AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 658, 12 June 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

j ''[lh-UI'STEAJUCK AT AroKLAXD.]. I " / ',' 'Sydm-:v,'.Tune 4. Three cpses of smallpox were reported on boopl ,tho Siam on her arrival at j .The vessel had been ten I day's' iii'Kobsdn's Bay, was visited ,freI qnently from the shore, and the crew ! freely mixed with' people' ashore. The • i.in attacked was a! Lascar, wlio had be. n i ;rented'' for ' 'eiiiofeern.)ox v " ! " Two more sickened. Captain Hector believed it to be :v case or ■femalft'iox', and flip medical authorities pronounced i't to , lie sueli on ex'aiiiiihition. The Sia'm was quarantined.. She was examined on her arrival at Queonscliffe, thirty d&ys "from G-!ille, : knd there was then no sign of disease. It is believed that the men put oil for the iirst time clothes -brbn^hiy'-from -TJbmbay, in which were the germs of .the disease. • t . ;| .|Meljspijk>{k, June 3. The Cabinet has decided not to have a. nominee Upper E/juse. but, to, support a scheme oF-reform' advo'c^ocl"'by tiie League, to the effect that when any and rejected by the Council, it shall bo remitted to a vote of the people, and the rcsnltvdH fife -pleliscJhini "will : -W- MO. A large number of officers of the Civil < Service, oyer GO years of age, will shortly : j retire. ■'""" ' ' s " ' "'"' "" "'"'• ]% The Executive has decided that Richard Heragtity, for shall be executed. ' "•I'life t?h4e# l^e-c'ti e'ta¥j>''(¥rtWy in^ ( mt^n j |jein ] g,uujei«2]opcl} l hasJii.ntmU.t > ' the desirableness of levj'infj higher taxes, foio,thd-.'P*talJOStJ|i(rf--'g«THILS-'^-«l»k!to'.tt i fCi3e .. who were deprived of .employment. ; , 'fea-iffltri' ", Zealand by^^ s a,ra.r;j ?(.-s».'i Ai:il I'| The Italian Opera Company has comnenced a short season-ltere. Captain King, chained vath scuttling .rihuiWi|M ji«s« -wl sJ'oni<Ht j^myoii^'w^*'!

jury being unable to agree. He lias since been re-arrested for attempting to abscond. The Zenlandia lias been stockedand refitted at Sydney for the outwanrfcoyagje to San Francisco. She leaves Sydßtf on The Colonial Mutual Life l's position on Point Nepean, and~twV other guns await transmission conimanding a right (lank at Aiu;laim:, May ;H. Farliament was opened by tlie_.QiiiuL vantage of Sir William demise's presence in England, in reference to the tions 4 1 \iiBi ( wtfP9k f y. nilia i ,ft *ii i :in ironcTful. of a small pendent AlthdU^lf'tliVliav.-esi- washvis than was anticipated, the revenue is still increasing, showing the resources" of the Colony are snmeieiit.fe&Utflire. r.rogr{sK.-' iIA Negotiations • with New. South >Yalejs aifdi4*MMiskftd,' ; for a, 'CfrtSMinV tfiii'.jn'l are AjlJ.ilj, will : bo. introduce,!, 1 jjty&ltpf ii\Z colßMit;Yit\on of the Xb.tin.uiJL; ..hi or.der to prevpnl! fntin;»s//collision be"''twiqii thq lj\vo jl.owos. yji.;.. I . i . ;>. Bills for.ivai'iftus.--(railways extension from Adelaide to, .Government Guns River, to Clare,,. Gladstone, ,and to Georgetown ; also a : seco.i)d ,l»w of railway to Port preparation. A J J ill will b.o. introduced to encourage L u ropean,peo]jl f.fa in ; the. N (>rll ion i Territory, in .DillogeV. Ccminuujity,, ,or ''otlignvlke, 'More" liberal' .terms will be .graced'-by tiro' Bill to"' l encou'rago ' tfu' .pastoral-occupation.of- unsettled Jiiberiov; Vh'Jl tor the aujejUphp.ftUt 0£.,-t.he. Land Law, also a Drainage 'Hill. , (Pn; •OLAt ; D i, H'.\^;t*t ; AT THE IiU'IT.) Al:-:i,;;ori;M-:, June o." Dr Macartney, who has had a chequered oafbtir ! as a clergyman, barrister, Ifrji planter, a legislator, and fe'nineranee lecturer, died of poison on. Sunday, thus creating a vacancy for South Oipp.sland. An analysis of his stomach is to be maO-v before an inquest can be held. The Melbourne Cup entries number 10<S fo\v,cr than last, year, but tho qualiiy is better. It is worthy of notice that onlymno aged horse is in.the list. Mr Ij. Walker has two of Traducer's colts, which appear to'hail from .New Zealand. Miss "Amy Si.rwin, the Tasmanhm prinVi donna, has had groat success with the Italian Opera Company.. j P.usines's is dull. Outs are scarce an. 1 wanted, waiting hue advices. Mauritius sugar' Tuts.advanced Ids to los per ton for I i whites. , !