Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3180, 29 April 1879, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

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MBißotßiri; April 23. Political matters continue dull, ai ther* hare been mo Ministerial utterances daring the week. The Cabinet is engaged in preparation of measures for toe coming session, which, it it anticipated, will m Very exciting, as an appeal to ih» eoultry on the reform question ia inetitabl*.' :! The Goreraor hai made two practical apeeohea—one at the distribution' of prizes at the Church of Englah^iitoma^ School, and the' other at the' University dinner. . ,- 7 .,7".,. ; ".,.,-,- '■ ;'^ Lady; NornMnby hai sufßoienO^f recovered to hold a reception, which vaa very numerously attended. At the annual commencement of the University, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, on coming up?tor hia degree of M.A., waa loudly hooted by the under graduatei, who were more than usually noisy this yeari so'much to ai tfo call!fori ooqdfstta. tion by the Chancellor, who threatened to adjourn the: proceedingi. The Governor afterwards, in a speech, referred to the definition of a gentleman, remarks eridently prompted by the noisy conduct of ■'the under-graduatei. 'A' V l>l ■ & H rf\ Arthur McCody, warehouseman and importer, baa been f sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for fraudulent in< •'•■»ol»»ncy.:"--'■•■•-■■■; H*■ hn-;.^,^^ j soe; ! s ,,jj . The £1000 giren anonymously by MEessrs Wilsori^and MoKinnon in 1871 for Engineering scholarships in the unirersity hare been named the Argus Scholarships. Sir Wm. Jerroise'a defence scheme has undergone aeTeral important modifications Instead of a fine fort and armamenta in the Bay, there are to be shore batteries armed with the new ten-inoh Armstrong guns. : Although all; the Hatfield bushrangers were sentenced to death, probably only one, Gorman* the ringleader, who .fired the shot by which Power was wounded, will be exeputed. ' . Nothing,has been heard of Kelly.' The ten men known at Kelly sympathisers, after being kept in gaol fire months, ware discharged, no evidence being brought against them.