AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4483, 18 May 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[Received May 18, 1230 p.m.]

Melboubne, This day.

The rumor that the manager of a bank at Eaglehawk near Sandhurst had been guilty of defalcations, is now confirmed; the defaulter's name is Young, the manager of the local branch of the Bank of Victoria. •

Adelaide, This day,

The population of South Australia on the 31st of March last is estimated by the Registrar-General at three hundred thousand.

Melbourne, Yesterday. Mr Towpenny is here actively proescu* ting his proposal that a Colonial Exhibition should be held in London.

Sydney, Yesterday. It is considered probable that the vacant portfolio of Public Works, which has been unoccupied since the resignation of Mr H. Copeland, in March last, will be allotted in a few days. Sailed, this afternoon : The Pacific mail steamer Zealandia, for San Francisco, via Auckland. This evening: The Union teamship Hauroto, for Wellington, via Newcastle.

Hobabt, Yesterday. The two youths, Ogdenaod Sutheiland, who were committed for trial for their atrocious murders in the Epping Forest district, have been found guilty, and sentenced to death.

"Well, mi dam, bow's your husband to-day ?" " Why, doctor, he's no better." "Did you get the leeches?" '''Yes—but he only took three of them raw. I had to fry the rest."

Conjugal amenities—He: "My\ darling, I really believe my rheumatism has wholly disappeared." She: "Oh, I am so sorry ! Now we shall never know when the weather is going to change."