AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 250, 22 April 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, April 17. Much speculation continues rogardm• t toe appointment to the Speakership of the Legislative Assembly. Nothin g aertam is yet known on the subDiphlheria continues in a severe form at Hamilton. The same disease is spreading in the township of Avenel. .Sydney, April 20. The Union Company's steamship Arawata arrived from New Zealand yesterday. Delegates, holding one thousand Melbourne proxies, have arrived In re to oppose the abolition of proxy voting which will he proposed at the Mutual Provident Society’s meeting to-mor_ :> v. ■®®The Newcastle masters offer 3s lOd rs>» - , when coal is at 10s per ton, and a rise or fill of 2d or 3d per shilling as the selling price is altered. The miners have consented to consider the offer, but it is unlikely they will accept it. ■%The International Exhibition, which has been open for seven months. w*s ormally closed by the Governor, Lord Augustus Loftus, in accordance with the programme which was issued, in tlm presence of a large number of people. The Executive Commissioner address to His Excellency, -.Hitch was read, at thclosing of the ceremony, stated ihat the exhibits had numbered 14,000, to which 7,->7o awards had been given, iucluddcd 2753 firs class and 2082 second class. The admissions during the seven months had reached a total of 1,432,000. The receipts have been under L 50,000, it was hoped that this sum would pay the working expenses. Brisbane, April 2o It is understood the Government have received an offer from an English Company to lay a cable from Cey'on to Point Parker, in tbo Gulf of "7 y