AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2335, 10 September 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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(Pcrs.s. Albion via Russell.) NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, Sept. 4. A scam of coal has boon discoverd at the rocky mouth of the Lower Clarence. A shaft has already been spnk through two feet in thickness. The Rev Ralph Mansfield, who was editor of the Sydney “ Morning Herald ” from 1840 to 1854, is dead. The prospects of Payne’s Cully, Greenfield, are encouraging. Claims are pegged out for upwards of a mile, and a rush is expected. Two hundred and sixty-eight pounds of quartz from the Victoria Elat, picked from 30 tons, yielded 50 ounces of gold ‘ , . A sharp newspaper correspondence is going on between the Rev Jeffreys and Mr Proctor. The former was challenged for his deductions on religions questions and made trenchant replies. There has been similar correspondence between various writers relative to Proctor’s proposed lecture on Sunday in the Theatre Royal. Rich pyrites, raised from a depth of 380 ft. in the Reform Company’s Lucknow estate are said to be worth £3OOO per ton. The Colonial Secretary, on behalf of the Government, has intimated to Professor Proctor that the Government cannot allow the theatre being opened on Sunday for lectures. Proctor has published a reply, stating that ho has taken the opinion of counsel, and has been advised that the lecture will not be an infraction of the law. He declines to alter his arrangement for next Sunday, but, in deference to the intimation, he will not repeat his Sunday lectures. VICTORIA. Mr Berry in the Assembly on Thursday, stated that he had taken steps to float the balance of the last loan in the London market. The date is to be fixed by the bank and will probably be the middle of October. The minimum would be fixed by the Government. The Commissioner of Railways, in consequence of the Board of Enquiry exonerating Ford, Engineer of Construction, has reinstated Ford, dispensing with the services of Green, who was appointed by the Service Government in his stead. Mr Higginbotham has formally protested. Replying to a deputation of the antiChinese league, Mr Berry promised to confer with the other colonies, in reference to the prevention of the influx of Chinese. The Custom House allows travellers’ samples to bo exported free of duty. At a Cabinet meeting on Friday Ministers arranged to overhaul . their various departments and make as many dismissals as possible, it is expected they will be numerous in the Customs and Lands.