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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4363, 27 December 1882, Page 2

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per s.B. te anau, at auckland. • . Sydney. The elections have' resulted in pro* nounced opposition to the Government land policy by 85 of a majority. The Premier has been urged to follow constitutional precedent and resign before meeting the House, but it would seem that he still clings to the idea he will have a majority; however, it is impossible. The Government may meet the new House, obtain supplies, and then announce their resignation. There are altogether fifty new members elected. Those of the old members who have suffered defeat were supporters of the Government;. The Treasurer, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Mines are without seats, The Rev Canon Walsh, a great friend of the late Bishop Seta yn, has died; aged 70. On the morning of the 9th a collision between two goods trains occurred at. Katoomba. The large American engine was thrown off the line and much damaged. v Another collision occurred the following morning on the middle Zigzag line. One train ran iutb another, and three cattle j

trucks smashed, but no further injury was done. „ . Melbourne, Dec. 21. Sir Bryan O'Loughlan moved that the House adjourn to the 19th January. Mr Francis protested that the time was too short, and moved the adjournment to the 13th February, saying rather than sit during January after a long session he would retire from public life. The amendment was carried, and a Supply Bill for £40,000 passed. Amongst the expiring laws to be renewed is the Land Bill, which will be continued for twelve months'. Two Chinamen have been imprisoned in a drive in a mine at Bunnigong, and a number of men are working vigorously trying to extricate them. j The Legislative Assembly Chamber is to be lit with the electric light. At a meeting of the Police Commission Chief Commissioner Chomley recommended the disbandmentof the Detective Force as at present organised. He denied that promotion in the general force was gained by Masonic or Orange influence. A Masonic welcome on a grand scale has been given to Sir W. J. Clarke. Adelaide, December 21. The trial of Patrick and Elizabeth McGee for the Hamleyßridge mur- ! der has been concluded and resulted in a verdict of "Wilful murder." Both seemed overcome with terror. 1 The female prisoner having alleged she was enceinte, the Chief Jus* tice decided to pronounce sentence at once, and directed the Sheriff to empannel a jury of matrons to testify to the female prisoner's condition. Arrangements are being made for the determination of the Australian longitudes next year, when the boundary line between South Australia and Queensland will be defined. A gentleman who has taken up land on the Herbert River, has started sheepfarming with fifteen thousand ewes and a hundred rams. He hop.'S within three years to have a hundred thousand sheep there. __