AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1367, 11 October 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(From our own CoWisroNDiJNT.)

HOBART, Tuesday. The excitement in Launceston over rejection of the Government Railway Bill by the Legislative Council still continues. Effigies of the Hon. F. W. Grubb M.L.0., and Mr W. Hart, member of the II mje of AssembM have been burnt in front of the Town Hall by an excited blob. Much nation has also been shown in this in response to a largely signed members for both houses for Hobart resigned their seats. Mauritious advices to September 23rd re* port the following clearances of sugar cargoil for New Zealand. For Lyttelton 375 ton! | for Dunedin, 435 tons, for Auckland, 3,00 tons. The following are the loadings, ict Dunedin 475 tons j and for Lytttnon, 860 tons, &VDNEY, Tuesday. The New South Wales Parliament was opened to-day by the Governor, who in hie stoeooh on the occasion, announced that t Bill would be introduced to regulate the sale and occupation of the lands of the colon#j and among other important measures) Bills would also be introduced for tile amendment of laws regarding libel And corrupt of Court j for the regulation of the Civil service, and for the amendment of the Postal Act and Bankruptcy law His Excellency’s speech referred to the important Annexation Conference to be held here at the end month The speech announced that the railway construction was making rapid progress, and that in addition to the 1800 miles now open fof traffic 548 miles are in course of ccnetruCtioil, and that t rial surveys have been directed for light railways to act as feeders to main lines, The address in reply to the Governor's speech was agreed to this evening by both Houses of Legislature, without discussion,