Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2927, 3 July 1878, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

(Peb s.s. Wakatipu.)

(Per Pbess Agency.)

Brisbane, June 27.

An extraordinary, meteor, with head as large as the sun,, and tail of immense length, , passed over Georgetown, and" burst like a hundred rockets. The same phenomenon was observed at Newcastle. The Howard New Zealand troupe ate doing well here. Sydney, June 27. A woman named Mary Padbury was picked up by the police at the back of the Town Hall, about 5 p.m. with a wound on her head, a broken elbow, and other severe injuries. She said her sister had thrown her out of a window twenty feet from the ground. > Melbottbne, June 27.

The Government will have to contract a new loan for the purchase of the Hobson's Bay railway, and the construction of other lines. The price for the former is £1,360,000.

A number of reductions are being made in the public service by the superannuation of old officers.

It is rumoured that the Governor has received a despatch by the last mail, in which his action is not altogether approved by the Secretary of State. A nugget found by a Chinaman on private .property, near Bealiaba, weighed 400ozs.

A movement has been started for the formation cf an infant asylum, to prevent infanticide and baby farming. (ientles, the "owner and rider, was killed while riding in a steeplechase. MrT. B. Payne, of South Yarra, has given £1,000 to" Trinity College for the foundation of a scholarship. „ ■ • Adelaide, June 27.

A man named Ashley, who had been sentenced to death in Victoria, but'had his sentence commuted to 20 years, having served his time, has been convicted of forgery three days after his arrival here, and has been sentenced to seven years. Melbourne intelligence received from the scene of the wreck of the Loch Ard states that much cargo is being recovered, and that it is intended to work from seaward as soon as boats are procured. Thomas Pearce has been presented with the Humane Society's gold medal. . The press are urging the Government to send a vessel to the scene of the Loch Ard disaster, in tbe hope that survivors may yet be found in some of the numerous caves on the west coast, which are only approachable from the sea.

It is thought the Government intend to remove the prohibition on imported stock. v A lighthouse is to be erected at Currie Harbour, King's Island, at a cost of £10,500. '