Australian.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3094, 17 January 1879, Page 2

Australian.

Melboubne, Thursday. Martin and Co. hare failed. Liabilities large. The Bohemians boat Canterbury by eight wickets. A rich gold discovery has been made at Stawell. Adelaide, Thursday. Arrived: Orient steamer Lusitania. Beisbane, Thursday. On the meeting of the Queensland Parliament on Tuesday the Douglas Ministry were mot by a direct vote of want of confipence. The debate is proceeding. The Opposition are confident of success. While firing the salute at the opening ceremony two gunners were killed by the explosion of a gun, and a third wounded. Both were accorded a public funeral. The Governor'? speech stated that on the expiration of the Torres Strait Mail Service tenders would be invited for a fresh service, as the present rate of speed was considered inadequate to the require* ments of the colony. . ••<

(Special to Pbess Ackenct.)

Melbouene, Tjbis day. Three armod men, believed to be Kelly•' gang, stuck up a house last night at Pemborley, near Malinsburg.

Brisbane, This day. The Ministry were defeated on Mollwraith's want of confidence motion by a majority of twelve. A vast concourse of people attended the public funeral of the two gunners killed at the explosion when firing a salute. Much publio sympathy is manifested. London, January 16. Count Gala, Italian representative on the Turkish frontier commission, has been murdered at Stamboul. General Primrose has been ordered to advance from Kandahar to Gazni.

(Reuteb's Special to Pbess Agency.)

London, January 11. Kandahar has been occupied, the Government having previously disbanded its army. . General Roberts attacked the Afghan irregulars, killing and wounding five hundred, and capturing prisoners, cattle, and grain. ■ Marshal Espartero is dead. The Birmingham Public Library has been burnt.

January 13. New Zealand Fires are quoted at 100. The November mail was delivered on the 13th. Adelaide wheat is Is lower. The total afloat is a million and a-half quarters. , January 14. The French Minister of War has resigned, and General Grechy succeeds him. The Frenchman, Meddin, who threatened to shoot Her Majesty the Queen, has been placed in Broadmoor prison. The distress in the operative districts is increasing.

Wool; Trad© in the manufacturing districts is slightly better, and there has been a little private inquiry. Wheat: The market is quiet. Adelaide is worth 49s and New Zealand 44s per 4061b5. Tallow: The market is firm. Mutton, 38s; beef, 355. Leather: The market is also firm. The French Government have notified their intention to terminate all treaties of commerce with England in January, 1880. The Glasgow Bank has declared a dividend of 6s 8d in the pound. By an explosion at Pontypridd mine 58 were killed. A reduction in the discount rate is expected.