AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[By Telegraph.] (Per s.s. Manapouri at the Bluff.) Mebbohbne, August 29. The Assembly voted £BO,OOO for new railway stations at Melbourne. A number of new candidates have announced themselves for seats in the reformed Legislative Council. Clarke, one of the sufferers by the railway accident at Windsor, has obtained £ISOO damages. A verdict of £IOO damages has been given against Mr Wm. Clark, M.L.A. proprietor of the “Footscray Advertiser,” lor libel. Sieber, convicted of shooting the girl Maher in Russell street, on being asked if he had anything to say, requested that the death penalty might be carried out as the most merciful sentence. He will not bo subjected to solitary confinement.
The subscription list distributed by the Trades Hall Committee in aid of a Working Men’s College is so .far satisfactory. The Gatling gun shown at the Melbourne Exhibition has been purchased by the Government, and is now aboard the Cerberus. , The Chamber of Manufactures carried a proposal as to the desirability of holding an intercolonial exhibition at Melbourne in 1884 to celebrate the half-century jubilee of the founding of the colony. Rain has been general during the past few days, but is still insufficient. The Board found that the charge against Drs Bulmer and Max for neglect at the quarantine ground was not proved, ( • A large area of coal is believed to exist in the Strzelecki Ranges, Gippsland. " . TheTeDeum was sung in all the Roman Catholic churches bn Sunday for the escape of Archbishop Gbold. Sydney. The Zealandia m^de, the fastest passage on record from Auckland to Sydney, viz., 3 days and 21 hours. ■ On rhe arrival of the steamer Gunga, from Fiji, the native servant of Sir Arthur Gordon was found to be suffering from smallpox, and the vessel was placed in quarantine. A special train was in waiting to convey Sir Arthur to Melbourne to catch the steamer Rome. Instead of this, the passengers,including Sir Arthur Gordon,, were sent into quarantine., .' A proposal: made for lighting the streets of Sydney by electricity will be ' reported upon by Mr Cracknel!.: : The workmen in the iron trades are on strike for advanced wages. A,new line of sailing vessels has been established between New York and Sydney. Sting who won the Hawkesbury Handicap in the fastest time yet for that race, ran last in the County Parse two days previously. Racing people cannot understand it. \
The whole of the passengers and crew of the Gupga are now in quarantine, where they are supplied with all necessary conveniences. The Fijian, whose Illness now proves to be undoubted smallpox, has been removed to Little Bay. The Gunga has been, thoroughly cleansed and disinfected, and a fresh crew sent on board and the steamer brought to Sydney. The team of footballers proceeded to New Zealand , per Eotomahana on Thursday. The following have been selected Draper (Captain), Graham, Richmond, R. Thallon, H. Fligg, Bayliss, Walker, W. Flynn, - McHatohie, C. Rygate, Barry, Mann, E. Hill, Hawkins, Howard, Butler, and Logan. They play at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, returning via Wellington to Sydney. Bbisbane. The Government have concluded a provisional agreement with Messrs Shaw and Blyth, on behalf of an Australian Syndicate for the construetion of a on the land grant, system. A land bonus of ten thousand acres per mile is to be granted, the Government to. be allowed.the option of purchasing the line at half the cost price within six years. ■ The land grants are to be! in ten mile frontages. The. total length of the line is about 250 miles, and is to be cpmpleted in'three years. The proposal to give shipowners a bonus of £l() for every approved immigrant brought to Queensland, was rejected.-
v (Per s.s.ijWakatipu at Wellington.) Sydney, August 30. The Assembly met to-day and proceed to G-ovorument House, where they presented an Address in, reply to His Excellency’s Speech. The Church of England Diocesan Synod yesterday met for the purpose of filling the vacant Bishopric of Sydney. They adjourned till to-day. ■ It has been rainingio most parts of the country during the past two or three days, and in! many places where it wasmuch needed. Melbourne, Aug. 30. Mr Ham, the Mayor, has consented tostand for the Melbourne Province in the Legislative Council. . The Railway Department have invited designs for the new railway offices at ■ Flinders and Spencer streets. Three prizes will be awarded, that for the best design being £250. Adelaide, Aug. 30. The case of S. P. Harges, which was postponed, in order to allow outside colonial creditors to prove their claims, came before the Insolvent Court to-day, and resulted in.a second-class certificate being awarded.
An Irishman one day came running into a farmyard and hurriedly cried for a spade. The farmer, coining out,, demanded what he wanted with it, when Pat replied that his friend had stuck in a bog, and he wanted to dig him out. “ How 'far in is he ?" inquired the farmer. “Up to the ankles," said Pat “Is that all?" said the, farmer, “ then he can pull himself out again ; you’ll get no spade here." Pat scratching his head, while. his face bore evident signs of grief, blurted oat, “ Oh but bejabers, he’e in head" first," v
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2947, 5 September 1882, Page 2
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