Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3092, 15 January 1879, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

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. MtLßouwri, January 7. ;|£elbo«rne. Tito GWmoAf, tno, is «t MbcgjM • Titit to Meters Bobertaen if roc. "* •., *-*"sr-— — -—«.. v ,TJ» reve^^arwjirbich h*m fc»ea issued thow a surplus Bofh^on the quarand article* of general oontumptH* v MllH wliasflStfWl Bo* the increase o* the railway* owing to increased mileage Sand tk« land-taw, swells oat the sur«, which on the quarter amount* to BL7 tThe itdttl «**{£** rife fMrterart «I,MB,MS/^ SirWrnVJerv^wltoAttviiited Victoria relative to his defensive works, hu •wed tk*t they be~pMhed on, and it if likely the Government will expend some oft^eaaiuae^aied T*fcV I T r Judge Bindow, of the Count* Court Buioh, is going home, it is laid, not to Mvrk.i ■■ o .ij Aa "' $v. , » .- „- . At lait the police hare taken some motion in regtwi toHwMaisfiflH murders, aid about a docen sympatiaisers have been UWste* in different pattcjfi^aidtif «sd atMttinf; the Eellys by furnishuig them wmrmformation. Two4if*hose attested , .have been discharged, but the remaining wfielddgtd in foal under remattd for ft week. So far as the JCellys themselves are concerned, there if'no infdrmition neither are there any tidings of Wiberg, who 4 escaped from the'police in the Gipps--I«4ML district. At the sale of thorongh-bred hones held here, recently,, a well-known brood mare, Rose de Florence, was sold for one thousand guineas; and Wellesley, a. full brother of the Derby and Champion winner, was sold fdr 325 guineas.' - 1 r, Lord Harris' team has been beaten by ten wftb'kets, the bowling of the Australians being too good for them, fins beats' as many of them are. The Englishmen on the other hand are very weak in bowling^ .This early eonolosrfir of the game afforded the Canterbury men' an opportunity .of commencing the match against the Melbourne Club on Saaurdiy, but though they played well they had not much chance against their Melbourne opponents, who, in the second inqings especially, scored largely— two'players alone contributing 129, and neither out. I The termination of the seamen's strike in Sydney is cause' for congratulation. The A.S.N. Co. have now resumed the regular time. ' "■ ( There is a prospect of the footballers team visiting the colonies next ifinter, negotiations having been opened to that effect. - , , t . r V.. .Lyater's new- Opera Company^ which includes Miss Hose Hersee, is shortly expected to arrive. ' .-•.■[-" The weather so far is very dry and warm, and rain'is much wanted. Wheat delivered from the country is getting very largo. Orer ten thoasand bushels hare recently come forward. Sir John Coode's report on the Harbor works will be read during the present month. ' ' < The failure of the wheat crops in some districts of the colony is reported, and many selectors are consequently unable to meet pecuniary liabilities. The ques. tion will probably have to be dealt with by the Cabinet. Very good entries have been received for the Australian Cup,; and the Newmarket Handicap. Le Loup and Trump Card are included in the Cup, andLe Loup for the Handicap. Wellington, Swiveller, Melita, Bosworth, Richmond, Warlock, Columbus, Glengrimiston and Aconite afd all in the Cup ;> while in the Handicap tner^eare 52 entries. ,s . i •