AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 773, 3 October 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(PER ALBION AT P .HT CHALMERS.) Mixwfu.vE, >• pi. 25. The nfnil service is now occupy! g ihe attention of the Cab ; iit-t, and fenders for .*i fri'-h ser\'ic-i a e to l»e at once cilied. '■t is probable tha th ■ service will from Su-'Z to Mrilliouroe. with .ut calling aft fta.\\e .is Uy the i!eour to India much time is ln-t. Th : contract 13 to be for_-<3 d sys. via Brindi.si, and 42, v-a Soiithamptoi. Tt is rumored that the P. aud 0. Company do not intend to tender.

The Church of England Synod is in sion, sad at the cj-etiicg the Biahbop d»liTered one of his able addressee. On this occasion his principal topic »Tb3 the religions education of the young, and he r«fnte<i the idsa that the religious teftchlng. required could be supplied by Sunday Schools. He also spoke in favor of a separate education grant being given to Catholics.

The tender of the Fulton Foundry Company has been accepted for 5000 tons of iron pipes. By this encouragement of native industry, the country loses L13.7C0, being the difference between the cost of the imported aud eolomh:l made pipes. Lady Duffy, the wife of the Speaker, died on Saturdav, after a long illness. Preparations are being made to give the Australian cricketers a welcome on their return, and a project has been mooted to form a ITnited Australian Eleven of the best players in the Colonies to challenge, them.

There was an immense attendance at the Town Hall last night at the celebration of the jubilee of the Rev. Dr. Cairns. A cheque for LlOitO was presented to him on a silver salver for the foundation of a Gairns Jubilee scholarship. la the Theologxoal Hall yesterday. fch<? Bishop o£ Melbourne ro&iv&i LI9OO freer. Siandbridges (sanatters of Dayiesford} for * scholarship in Tiinity College. Negotiations are being re-opened with thf* ."' Kastern Cable Company, and they are notr willing to allow a reduction of 75 per cent, over their lines", which will make the cost - 5s per word from London to Darwin. Colonel Glover remains in Sydney till the 6th October to complete the negotiations if possible Both Mr. Berry and Mr. Burns are of opinion" that these are the best-terms-obtainable.