AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 61, 2 August 1884, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sydney, July 24. The Land Bill passed through committee, and tho third reading is to be taken on Tuesday next, lleydon, one of tho mombers for Yass, crossed the floor of the House, and it is said others are likely to follow. Mr Walter Scott, of Baliol and Merton, Oxford, has bern selected as Professor of Classics to succeed the late Professor Barham. Mr Stewarts resolutions in tho Legislative Council having reference to annexation ot New Guinea, federation, and the influx of criminals was sheh ed by the pre\ ions question being carried. Owing to the prevalence of cholera in Trance and Egypt, tho (lovernment have decided to enforce quarantine regulations against vessels from those countries. °A tender for the second section of the Illawarra railway has been let, amounting to nearly half o million. The Duke of Manchester leaves for Port Darwin on the 30th of this month.

Brisbane, July 24. An address to tho Queen with reference to the Federal Council has been formally adopted. A Members' Expenses Bill has been in troduced, and tho second reading of the Triennial Parliaments Bill carried.

Victoria, July 24. Tho Govornmont have promised to obtain a decided opinion as to the supposed smallpox, and will take most energetic steps to prevent its spreading. The Harbour Trust has decided _to invito tenders for tho construction of swinging basin whar£l,l74Jfeet in length, and 500 feet of it designed as a low-level wharf to be used for landing heavy log timber. It is estimated to cost £23,000. A child four months old died at Johnstonstroet, Fitzroy, from small-pox, aggravated by a previous attack of mea.sles. Iho child's father and sister are certified as suffering from the same causo. The ilev. Win. Henderson, of Ballarat, is dead.

Adelaide, July 24. A resolution passed without discussion for payment of members, and the sum of £200 a year wos suggested. Tho Government will submit a bill. AU Ministers, oxcept the Premier, voted for it.