AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 310, 6 April 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Per Auawata.] MELBOURNE. Eight ol the School Inspectors have been reinstated, and Leyden, the In-spector-General, will probably resume duty as Secretary of the Education Department, The Cable Conference is fixed for tho 25th April. Queensland is applying to take part, believing the result to be a foregone conclusion in favour of a duplication of the present route. The frequent interruptions on tho South Australian land lino direct attention to the necessity of a duplicate to the present land line. The Australian Eleven play- d their final matches in the colonies with great success. They leave for England via Frisco by the mail steamer. Tho French cx-Atiorney-G’enerr.l becomes a salaried Land Tax Commissioner. Francis again contests West Melbourne with O’Loughlen. A hard contest is anticipated. The Old Colonist Association wish to give up their homes, as the expenses aro more than equal to the ivvemu-:' The departure or the Chimborazo is indefinitely postponed. It is believed that the repairs will occupy at least 3 months. The barque Colonist has started from Sydney for New Guinea with a number of adventurers. Tho Japanese war rerset will probably remain in-Sydney a month. ADELAIDE.

Very heavy rains and great floods have occurred far north, UOBARTOWN.

Fresh discoveries of tin ore have been made of a valuable character, which is expected to rival that of Mount Bischon.