AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3569, 4 June 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, This day.

The debate in the Assembly on the Reform Bill continues. There are increasing doubts whether,Government will obtain an^absolute majority of the House in favor of the measure at the second reading, which is expected to take place on the tenth of June. Should the statutory majority not be obtained a dissolution of the Assembly is certain to come about. The barque Madras has arrived from Java. She caught fire off the Lewin, but it was extinguished without much difficulty. A portion of the cargo was damaged, and a further quantity was jettisoned. i It is now stated that Laycock has no intention to row in England. Sydney, This day. In the Legislative Assembly last night Caonan brought charges tantamount to implication-of acts of corruption against Judge Meynotte. The Ministers promised that a Commission should' be appointed to inquire into the matter. The police are out after the Quirindi Bank robbers, but have up to the present found no traces of the culprits. The new Licensing Bill passed the second reading in the Legislative Assembly last night without division. Brisbane, This day. H. E. Bear succeeds Pring as Attor-ney-General of Queensland. A new-trial has been .granted in the case of Brooks versus Swanwick in which the plaintiff, a prisoner, sued for £150, given in charge of the defendant, when the latter underteok to defend him on bis trial. In the first trial the.-verdiet'was' given for plaintiff.