AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2478, 28 February 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Telegraph.]

(Per Te Anau at the Bluff)

VICTORIA

Melbourne, Feb. 22,

Morgan’s manifesto has attracted much attention throughout the colonies, and has been well received at Sydney. The “ Argus” says the manifesto is one of the signs of the times, which Victoria can only neglect at her peril and points out the danger toVictorian manufacurers from the Customs Union of New South Wales, and South Australia at the present time. The Peninsula and Orient steamers leave Melbourne on the dates stated. The Victorian Government are communicating with the latter, noth the object of arranging for departure on alternate weeks with the Peninsula boats, thus securing a weekly service. An individual styling himself Count Fitzgerald Do Beaumont, who is said to have been received at Government House has been arrested on a charge of larceny as a bailee of three gold watches. It is stated that the Governor’s Private Secretary suspecting the genuineness of his assertion communicated with the detective office. Beaumont has also passed valueless cheques. Experiments are being made with the Ecliograph between the dome of the exhibition and Mount Macedon, a distance of 30 miles. The first attempts were only partially successful, owing to the state of the atmosphere.

NEW SOUTH WALES,

Beckett, whose premises were recently burned, is again remanded. A number of persons are preparing for a friendly demonstration to welcome Laycock on his return to Sydney. In consequence of the slackness of work the Wallsend Mining Company have many families suffering, and the lodges have initiated a movement for the relief of distress,

The Danm has sailed for England. It is reported that a Melbourne Sugar Company contemplate erecting mills in the northern district of Queensland. News from Samoa continues satisfactory. Considerable quantities of coarse gold are being daily found, but the water supply continues to cause uneasiness.

Arrangements have been conc'uded for a final match, Australians v. Combined team,on March 4,5, and 7. The latter consists of D. Gregory, 0. Bannerman, A. Bannerman, Massey, Garrett, Evans, Midwinter, Cooper, Horan McShane, and Elliott,

Evans, the Lands Office defaulter, has been sentenced to two years for embezzling Government money.

SOUTH AUSTEALIA

Mr King, Minister of Education, has resigned owing to his projected departure for Europe. A successor has not been appointed. The Commissioner at the Melbourne Exhibition, * has received numerous promises of support to the proposed Exhibition at Adelaide especially by British exhibitors. It is not known whether the Government approve of the proposal or not. QUEENSLAND. Watson’s trans-continental party have reached Aramac. The proposal is renewed to introduce tramways in Brisbane. A plague of rats lias visited the far west of Queensland attacking lambs from which death has resulted.