Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3096, 20 January 1879, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

(Pee s.s. Aibion, it the Bluff.) „ ; , (Pbs 1 Pbess AaßitcY.) { Y. MEtBotTBNBi January 15. j Tenders for the International Exhibition buildings in Carl ton Gardens are expected to be called for shortly, and work then commenced in earnest- ■' I Exertions are being made to have the main hall and grand entrance of Parliament Buildings completed in time forth* opening next session. ■„/ '; ''-"" 'v I " The Garonne left Plymouth on the 31s* December for Melbourne with >. fpur hunt. dred and seven passengers. ./,,,., „g j Governor Eobinson, returned to Syrupy , .;■..:■ -' '• :..,,".^; ; " '-.-v.^: j , Bust exists to a serious extent in some parts of the north-eastern districts; :• Ttiip estimated that one: fourth of the wheat production of the colony ig destroyed. ; The Minister of Lands ha« signified his intention to make certain concessions to selectors who- have thus suffered. j The efforts to capture Martin #6ibergi the 4;voca gold robber, have not yet been attended with success. ' : > j

During the yoyage of th* Eurynome from Liverpool a saloon passenger named Thealy committed suicide by jumping overboard. < ;r ■•.^.•:;r:-;;.; - -j Marble statues. of the Queen ami Prince and Princess of Wales were presented to the trustees of the National Gallery on the 9th by the Hon.; W. J. Clarke in the presence, of a large assemblage. — A'- sculling match has been arranged between Peter Sullivan of Sydney, and Roberts of Melbourne for a hundred pounds aside, to come off in March. Parliament is further prorogued to the 22nd February. ,;..'..-. ! The steamship Northumberland arrived at Aden on the 6th of January. Steps are being taken to initiate a fund for the relief of the shareholders of the City of Glasgow bank. ■ The Board appointed to inquire into the question of improvement of the Melbourne water supply have reported favorably on the praticability of diverting Watts river into the reservoir. Sir Samuel Wilson proceeds to England by the next mail. Nothing authentic of the Mansfield murderers has been received during the last few days, although sensational rumours have been abundant. : ; Walter and John Stewart* living near Chiltern, were arrested on Friday suspected of being accomplices of the Kellys, In the house where they lived were discovered fire arms and fifty rounds of metallic cartridges. Walter Stewart^ believed to be companion of both the Kellys, was lodged in Beechwortb gaol. The following prisoners were brought before Mr Foster, R.M, in Beechwbrth Gaol on Saturday, charged under the fifth section of the Felons Apprehension Act for aiding and abetting outlaws :— Thomas Floyd, John Milroy, James Quin, Francis Harty, Richard Strickland; Daniel Delaney, John Quin, William Woods, Jno. Lloyd, Jno. Hart, Isaac Wright, Henry Perkens, Jno. Morgan, Jas. Clanby, Daniel Clanby, Joseph Byan, Robt. Miller, Michael Hanney, Walter

A. Stewart, and Jqo. Stewart alias Smelle. Benjamin ( Gould was charged with having, on the 10th December, given aid to the Eellys and mates, to rob the National Bank at Euroa. All the prisoners save Gould were remanded for a week to Beechworth. Gould was remanded to Euroa. The four men who crossed the Murrumbidgee at Dubbo, supposed to be the Kellys, have been ascertained to be drovers. ••■■•■■■ ■•■ ••-■■■. ■■ - ■ -■•-,■,.. ...... ia , George H. Eichardson, Collector of Customs at Belfast, charged with embezzling Government moneys, with defalcations to a considerable extent discovered already, is stated to have deficiencies which amount to two thousand pounds.;