AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4606, 9 October 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Hobaet, Yesterday. Arrived, last night, the Union S.S.Co.'s steamship Takapuna from Glasgow.

The rejection of the Bail way Bill has provoked deep feelings of indignation in Tasmania. On Saturday evening immense crowds assembled at the Launces» ton railway station on the arrival of a train conveying several members who had opposed the measure in the Council; the crowd bad a hearse, which was drawn through the town, with a' band playing "The Rogue's March." The Hons. Grubb and Scott were received at the station with yells, the latter succeeding in escaping, but Grubb, who was pelted with eggs and atones, eventually made his way back to the train, and was conveyed many miles away from Launceston. Lateb. [Received October 9', 12.55 p.m.] Hobaet, This day The excitement in Launceston over the rejection of the Government Railway Bill by the Legislative Council still continues. Effigies of the Hon. F. W. Grubb, M.L.C., and W. Hart, member of the House of' Assembly, have been burnt in front of the Launceston Town Hall by an excited mob. Much indignation has also been shown in this city, and in response to a largely signed requisition, * the members of both Houses for Hobart have resigned their seats. Maubitius, This day. Advices to Sept. 23, report ihe follow--ing clearances of sugar cargoes for New Zealand ports : Lyttelton, ■ 375 tons ; Dunedin, 435; Auckland, 300. The following are the loadings: For Dunedin, 475 tons ; for Lyttelton, 350.