Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2987, 11 September 1878, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

(Pee s.s. Hebo.)

(Per PaEss Agency.)

Melboubne, September 4 Dr Eyan, of Plevna renown, has been entertained at dinner. Sir James McCullough has requested the Government to remove his name, from the list of Exhibition Commissioners. :

In the Budget debate Mr Francis objected to the proposed loan in the present depressed state, of the country. The Commissioner for Public Works asserted that the colony would be justified in borrowing forty millions if the sum were necessary. . He defended the dismissal of the civil servants, and said the colony was never more prosperous than now. ;

The Council agreed, that the scheme of dividing the colony into twelve .prorinces with forty-two members should be considered in committee. ' ' ' A bill giving the Council power to deal ' with money bills was passed in commit' '•tee.' ■ ' " ■ - • In the Budget debate, Mr Service showed that, notwithstanding the boasted retrenchment, the expenditure had increased £227,000. In replying to a deputation -of the late unemployed who waited on him to- thank the Government Commissioner of Works, and said many people closed their purses during tne late crisis to shake the.Government, but failed. In view of the late triumphant passage of the Reform Bill, he believed the Council would accept the defeat. The' loan would give an impetus to the colony by promoting public works: The decreased gold yield had been more than recouped by the advance in manufactures and agriculture. : . ; An illuminated address to Lord Beaconsfield, bound in morocco, goes Home by the mail. ". At a meeting of the New Guinea Colonisation League, it was resolved that further agitation was necessary to secure the annexation to Victoria. Hopes are entertained of better prospects when bottom is reached. The expedition is recovering health. Sydney, September 4. The proposal to join Victoria in a subsidy of the Cape line of steamers has been talked over in the Cabinet, but no decision has been arrived ot.

The Bey. Spurgeon, son of Dr Spurgeon, of London, has been summoned to England owing to the illness of his. mother, and cannot therefore visit New Zealand.

New Caledonia advices report that about one hundred and fifty insurgents have been killed.

A number of people are ready to start for New Guinea at their own expense, provided the Dutch Government permit a settlement, and England will annex part of the Island.

- South Australia., September 4. The proposition for an income tax was negatived by a majority of three. The Rabbit Bill was passed. The eight hours' demonstration was successful. Six thousand persons took part. Queensland, September 4. The latest advices from Port Moresby, New Guinea, report that the prospectors are out trying the new country.