AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2322, 26 August 1880, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[by telegraph.]

(Pers.s. Albion via Bussell.)

NEW SOUTH AVALES,

Sydney, August 19,

It is understood that tho Government have formally notified to the Banks that it is intended to make a further withdrawal of £200,000. Money being- plentiful this will cause no inconvenience.

Parliament ‘is further prorogued to * September 20. There will consequently be no session prior to the dissolution. Candidates are presenting themselves in numerous constituencies preparatory to the general election. Agrarian outrages are rife in The Braid wood district. A person;,, who acted as secretary to the fund raised as a premium for the detection of the perpetrators has since suffered heavy losses by the destruction of his property and animals. The reporter of the “ Herald has been inspecting the metropolitan and suburban dairies and exposes disgusting and unwholesome arrangements. It is intended to construct an arcade from George to Pitt streets, occupying the site of the Victoria Theatre recently burnt. amctoria. On the night preceding Ids election, Mr Berry addressed a meeting ,at Geelong, and accused his opponent, Mr Charles Andrews of appealing to religious intolerance, and Mr Berry said he sought only to work with Englishjrish, and Scotch as one groat 1/heral party. He complained of the bi.iernoss of the Opposition, as amounting to persecution, on account of his being a lepresentalivc of the dignity and rights of labor. The elections _ were conducted very quietly, and immstcis wcic faiily successful although the polling was close. The Catholic vote was very ineffectual. In Geelong the Catholic vote scarcely amounted to 1000. At 1* ilznrs, Mr Yale improved his position, ami Mr "Williams polled better at Eaglcbank than last time. The following jire the results: —Geelong Berry, 1077 ; Andrews, 1027 ; Fitzroy—A ale, liOB; Blackett, 1701 ; Crcswick —Richardson, 2500; O’Neill, 1715; Mandurang—- ■ AYilliams, 2153 ; Moore, 2259. A man named Gowdie has been convicted for attempting the murder of one Best, who had relations with Gowdie’s wife. The jury recommended_ him to mercy on account of provocation, and the judge concurred,'inflicting a nominal penalty and discharging the prisoner. The Rev. Dr. Dykes, of London, has declined the position of Principal of the Presbyterian College, at Melbourne. QUEENSLAND. Accounts from various parts of the colony show tliat grass is scarce and cattle are commencing to suffer. The lambing prospects are bad. TASMANIA. The Treasurer has delivered his Budget Statement. The year was begun with a deficit ol; the estimated revenue was £130,770 and expenditure £118,182, leaving a surplus of £12,578. After deducting the deficit at the beginning of the year, the estimates left a net surplus of £-1.868. The revenue for 1881 was estimated at £135,070 and the expenditure at £121.971, leaving a surplus of £IO,OOO or a surplus altogether of nearly £15,000. The customs showed a large increase. The amount proposed to be expended on public works was £275,000 including £120,000 for the Mersey railway. It was proposed to raise a 4 per cent loan of £507,000 for public works and in reduction of debentures. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. The Government has introduced a motion for the imposition of duties in the northern territory, on opium, salt, rice, fish, sugar, spirits, tobacco, cigars, wine, snuff, beer, and tea, and an export duty of os per ounce, on gold. In the insolvency of Samuel De. Young, merchant, Port Adelaide, the. accountant reported a dificicncy in the estate of £21,195.