Australian Telegrams.
(Pjie s.s. Zeaiandia.)
(Pbb Pbess Agency.)
Sydney, January 30. The defeat of Lord Harris' team; by Sydney caused a great deal of exultation. The match was witnessed each day by thousands of spectators. The result was chiefly due to the splendid batting of C* Bannerman and Massie, who kept the field lively, while jointly they put to* \ gether 133, carrying their bats out and' securing a victory for the Colonials withfive wickets to spare. "v Over four hundred men are employed at the Exhibition buildings. The Commissioners are considering whether they cannot give New Zealand more space. . The electric light is to be used to facilitate the working at night. Lay cock has a large number of backeis in the approaching match against Trickett for two hundred pounds and the championship of the world. The Bullimeu agree to keep their union entirely separate from the Newcastle union, and give a fortnight's notice. Captain Chevalier, of the Zealandia, was presented with silver cutlery by the Sydney Kegatta Committee. , I j
The Wesleyan Conference of JPfew South Wales and Queensland Churches opened at Sydney. The Rev. Joseph Oram was elected President, and in his opening speech he renewed the progress of the Church favorably. ; Parliament resolved to grant Sydney an endowment of twenty-five thousand a* year for ten years; also it is proposed to relieve it of a debt of £700,000 :on account of drainage and water, which will be placed under a separate board. r'f The- 'Berald ridicules as sentimental the refusal '"of the committee to unveil Cook's statue on the anniversary ,of the navigator's death, which occurs in February, the. month fixed for the ceremony of inaugurating the statue in Hyde Park, Sydney. ..,„;■■; ..;.,■■>.. ' ,':,.,."■ ■,; S :.' , , Melbouenb, January 3Q. 7 Contracts for sixty thousand pounds have' been accepted for the Exhibition buildings. •.■:/•:■;■•'■") rJ.;,-': : - a-, .■■/-.; j »», A man was poisoned by eating veal at a Bourfce Street restaurant;. ; >:'>U I
Important changes are pending in jintercolonial telegraphy; :! n j ■'° ■ j * The evidence adduced at the inquest on Mrs Collins shewed that houses exist in Melbourne for the convenience of lady pWientß/X^One^ fitness; said, that during .two yews, &ye Jllegjtima'te children had been born in'her house, and three died. The Metropolitan Gas Company declared a dividend of eight per cent. ' They
resolved to erect new offices at a cost of
Savanaka is the favorite for the Geelong Cup, Tom Kirk for the Handicap, and Abdallah for the Hurdles.
The thermometer at the Melbourne observatory registered 106 degrees in the shade on the 29th, the hottest day of the season. At Echuca it was 114 degrees in the shade.
Great cries for want of rain. The country is parched.
-, •. ■ .... , Queensi-anb. . A deputation of the leather trade urged the Government to increase the duty on boots and shoes from five to ten per cent., saddles to 12|; alleging that the Queens* land trade was ruined by Sydney competion under present tariff. ;_ Stockowners have resolved to erect meat preserving works on the tidal waters near Brisbane. ' .j ; =
The American schooner arrived 'at Cooktown I alter ii, fruitless search tor guanp at New Guinea. She struck a coral reef, and is leaking badlyv (I"'i ■ Arrived : 26th, ICebroyd from Nelson, Annie Bow from Timaru, Courier from Wellington. 28th, Falcon and Palace from Dunedin. ; .
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3109, 4 February 1879, Page 2
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546Australian Telegrams. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3109, 4 February 1879, Page 2
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