Australian Telegrams.
(Pee s.s. Alhambba.)
(Pbb Pbebs Agency.)
Mxlboubne, November 1.
An outlawing bill, similar to that passed by the Sydney Parliament, has been passed through both Houses, to meet the cases of the bushrangers now at large* Under this bill the ruffians will be liable to be shot down without quarter, while a penalty of fifteen years' penal servitude is to be attached to those who harbour them. The reward for their apprehension has been raised to £500 each.
The widows of the two unfortunate constables are to be liberally dealt with, and in the meantime they are to draw their husbands' pay. Yesterday news was received of the finding of the body of the missing Sergt. Kennedy close by the camp where Scanlan and Lonergan were shot. The body contained three bullet holes, and when found was scarcely recognisable, being covered with blood and partly decomposed.
The greatest excitement exists, and parties are out in every direction. A telegram'received from the police at Chiltern yesterday evening stated Kelly and three others had stuck up a man named Christian, close to the Murray, on Wednesday at daybreak, so that they must be travelling at a pretty rapid rate. Wilberg's confession implicates Ellison, late chief officer of tbe Avoca, in the robbery of the sovereigns from that vessel, and late Inspector Secretan, of the detec*
tire force, goes home by mail to England to arrest him.
The sale of Sir Samuel Wilson's southdown sheep on Wednesday realised nearly ten thousand pounds. The Governor is making his farewell speeches previous to his departure from the colony. The Assembly adjourned last night till next Wednesday. It is probable tbat O'Farrell, now undergoing sentence for the Lands Office frauds, will be released on the grounds of ill health.
The City of Sydney, on arrival yesterday, grounded on the mud bank near the pie?. This is not likely to cause much injury. Mr Spencer the newly appointed United States Consul, arrived yesterday.
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3037, 8 November 1878, Page 2
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328Australian Telegrams. Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3037, 8 November 1878, Page 2
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