AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2807, 23 March 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Telegbaph.] : '(Per s.s. Rotorua at Auckland.) • Sydney. ■ The Minister of Mines, accompanied by several members of Parliament, starts on a tour of the north-eastern districts bn the 17th.: They will visit* Newcastle, llundarra. Innesvillo,Tenterfie Id, G-len Innes and Grafton. The survey of the Illawarar railway ro' ate is being briskly proceeded with, an d it is expected that tenders will be in’ vited soon. The inhabitants of Young have po titioned Government for Municipal inc iorporation. 1 The patients at the coast hospital and sal intorium continue to progress satisfactoi ily. The City Council have voted Inspector Seymour £IOO for keeping the city

clean during the smallpox epidemic! and the spread of the 1 contagion. Nine thousand pounds have been subscribed towards the new building for the Young Men’s Christian Association!. Melbourne. It is stated that Government contemplate the introduction of a. penny postage. ' A. 'E. Moore recovered £2,500 as damages for injuries received in the Jelimont collision. A Chinese burglar attempted to rob the stationxnaster’s house at Inglewood. Ho was shot in the knee and taken to the hospital, where amputation was found necessary. The Volunteer manoeuvres at Queenscliffe will occupy three days at Easter. A Board has been appointed to investigate the charges' against Sergeant Steele of firing recklessly upon innocent persons at Glenrowan. . , Government intend planting the railway reserves with the wattle tree. ■ Mrs Cutler, wife of a man frowned through the collision of the Julia Percy and Nelson steamer, has served a writ upon the. Western Steam Navigation Company _for £SOOO damages. The evidence taken before the Tariff Commission regarding saddlery and harness is mainly in favor of protection. Brisbane. William Alcock, a plumber, has been fined £IOO for having a still in his possession. D. McCarty recovered, £IOO damages for slander from Dr Osberg. : A man named John Newman has been committed for trial, for sending a threatening letter to Sir Arthur Palmer, ■. ■ '* Adelaide. Major Fergusson' recommends the cultivation of various, tropical products in the Northern territory,but discourages the proposals, to grovr - tea, the rainfall being insufficient. Barker, Forsyth, Hicks, and /Dr Horton were committed for trial on'the 14th for conspiring to defraud the Australian Mutual Provident Society,by insuring the life of one Weathershead, a consumptive, who recently died iii Melbourne. Dr Hortou only obtained bail.