AUSTRALIAN NEWS

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2393, 17 November 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SECOND EDITION

[Uy Tf.UvCUAI’II.J [Per Ringarooma at Russell.J ADDITIONAL. • VICTORIA. Mki.isouiixh, Nov. 11. An attempt was made to wreck an excursion train near Snubury, on the evening of the htb. by placing sleepers and an iron guard across the rails. The obstructions were discovered in time to prevent a catastrophe. There is no trace of the perpetrators at present. In the Assembly on Wednesday, the Minister for .Mines said that diamond drills have been found so useful in the discovery of now leads and lodes that the Oovermnent propse to import two or three. On the second reading of the Railway Construction Bill, Mr Gillies referred to the question of the loan available for construction, which he found to be £300,000 short of the estimates. He also thought it was possible to construct the lines at the rate proposed, and advocated the construction of the main trunk lines, with tramways connecting as branch lines. This seemed to meet the approval of members. The sheriff has been deluged with applications for admission to the execution of Kelly, but the number will be restricted to the condemned man’s relatives, who paid their last visit to him yesterday. The duel affair has blown over. When the case came before the City Court, counsel on both sides said it had been arranged, and defendant had entered into the necessary sureties. The Presbyterian Assembly has adopted a memorial against the opening of the Museum and Public Library on Sundays. • QUKKNSLANU. A body of a man stabbed to the heart was found at Acacia Dam, near Matibara. It is evident that murder has been committed. Thu clothes of the deceased were burned in the camp lire and there is no clue to identify him. On November 2 a man was arrested, named John Raynor, at Bowen Downs, on suspicion of having committed the murder. On the following day Raynor committed suicide by cutting his throat. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

There have been furious typhoons on the gold liekls. The steamer Thalis lias arrived at Port Darwin with 1117 Chinese. Matters are very quiet on the Northern diggings. Tire prospectors failed to find gold at the Annie and Charlotte rivers.

A couple named Hart have again been committed for trial for accelerating the death of their daughter, aged 13. Deceased was subject to fits. A number of witnesses testified that she was frequently shamefully beaten by her stepmother. A portion of the American swing bridge for the Nairn railway has arrived. It has been examined by the principal ironfounders, who declare that both the iron and workmanship arc very inferior and easily surpassed by colonial manufacturers.