AUSTRALIA SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5507, 20 November 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIA SUMMARY.

(PER PREaa V<i C N Ui.'). Wntpoiti, November 18. The W©s l port Shipping Company's barquentine Alma, from >4*lhouraa ou the lOdi instant, brings Melbourne dates to y£.h George Goodman, walehmitktr at Echuca, committed suicide by firing a revolver into his ear.—l‘atrick Cjnnell was am isued to atoms on the Kyueton railway, hie companion. William Hone, narrowly escaping.—Two lads nam#l K.vans were drowned at Seawall.—The Ke lys, the Mansfield bushrangers, suppo-ed to be lurking ie itat’e Costlo Kai o -s.neir m tig t Creek. The police and settlers ere In hot uursuit. FlO'xls In the Mar ty preve t the buihr&ngers crossing, and their capture is eipectol.—The ®.s. Lusitania arrived at Lo idon on the sth.—The K lly bushrangers have been proclaimed outlaws, end especial Felons’ Apprehension Act has been passed for this purpose. £SOO roward is offered for cooh deal or alive.—The mail steamer -Sia M brought ninet>-six packages of mails for New Zealand. —Martin vVibert, formerly a ca.panter on board the steamer Avooa, charged with thegold robbery.has been tern mded. He accu-ed Rlliston, the dhief officer, with Inst if iting the robbery.— Butler's, Ho i he -te. has yiclled 14350 b gold in four weeks, and is creating quit ) a stir in the locality. Several new lea<--s have been taken up. and work resumed ia old O nos.—William Dav a. a well-known ware ions tucm iu Melbourne, was drowned by a, boat capsizing on the Yarr*. STJ>N*r. A thousand pounds damages were given against Kemptey, a manufacturer at Canterbury, for the seduction of a governess in his family. The girl died in childbirth thr ugh neglect.—Th« Sydney police has formed an effective cordon on the border to a rest Belly in crossing the Murray river —Rush is unwilling to meet Laycock in wig«?r, boats, bit chall nges Laycoch at £2OO a-sl le each in watermen’s boatsLoycock decline .—Tom l*< arce’o testimo dal shows a clear total of £4S&(?) sent to Melbourne. Adelmde. The second reading of the Land Property Tax Bill parsed without division. This tax is expected to realise nearly eighty thousand pounds. The Treasurer, state* that satisfactory arrangements have been made in Loudon for the payment of the liabilities of the colony. (PER RINQAROOMA., AT THE BT.T7PF.) Melbourns, November 15. The proposed mission to England has been the principal topic of the p-ist week. Ic Las long been talked of, but last week the Chief Secretary brou ht down a vote "f £SOOO on the Supplementary Estimates 'or the expenses of the Commissi-ners; but as yet the names of the three geutUmen have only been indicated, not officially mentioned. From what transpired at the Ministerial caucus the chosen were supposed to be Berry, Pearson, and Sir Charles G vvan Unify, the Speaker of the Assembly; but a statement made by Sir Charles in the Assembly yesterday contradicts that idea. He stated that he desired then and there to place ou record that he would .not be one the Commission, ami would not accept any office as long a* hts occupied the position of Speaker. The country has b en arou-ed on the question, and members have addressed their constituents upon it, the ground taken being that no embassy .should proceed to England until an appeal had been made to the people of the colony. In most cases this view has been endorsed. Ministers so far have ex -ressed a determination to go to Downing-street, not with t *o Reform Bill (which has pisse I the Assembly by a large majority), but to ask the Secretary of State to step in and grant such aid a-- will prevent deadlocks and s cure finality in legislation. It was rather a personal debit© last night, and eventually pr gress was reported. A letter fro -i Sir Charles McMahon, read by Mr Gaunson, showed that he was offered the AgentGeneralship by Mr. Francis, and then the Premier* ship.,but had declined. He could not accept the position with honor to himself while acting as Speaker; and ho declined to make the chair a step ping-stone to office. At the Mayor’s inaugural dinner on Saturday night the Governor made a farewell tpeeoh. and congratu. lated himself that he would not leave an enemy b.diind him. Berry was very grandiloque it, a d said •we should never forget for a moment that this colony of Victoria was the hoirt f Australia, not only the heart but the brain. It was hero that all movements would take their rise; it was Victoria which would give tiie law to the whole of Australia. Victoria, with her lines of railways and subsidised steamers to England, would draw the traffic of the whole of Australia to Melbourne, and Melbourne must be the supreme commercial city. In Victoria wo had a true democracy; here wo rose above local circumstances and class interests, and it was by a broad and wise democracy that the future of Australia must be governed. Any citizen of Victoria might be proud of the intelligent work before him, and the mission in which ho was bound to take part; for a Government no ma ter how much it was abused, misjudged, and misrepresented, to bo in a position, with all the might and force of Parliament, and with all the strength which a st ong Government hud. to urge on the progress of Victoria or the fedo»ation of Australia, had before it a mission which n -t only would tax all Its energies, but satisfy the ambition of the most ambitious man in this part of the world. The bushrangers still remain at largo, and although numerous police have been out not a trace of the gang has been ecured. Some ludicrous inci leuts have occurred in connection wl h this affa r. Police pa-ties, all dressed us bushmen, have fired iu o each other, and wherever seen have bren reported ns Kelly’s gang. The men are all disguised as much as pos-ibln, and armed with rifles and mounted. i he agricultural show hcl I last week was the best and largest ever held in Victoria. Melbourne has been crowded with visitors, who are now homeward bound. The weather has been flue, especially during the races. The prorogation of Parliament takes place next week The race meeting just dosed has been the most successful ever hold iu Melbourne as regard- attendant and financial result-. Close upon forty-three thousand were conveyed by rail to the racecourse oa the Cup day. fettling day for the races has been agalngst the as Calamia was hugely backed when the weights were first iss <ed, and so many favorites won (.hiring the meeting. The double event—Lord Harry and Lone Hand—came off, and was wry disastrous. It is said that not less th »n £IOO,OOO will change hands over the meeting.