AUSTRALIAN.
[Por Albicn at the Bluff.] Met.uourne, December 23. The Minister of Instruction states that since payment by results has been adopted the expense of the department has been increased from £500,000 to £655,000. The department employed 22G8 new teachers and 714 assistants, divided into six classes, -25 teachers being of the first-class and 1132 of the fifth class. Sydxet. The Yass Courier reports that the Darling and Bland districts are crowded with swagsmen, mostly Victorians, in a starving condition, seeking employment. The Orient made the passage from Queenscliffe to Sydney ia 37 hours, the fastest ou record. Socth Australia. Experiments show that wool of the best quality can be grown north of latitude 25. It has been decided to collect subscriptions to alleviate the distress of the poor in Ireland. _. _ Western Australia. lhe Jarrah, bound from Adelaide to New Zealand, Captain Boyle, has been wrecked at Ben Ledi. The crew arrived at Champion Bay in a lifeboat. Brisbane. A tramway is proposed to be laid through the streets. ° Busfaranging is going on at the Pine River.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 300, 31 December 1879, Page 2
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