AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 26, 25 December 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) [Reuter’s Telegram.] Melbourne, Dec. 23. The Board appointed to deal with the ease of Attenborough, letter-carrier, who wm accused of getting up a sweep, decided that he be dis'uitised from the service. Win. Rigg, of the firm of McLean B O' and Rigg, is dead. He was a colonist of 3 > years’ standing. Lord ami Lady Roseberry are now in Victoria. They have visited Ballarat and inspected the mines, Ac Extensive preparations are being made for the Engineers Industrial Exhibition, to be opened on the 20th inst., and held in the Ex bibition building. It is expected to be a gr*at success

The formal act of preaching in the pulpits of the Scottish Church vacant was performed on Sunday The majority of the congregation were absent. Messrs Malleison, lugland, and Stewart, the solicitors for the Rev. Chas. Strong, made a formal application to the Presbytery for his certificate, to enable him to take another charge. The Governor returned from Adelaide in the Nelson to-day. The Nelson has gone to Hobart, and then probably New Guinea, or China. Considerable exuitemeut was manifested in Stawell, owing to three children being lost in the bush. They wandered from their home on Sunday, amt on Mond ty night a public meeting was held in the Town Hall and search pirties were orgini.-ed. Ac daybreak, about five o’clock on Tuesday, they were found eleven miles away, in a • exhausted condition. Over 3000 persons were engaged in the search.

I The New South Wa’es cricket team for the Inter colonial match on Boxing Day arrived tat night, and met with a cordial reception. The agitation is still going on in vference to the Pollard Juvenie Opera Troupe, the parents here staling that Pollard took their children to India without their knowledge or consent. Probably r delegate will be sent to bring the children back. A shocking accident occurred in the Duke mine at Timor, near Maryborough. Four men named John Rogers, Wm. Jones, and Chas. Whitely, slipped on to a eag«, the signal was given to lower away, when to the alarm of everyone the cage went up to the poppet-heads The chrtn broke and the cage shot down 338 fret to the bottom of tho shaft. The party lowered found the men smashed to atoms. The debris of tho cage and the remains of the men are undistirigiiishaMe. Junes the engine-driver, has become quite deranged since t lie fata 1 error, H stated that the men were off the balance. A religious inanU, consequent on the uotion of the Salvation Army, has set in. The Earl of Roseberry distributed the Scotch College athletic prffies. He made a speech, alluding to the necessity of citizens exercising political power wisely. Sydney, Dee, 23. The Minister of Lands, in the Assembly, has tabled copies of the minutes of the Intercolonial Convention, Mr. Stuart has given notice to introduce a Bill for the regulation of the Civil Service. It is understood thai the Financial Statement will be made about the middle of January. The Earl of Roseberry intends to return to Sydney at the eud of the week, and remain a few days. Mr. Gregor-Taylor, Superintendent of the Eastern Extension Cable Co., who arrived from Singapore, is awaiting instructions from Loudon respecting the proposals of the Colonial Governments with regard to the reduction of cable charges. The Commissioner has decided to supply passengers on the Great Northern line with iced drinking water gratis during the summer months. Adelaide, Deo 23. Matthew Burnett, temperance lecturer, who just returned from West Australia, intends to virtr Viu’orik, and will commence his mi-sion in Tasmania in March, Hatvest hibtrers are very scarce at some places. £3 per week has been offered with no result. Mr T. J. King has been elected Mayor of Port Adelaide.