Late Australian News.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4463, 25 April 1883, Page 2

Late Australian News.

Melboukne, April 17. Mr Patrick Hunt, M.L.A., has issued a writ against the Age for £2GOO, on account of an article- stating that the Great Extended Langridge Mining Company, of which he is Chairman, has dismissed a number of men who refuced to subscribe to the Irish Land League fund

It is probable that an extensive trade will be opened between Australia and England in cheap colonial wines. An agent, who has arrived from London, on behalf of a company, has selected a quantity of fair and middling qualities to supply the place of claret and hocks. He is also commissioned to purchase a quan« tity of expensive wines for connoisseurs. The members of the Ministry were at Ballarat on the 13th, and were present at

a banquet at the Phoenix Foundry in celebration of the completion of the hun« dredth locomotive for the Government. Mutual congratulations were indulged in. Sir Patrick Jennings, who is on a visit to Melbourne, has suggested that the colonies should jointly charier a steamer to convey goods and passengers to the Calcutta exhibition.

The Creswick Belief Fund Committee waited on the Minister of Mines to request him to place £10C0 on the estimates to add to the fond so as to form a national mining accident fund' He promised to recommend the matter to the- attention of his colleagues, and stated that he was personally favourable. An application was made on Saturday for a rule nisi to quash the conviction of Captain Shepherd, of the Salvation Army, who was fined £5 and costs for holding a procession without authority. Counsel, in replying, said three or four persons or a girl's school going fora walk might be held to be a. procession, but Mr Justice Higinbotham. upheld the decision:;: - -»A Sydney, April X%. Mr Redmond avrived at Tenterfiefd 'on Friday. Party feeling ran high. Every hall in the town was closed against him. An application made to the dieecjory of the Protestant Hall, Newcastle,' wag also refused, but Mr Geary, who jmade the application, stated that the signature was a forgery, and that he knew nothing of the matter. Quarrels ensued between jiim and the hall secretary, resulting in blows and a cross summons fo assault.

Archbishop Yaughan made a speech at the laying of the foundation stone of. the new school at Balmain. JSe advises the Catholics to .wait, and that* a" sense of justice was certain to bring about a settlement of the education question.

Adelaide, April 17. Bishop Kenoion made a long and eloquent speech at the meeting of,,the Bible in State Schools Society in support of the object of the organisation. At the close of the meeting Major Fergusson was presented with a farewell address by the members of the Church of England.