AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4049, 20 December 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Melboubne, Tbis day. It is expected, that Parliament will prorogue tbis week. The decision of the University Council in connection with the fracas between the Professors has been amended. Professor Ekington has been suspended for one month, and Professor Manson has been fined £50. Sydney, Monday. A storm of unusual violence, accompanied by heavy rain with thunder and lightning, was experienced here to day. No damage, however, has been done to buildings in the city. A destructive tire has occurred at Newcastle. The losses are covered by insurance in various Australian offices. Melboubne, Monday. , The cricket match between tiie English team and the Eleven of Victoria was resumed to day. The weather was again broken during the day, and the wicket very dead. Play was frequently interrupted, and when the stumps were drawn the Englishmen, who had continued their second innings, had put together-162 for the loss of 7 wickets. Barlow was caught for 42; Selby was caught for 32 ; Shrewsbury, not out, for 62. The dispute between Professors Elkington and Manson in regard to the fracas which recently occurred at the University Board meeting has now been amicably settled, and the threatened action has been adandoned.