AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3110, 5 February 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, Tuesday. Governor Bowen lays the foundation of the Exhibition building on the 19th. Surgeon Crook'e, who attended Mrs Collins, regarding whose death an inquiry is proceeding, has had an attack of apoplexy. Sydney, Monday. Owing to the heavy rains, the match English v. Bathurst was not played out.

The body of Captain Fraser, burnt on board the brig Iserbrook, six weeks ago, was recovered on Saturday on the ve»sel being pumped out. It was almost unrecognisable.

It is rumoured that Mr Weld, of Tasmania, will be our new Governor.

Wilson, alias Smith, was arrested on board the Francis Thorpe, from London, on Saturday, for fraudulent insolvency at Hull. Tuesday. The French ironclad Victorieuse went through torpedo practice while exhibiting the electric light on Monday night. Thousands were attracted to witness the spectacle. Bbisbane, February 3. Mr Thomson, Minister of Justice, has been re-elected for Ipswich by a majority of 14. The prize essay has been awarded to Carl Fieldberg, a popular journalist. An aboriginal, Captain Piper, has been arrested for a murder committed in 1866. Melboubne, Feb. 3. There is a scandal jn the Reform League Office, which is alleged to haye accepted £100 to get a person appointed magistrate. Oiher corruption in the Land Office is ! alleged. Adelaide, February 3. Breadstuff's are unchanged. Cooktown, February 4. There have been great gales along the eastern coast. Several vessels have returned dismasted.