AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 989, 26 January 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

i (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) m 1 _ SYDNEY, Jan. 18, -"Parliament was opened yesterday by the Governor in the presence of a large gathering/ The Address in Reply to tbe Speech was, moved by Mr Stephens, seconded by Mi: O’Mara. Mr Garrett moved an amendment expressing dissatisfaction at the course taken by Government in regard to the Land Bill. This action on the part of Mr Garrett is generally condemned,, and 1 attributed to the fact that he had not i been included in the Government. On a' division being called for, Mr Garrett was absent, and Mr Buchanan alone represented the Opposition, The Address in Reply was then carried without a division, after a brief and lively debate. - ; A married woman'named Anri Richards died; yesterday, .frpra injuries .received on the tram Hn/u| She w;a?)eiideqy6nringftoj 'get :in a' train which' had started, and falling, was dragged.under the motor. A. man, name unknown,, deliberately committed suicide by throwing himself in fronit of a tram in Elizabeth street , . Very .heavy .rain; -hus fallen,- and * The weather generally lias been cool for the period,of the yeai-j;*; , •• -■ The Hon Geoffrey Eager, Under-Secre-tary of Finance and Trade, very ill,-', and has received,leave .of absence. - The Now ' South 'Wales Frozen Meat Company,., whose works, are at Orange, have commenced sending consignments to The Sydney market. Suitable stores and .’ special means of transport .arc provided. , An .enquiry into the collision between the has re--suited in'tlie masters of both vessels and the mate of the Hosedaletfieiug censured fqr not taking precautions. ; The Municipal Council have resolved to proceed forthwith with tbe erection of additional 'buildings ; ' adjoining the Town Hall. BRISBANE,* Jan. 18: The New Zealand Insurance Company’s buildings have been burglariously entered, bill nothing valuable was abstracted. It is understood, that Mr Diury, General Manager .of', the Queensland National Bankj proceeds to England shortly in connection with floating the loans already authorised. The Queensland National Bank pay a dividend at the rate,.of 12 per cent. MELBOURNE, Jan. 18. Excessively hot-weather has been experienced. The thermometer in the shade at the Observatory registered 104, and 165 in the sun. A welcome change game on Tuesday afternoon.' Sir B. OTiOghlen is opposed to indiscriminate Tfiiriiigration, but favours the family system, the Government paying a third or some portion of the passage money. The performances of the MontaguTurner Opera Company came to an abrupt close on Wednesday night, owing to financial difficulties. A person who stated ho was Captain Ward, of the Bengal Native Infantry, son of the late Master of-the Mint, Melbourne, has been arrested for passing valueless cheques.. He had been living very expensively. ~