A U S T R A L I A N.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 6, 20 March 1878, Page 2

A U S T R A L I A N.

[Per Rotorua.] Mr Iliggingson, of New Caledonia, has issued a writ for £500 damages for libel against the Aye. The military eetablishment at Preeniantle is to be broken up. The Political Association at Adelaide proposes to abolish free immigration, and a reform iv the Upper House. '1 he barque Pacific Slope, from New Zealand to Shanghai, had to put in to Noumea, her cargo having shifted. The vessel was damaged, and had to discharge 85,000 feet of timber. The chief steward jumped overboard and was drowned. Colouels Seratchley and Richardson, have gone to Newcastle to carry out the defensive measures.

Mr Graham, a partner of Mr Moore, bookseller, of Sydney, fell through a trapdoor, and was killed. Koss' Glass Works, New South Wales, have beeu destroyed by fire. The property was insured for £1000 in the New Zealand Insurance Company. Burglaries are frequent in Sydney. Mr Chalmers reports from New Guinea that the South Capo party had an anxious time. The natives were very threatening, but the friendly villagers prevented the others attacking them. Mr Chalmers left his wife at the South Cape. No other Europeans are there. M'Gooer, the master of the Retriever, and Captain Redreeks, of the Beche-do-mer party, are reported to be killed by the natives of the Engineer Group. The" vessel was ransacked and burnt.