AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3318, 11 August 1879, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Peb Rotosua at Russell.)

(Per Pbess Agency.)

'■ -■■'■ Sydney, August 2. A number of tradesmen have i been victimised by a swindler who was in Sydney recently, taking orders for American goods, and got part payment in advance"'before delivery. The bill of lading proved to bo hypothecated to the Batik. ".hj ■•'•■'^he Government have arrnnged to push on various public works to afford employment to the persons discharged by the completion of the exhibition, and the labour attracted to the colony in connection therewith.

The wife of a miner living at Newcastle liVl was irireited on n charge of forging bank note§ by Irving Babble's photography. Triclcetfc and Laycock arein close training, The betting is 6 to 4 on Trickett. ';!It is reported there is a great difficulty in ' I*aycbck procuring a suitable two-oared boat, three of the best available having been secured on behalf of Trickett. ,v •' Severe floods have occurred at Tam%6rtli and Inverell districts. The streets of Tamworth are partially submerged. Families in the vicinity were rescued by ft boat from the roofs of barns. The c»se was tried of Tom Taylor r. Bennett, lessee of Victoria Theatre, for thte unauthorised performance of the v M Ticket-of-Leare Man." The defence was that the theatre waa unlet during the - when the performance took place, jhe actors' evidence showed they were continuouily in the defendant's employment and paid by him. The judge summed up the evidence against defendant, but the jury returned a verdict for him. br" V':ii ''. '■,"■ 'WeSTEBN AUSTBAXIA.

, '*£ke Governor's speech at the opening bf the Legislative Council disclosed rather an unsatisfactory condition of the finances. The deficit is £35,0C3. I^ill^isvpropQsed to increase the revenue next year by a stamp'duty. QXTBENSIAND, August 1. The National Society Exhibition was a great success, despite rain. Beceipts exceeded £1000. Three men implicated in a supposed ease of -stealing a large mob of cattle, escaped from the police ftnd have taken to the bush. They are said to be armed, and threaten to shoot any one who tries to lake them. They ate said to be cowardly characters. The police force is lamentably insufficient and badly xnbun-

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