AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 256, 13 May 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

VICTOR T A. A large deficiency is anticipated for the coming year. Tin* most s Q rions falling off is in the revenue of from the Land Depnrtm-nt. No further cases of diphtheria have occurre 1 for sonv* days past, but measles continues spreading in the country districts ; there appears little doubt that measles were introduced into the Colony from the Kent, whose pass -ngers were landed without the effects having been fumigated. The sectional committee of the Social Set rice Congress is holding its sittings and arranging the proceedings for Con gress during the Exhibition. The recent decision of the Exhibition C jmm'SHioners to call for tenders for chairs, excluding Chinese labour from competing, is causing much discussion in the Press. A dividend of 5s in the L by the Provinci I and (Suburban Bank is now payable. A further sum of L2,0u0 was remitted for the Irish Relief Fund on Apiil 29th The total Victorian subscription is now L 29,000.

Mr Syrne made ni.plication to the Chief Justice that all caaes for libel brought against him by Mr Wilson of Sj Albans should Iv heard in Melbourne in stead of Geelong. The ppplieation was opposed, and the Chief Justice decided that th • case should be tried at once at Geelong. The rates for telegraphing Press messages between Victoria, South Australia and New South Waites have been reduced to 3s per 100 words, to come into force on May 1. The new Melbourne Exchange will bo formally opened on May 10, by tbe now Premier. Although Government has offered the Agency-General to Sir Andrew Clarke, it is not believed that he will be able to accept it. No reply has been received up to the present. Mr Higginbotham having recommended Governmeni to abdish the post of Engineer of Construction, Mr R G Ford retires from the service, receiving a compensation allowance. The Crown Law Officers have been instructed to prosecute Alderman Gatehouse, his son, and others, for a tempting to burn down a trigonometrical beacon at Mount Macedon. RigoroU" precautions continue to be taken to prevent the spr< ad of measles and diphtheria, but fresh cases are daily reported from diffe ent parts. John Oxford, who formerly sin t at the Queen, and was confined as a lunatic and who is b Hcved to b now sane, ha.bi on convicted of larceny nd charged as vagrant. T. W. Wills, formerly a well-known Victorian cricketer, committed .-uicide whilst of unsound mind, caused through excessive drinking. Obituary—F. Strode, a v.ry old ! Victorian colonist, formerly proprietor of the Port Phillip Gaze te, aged 68.

NEW SOUTH WALES. Th« Colonial Secretary ha* received a telegram from London giving the follow ing additional names to the English Ministry : —Lord Chamberlain, Lord Kenmnre ; Lord Steward, Earl Sydney ; Master of the Back Hounds, Earl Cork ; Master of the Horse, the Duke of Westminister : Under Secretary for India, the Marquis of Laudadowne. Four other counsel have given an opinion that Mr 'Slattery, prof ion tary, was HU officer of the Supreme Court -ml. and not <1 the G->v. rnm- nt, eonsequ ntly that his dismissal was illega*. The Queen of the South, from AdeAdelalde, encountered the snip Attuii, rom Melbourne to Dunedin, 2G days out. The Altair lost her compass in a gale, and had to get her bearings from the Queen of the South. A difficulty has arisen between the captain and the men of the Chandernagore The police were unable to interfere as the consuls reft sed to recognise the Chamlerna ore. Ultimately the men assumed a threatening attitude, ami tin mate was obliged to be escorted aboard the vessel. The barque Lady Emma, 128 t«.n<, went ashore at Sydney Heads on Friday night. The master was drowned. Tie* vessel was insured for L 550 in the Union Company and the New Zealand 1 ompany. The Marine Board held an enquiry into the loss f d the Lady Emma The evidence showed that the captain was drunk, asleep in his cabin, and the mate had no certificate. The Mar'ne Board having no jurisdiction, the enquiry dosed. Miners in the V rT aratah district show a disposition to submit (heir dispuf to arbii ration A schooner which has rrived reports sighting the steamer Port Breton about 280 miles from New Ireland, with Too immigrants for settlement SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Lady i« suffering from indisposition . Mr Rurnettt has heeu very succes- fill in his tdnperame crusade. A monster meeting was held on Saturday at the Hall, Sir H. Ayers presiding. Amongst the speakers was Dean KusscM. The Exhibition Commissioners h -ve asked Lsooo from Governm nt for representation of the Colony at the Melbourne Exhibition. Government have appointed Sir A Blyth to represent them on the Defence Commission, England. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. . The Lfgislative Council will probably meet on July 3. Mr Onslow, Attorn -vGeneral f r Honduras, has been appointed Attorney-General of Western Australia.

TASMANIA. Tin l-'IMi M»y, barquontim from Lvtto’ton t<> Adolaid**, put into H»z—ani’s Bay through stress of weath-r. •Mr Gihl n.: Premier, baa been r e >nitem led a tot il eessa ion of tvor in o<iiscquence of bad eyesight. QUEENSLAND. A Government B> ard is about to be appointed to carry out experiments connected with rust in wheat, for «radicaty ing which a reward has been offered. Thefe arc many competitors tor the prize Mr MclUvraitb has dismissed Mr M. Hamilton, Secretary to the Agent-Gen-era). Mr Dicken, Police Magistrate, succeeds him.