AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 250, 19 December 1873, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

The new graving dock at Wijliainstown, \ will be ready by the end of the year. J The approaching election is beginning — "1 to command attention. The." are announcing themselves. ' , The case of"Winter y. |segsna (in reference to improvements required by thq Crown on land selected), has commenced: in the Equity Court. The ease excites much interest amongst squatters. The German Consul ; lias prevented, mining speculators placing mining ventures on the Grerman market, on the ground that he thinks it. inadvisable to, invest German capital in Victorian, mines. There were seven suicides in Melbourne, on p.fcemher 1. At the seamen's public meeting, held on the. Queen street wjwrf, it was resolved not to. ship uulessjhe eight hours' system was conceded. A select committee, of- the Synth. Aus- " trahan Parliament n-aommends the '<.•..», strnctipn of new railways on the 3ft. 6in Melbourne. December 6. like Suez mail which left, yesterdav took PS.OOOozs.. of gold and£-75,00d " specie. The hut fourteen mijes of the Ballarat and Ararat Bailw,ay have been tendered ' for,and accepted for jg4a.ooO. Mr. Howitt has called au indignation meeting against the 'German W -Consul iirahe for his slanderous despatch I to the* German Government. ' One hundred and fifty-two candidatespassed the Svdnev University examine* n ;:_ The Wesleyan College" was higha wealthy squatter, > a beer, sned ±,IOO for nojing. There are fi.fty-tv.S entries for the Svd- 1 ney Cup. •' Elizabeth Woodwek, for poisonm* her- { the'sSh. AMiIAe ' be hanged on.. There are. thirty entries for the Ada- M laide Cup,—J§.tar.' " " ' ----•-'«--

GMcjiiial fjpo'tni' The stars' tnwslusent beams (Hid the ripples on the (streams, Whm a vouiijg's BQ/hfo curtain shades the pstft' ing flush of duyj A ltd Luna's rays serene Dross tho hills in mellow sheen, When to her silver chariot she rides above the bay, But Imm cw4 the stars, With their gold and silver bars, Awl nil the streaks of light which 'scape firm enoh celestial pane, Ave >«vt so Mj4ht and clear, Nov yet to me so door, As the deep and lustrous glances o/ my darkayed Jane, JVo mn the black «lo«(|«,re|[»t, When the fchupdorbolts wore sent Amongst the murky giants warring 'neath tho tteml dojißoj And l'v# stood in wondering awe A»d anwement, when I saw 'J" he sparks from Vulcan's anvil flashing oyer ewifch ami foam, But brighter far the flash Of the sparks beneath each laah— Chaln.ligh.tp.ing of affection forged Within her heart and brain— Which Wndle up a flame, Till the soul forgets its aim, Attd J-fpftven is cheated of its due by darkeyad Jans. When Sol ascends the hills, Kissing all the mountain villa, The brooklets dance boneath hie smile »nd babble forth his praise: They eloiro him as their own, Though leagues from his bright throne— They're hut his earthly roirroirs when he dfligns on them to g«se, He is their itingj and she Is the Queen of Love to moi . I'm pj-iyilagwl to stand afar and phant my simple strain, As the lark flies to the sun When his matin time's begun, My Muse for inspiration flies to dark-eyed Jane, Dtipember 10,