AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4378, 15 January 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, This day. ... A telegram has been received from the Agent-General in London, reporting that tenders for unallotted balance of the Victorian loan are coming in slowly. Up to. Saturday last additional tenders to the amount of £72,000 had been received. The., Government has announced that it has not," as was reported at the beginning of this month, guaranteed to maintain the mini mum of the-proposed redemption loan at par. Meiboubnb, Saturday. The Argus has aunounced that the system now in force on the Victorian railways of placing barriers on the platform prior to the departure of trains will be.abolished from Monday next. ■'■■■'' Sydney, This day. Arrived s The Manapouri, from Auckland, last evening.; " ltj Sailed: Yesterday afternoon, the s.s Wakatipu, for Wellington. Sir William Jervois and family are passengers by her. . ■. -. .. --,• . .. ■... .r.c ■•. , Sydney, Saturday. The Bey. Father MoGrath and Mr Clarke were drowned to-day whilebathing near Kiama, a place oh the coast 90 miles south of Sydney. , Mr H. Copeland, Minister of Works, has been defeated, for Newton constituency. It is expected that he will be elected for East Sydney. ■■'''. Arrived: The steamship City of Sydney, from San Francisco, via Auckland. BBiSBiNE, This day. A fire broke out yesterday on board the ship Doris Brodersed at this port/* It raged for some timer but was finally extinguished. The damage done was not serious. Hobaet, Saturday.: The match between the English 11 and a local te^uvof-18 concluded to-day, and resulted in< tturietory for the former by (7 wickets. Morley took 8 wickets for 40 .runs;- "/J\ ,•■.■'- '■'■■■■■'■ ■' '■ ' •■■■•■ ••'■ • •