Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3965, 13 September 1881, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

(Peb Pbess Association.)

PEU S.S. AU3TBALIA, iROH SYDNEY )

JS TEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, September 8.

he second heat for the Walker- Whisky trophy was contested on the Parramatta ri?er yesterday. First dirision-rllushj Power, and Pearce started from Gladesrilie Wharf to Charity Point. Won easily by Pearco, Power being a good second; Bush collapsed some distance from the winning point. Second division —Laycock, Edwards, and Trickelt, from Charity Point to Gladesville. Laycock won with a good lead, Edwards second. In this instance Trickett gare up a short distance from Gladesrille. The rain which threatened the day's sport, cleared previous to tho race, although presenting a larger number of spectators, but did not I affect the race.

Mr McElhone apologised for the intemperate language used during the discussion on the Kingbarking Bill, in the Assembly on Thursday. He explained he had nerer intended to say he would assistfin shooting squatters, but had been carried away by his temper and excitement. VICTORIA. The Cabinet has in contemplation a complete reorganization of the..Railway Department from the Chief . Officer downwards. x A great demand is noticed here ,(ot shares iv any of the New Taimanian mines. On n>e thousand shares in the Orient Tin Mining Company, Hemskirk, being offered, ten thousand fire hundred were yesterday applied tor. *

Offers have been made by various schools and private teachers to gratuitously educate the children of the late Marcus Clarke.

The Victorian Horticultural Society have received information of the safe arrival, and ready and profitable sale of the consignment of Australian fruit, experimentally sent to India.

At the inquest on the victims of the late railway disaster, the fact was elicited that the new tiers for tbe wheels of the carriages were two inches thick, whilst the fractured tier which caused the accident bad been reduced by constant wear aud repeated turnings in the lathe down to five-eights of an inch. No regulation was known to engine fitters condemning tiers when worn too thin. It was further proved that the speed of the train had not accelerated the catastrophe.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Joubert and Twopenny hare received sufficient support to enable them to hold au International Exhibition. Twopenny leaves for Perth ut the end of the month. Meetings continue to be held through* out the country against the postage on newspapers. It ia understood the Sparrow Commission, appointed by Government, have sent a report to the Governor which recommends that means be taken for the extermination of sparrows; that a small reward be given for the production of sparrows heads and eggs. -. ■

QUEENSLAND.

A full Court to-day discharged the rnlif riisi in the case of Miles r. Mcllwraitb, holding that it was for the plaintiff to make out his case for the satisfaction of the jury.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

A despatch was received: from the Secretary of State approving of the construction of the railway, from York;to Albany on the land grant' system; A terrible drought? is imminent in Western Australia, <mnd; much: stock is already dying for want of water.