REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1367, 17 February 1881, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. DEPARTURE of IRISH-AMERICANS FOR THE TRANSVAAL. London, February 15. Telegrams are to hand containing a rumor that 500 Irish-Americans have left the United States for the Transvaal to join in service against the British.' JNew York, February 15. The weather during the last few days h«8 been very severe "throughout the Northern States. The greater part of the City of Washington is inundated and much loss of property is beiu<» caused. Very heavy snow storms have been experienced in the west, and the

railways in many places are blockaded, and. traffic completely suspen<3ts4 - , LATEST? AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, February 15. It is announced that the Municipal authorities will shortly invite tenders for debentures to the value of £76,000, for the completion of the Town Hall Melbourne, February 15/ Parliament resumed its sitting today after the recess. In the Legisla. tive Assembly, Graham Berry formally moved the second reading of the Reform Bill, and the debate was adjourned. February 16. In the Legislative Assembly, Graham Berry, in the course of his speech in moving the second reading of the Reform Bill, said that if the ratepayers roll for the Assembly was fixed on the basis of that for the Legislative Council, he saw no democratic objection to the Norwegian "scheme of holding a joint sitting of the two Houses for the settlement of the Reform Question.