalise the nso of the totalisator on the race-course has been introduced. Dent, late paymaster of the Sydney City Council, has embezzled £BOO. The sale of exhibits in the Garden Palace has been strictly prohibited. The entries for the Sydney Cattle Show on December 18 are not numerous. The Catholic agitation in opposition to the Education Bill is unabated.