AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 598, 2 April 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(PER AHAWATA, AT THE KUVJFIf.) Eight of the School Inspectors are being reinstated, and Mr. Hedon, late InspectorGenoral, will probably resume duty as Seerotary in the Education Department. 'I he Cable Conference has been fixed for the 25th April. Queens'and is applying to take part, believing the result to be a foregone conclusion, in favour of duplicating the cable by the present route. The frequent interruptions on the South Australian land line direct attention t» the necessity for a duplicate of the present laud line. The Australian Eleven played their final matches in the colonies with great sucooss. They.proceed to England in the S»n Francisco mail steamer. Mr. French, ex-Attorney-Gencral becomes Colonial Land Tax Commissioner. Mr. Francis again contests West Melbourne with Sir Brian O'Lotighlan. A hard contest is expected. The Old Colonists Association wish to give up their homes, as the expenses are more than equal to the revenue. Wheat has improved, and is selling at ss. 7id.; Now Zealand milling oats, ss. The departure of the Chimborazo has been indefinitely postponed. It is believed that the repairs will occupy at least three months. The barque Colonist has started from Sydney for New Guinea with a number of adventurers. The Japanese war vessel will probably remain at Sydney for a month. News from Adelaide states that very heavy rains and great floods have occurred in the far north. In Tasmania fresh discoveries of tin have been made of a valuable character. It is expected to rival that of Mount BischofV.