Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2992, 17 September 1878, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

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(Peb Pksbs Agency.)

u.tne Assembly last week some progress was madV w(jth, the estimates. A | proposal to gi*e the' 1 position' of Clerk's : Assistant in "• the\S Assembly • (6p¥.4Oisxmeabertrho resjgbt r3'his -phtje' 1 as Whip to the GoTe : amenti in'6ifdfer to returatfj^rdj fessor Pearson fqrCMtlema;; «c, caused I some discussion and crit'.o'isW* I l' Ji■■<"{" ;i'V/ ! iDaiid Gaunfcon^hM' 1 'to- tihe Opposition', .and' yieYieWay' be,complained : of an'r^aclel 'in'th'e'^'^e^refleßiing'^pbti him, and moved ", thai it'wasa BcaadaloiiV lioel, and a breach of', priyi|ege ; of the ;Hpuse."/ The. lT .G^Tyß|4ff,6D^!^ port 'thei inbtioo •,', whichi wasi witJ\4ra^nV ; . ; c The Government do not appear likely to float the other loan so easily as imagined,:;/^^bfi sjat«ojl(^e[l«9jD^9i|',mayrket is such juit nqw; as, tOt make the floating of ibe loan a rather hazardous proceeding. I '^his'has berik! confifmM^b| the l-anks hera. „. „; \ r „. ' jlI The second reading of Jthe. CW*% Bill was to have been .mov^d 'ja's^mihti but thV 1 Bittißitidh Bili^ttk pSjtW^^dealt .with instead. . • ,?dioui '■'■ Th'e r7Parliamentaryiprooeedings of Iksfc week were rot possessed*''of tarest.--'"' -:";il^ ->'W ,

It is ramoured the Government intend to ask for a dissolution, if possible, before Governor Eowen letrei^

The r Government intend", calling for tenders for a new mail aerriee ria Galle, and also direct to Aden and Suez. The latter will gire the, Orient line an oppor* tuoity of competing with the P. ana O. Company, pad they are augmenting their fees. ' ' ' '-'' ' ' ■

The treatment of ' Ibe Admiralty surrey by the Government, in discontinuing the local 'allowances, has led io the Admiralty withdrawing their officers and removing them to Tasmania. It is said that Governor Eowen has not altogether escaped scatheless. ' - It is known that Captain Stanley, the Admiralty surveyor, wrote a spirited despatch after the memorable Black Wednesday proceedings, and that Governor Eowen got nim to modify it. < The Ekhibition'Commissijoners hare got to work. The. composition of the commission does hot give unm'xed. satisfaction.,,-. ■:,, ,-■■...■,;■;:;,■/,,, ■'"•"-■■ ;- : -:, A small steamer, the Napier, employed bringing up goods from the Loch Ard, has been wrecked at Port Campbell. No lives wtere lost. „~w.. _„.V....,._,'...:.,,...,;^-~;-:

■ Very welcome rain hag fallen in this and the neighbouring colonies, doing much good; The weather-has been yery suliiy. "• "' .'.. ' ....' '... v , "'• I There has been no'betting-on the Melbourne Cup for some time; but now Bandwick is over more attention will be paid to the Mtflbourne meeting. ■„ , , „

Easiness continues very dull.

The wool season is fast, setting in. Some of the early clips have arrived. Just now there is much competition amongst all the colonies for the carriage and ship* merit of the river-borne wool.

George Eignold opens in " Henry V." at the Theatre EoyaLon Saturday. Creswick has returned, and is playing at the Opera House. The '• Octoroon," with the negro band, is being performed at the Academy of Music and the Princess's.

The new loan is to be for five millions at 4| per cent.

(Pee s.s.'Cixy of New Yoek, at Auckland.)

The Victorian Government loan of-five millions includes one million for the pur. chase of the Hobso.n's Bay railway ; two hundred thousand for the new Law. Courts and Parliamentary buildings; and two handred thousand for State, schools. Two millions and a-half are for new railways. -

The last general election cost £9400; the census £12,400.