AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3313, 4 August 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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,HL^tt&J|iiroo&*ffl arrive'P'^ j „"',,; Mblbobbnk,/Tuesday, j Mr Berry TTl wHl,r introduce a Bill to amend the Constitution, one of the chief provisions of which is, that when a Bill fails to become law in two sessions of Parliament, the Governor in Council may order. It is thought there is! little chance of the Bill becoming law, as it; wUt virtuallydepjrive^ the: Council, of^ny control in legislation. ; - M -. ; , ; |* £85,000; will be spent out of the five million loan on school buildings.

A terrible murder has been committed, Thos. Finlayson, Secretary to the Hobson Bay Eailway, being the victim. He had reaion to. com plain ofthe drunken habits of an employee named Lawrence, and meeting Lawrence in ail oyster saloon; still laboring under the effects of drink;, Finlayson accused Lawrence of being drunk, whereupon! the latter took Out' f pistol from his pocket and shot Finlayson dead. Four chambers of, they revolver were loaded. „.'',. .,.,,.•; '.

An unusual number of violent deaths have occurred lately. - A gentleman named Broadracei came into town one day, and was found dead in tite street at Carltori next morning. ThWire were no marks of violence on the body, but it transpired after that the pockets were rifled and the coat reversed. .

Crime appears to be gr«tly on the increase. ;■..■; ,t-><■''- <>> .u\'----}\- '■■■■■'^ ■ :' A blind beggar was burnt to death in a shantyi He lived in ttie vvery heart of thq r cif,y r an^^wa«;Junable tomake 1 his way; j out when the fire broke out. The remains of hi» two dogs were; found in the ashes. | . Th¥ Catholics are greatly ekercisbd over the Education question, and are holding resolutions fo support 'ho * candidate 'who; will not promise that Roman Catholics, shall obtain a fair share -of t)ie education gran^^;-. f3!.;i:;;-"■•■; **>-*-^ i*~* | The rinflmploycd are giving the Govern-j ment a good deal of trouble. They will not leave Melbourne j sand refuse lo work; for less than the standard wages. <

R. Edwards has challenged Hearn, the New Zealand rower.