AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 8 September 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(PER WAKATIPU AT WELLINGTON.)

Sydney, September 1. The Cabinet has decided to suspend W. W. Stepen, W. S. Lands, find the accountant Croft for carelessness in con* nection with the recent embezzlement of LBOO by the lad Evans, a clerk in the Lands Office. A further inquiry into the matter will be held. The Great Southern line has been opened as far as Georgery. A trial assay from the silver mine at Laddiltown, near Hantley, gave 30ozs. 3dwts. to the ton. At the inquest on Patrick Mulday, who was found burned to death on Bugarra road, the jury returned a verdict of wilful, murder against Nolan, the man who first informed the police of the affair. Nolan has been committed for trial. A. woman named Curran, who lived with. Nolan, has been arrested on a charge of being accessory before the fact. The case possesses some very extraordinary features. Melbourne, September 1. Diphtheria is very prevalent at Talbot, where also there is a plague of black caterpillars destroying all vegetation. Young Aspinall, son of the late Buller Cole Aspinall, passed his examination with high honors in England, and has been called to the Bar. Sub-Inspector Johnston, in charge of the police steam launch Babina, reports the discovery of a large river, nine miles south of Schnapper Island, and some distance south of Cooktown. It has good thick scrubby banks, with plenty of cedar and other timber. It is supposed to be a strong branch of the River Ruby. The Protestant? qnd Qatholics are sub? scribing to reimburse the wonjan Curamins money lent to a Catholic priest to build a church at Toowoomba. The claim is repudiated by the Bishop, the priest having left the Colony. Adelaide, September 1. A suicidal epidemic seems prevalent in Adelaide. Three cases occurred last week. On Sunday, a man named Snodd cut his throat from' ear to ■ ear. - Yestetday,, a youn* farmer named Shewing shot himself through the heayt at Laura; and a farpqpr pajned poisoned him-: self slqunt sambiet