AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4812, 11 June 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received June lltb, 12,15 p.m.)

Sydney, This day. The New Zealand Footballers. The New Zealaud footballers are now at Bathurst, where they have been hospitably entertained. They play a match to-day against fifteen of the, Western districts. Steady rain fell at Bathurst during last night. , Melboubne, Yesterday. The reports which have been circulated regarding the bank robbery case at Hora--ham have been % ascertained to be incorrect, it - The Oriental Bank case concluded today, when J,udg<4i. Judge: Moles worth decided that the colonial affairs of the corporation should be wound up locally, under the company's statute. Sailed, this afternoon, the Union steamship Rotomahana for the Bluff. Opening of Parliament. The Victorian Parliament was opened to-day by His Excellency Sir William Stawell. In his Speech, the actingGovernor, after recording the universal regret, felt at the death of the late Prince Leopold, referred at length to the recent inter-colonial Convention and recapitulated the various matters which came under discussion. The Speech announced that minutes of the proceedings at the Con* vention would be laid before Parliament, and stated, with reference to the RecidU vistes question, that if, unfortunately, the protests of the Convention, the diplomatic action of the Imperial Government, and the unceasing exertions of. His Excellency's advisers should prove ineffectual, his advisers would be prepared to take such steps as the threatened danger might necessitate; and in this view it was. proposed to constitute a Council of : pefepce. The Speech expressed gratifi- , cation at the success of the International Exhibition lately held at Calcutta.. It also referred to the abundant harvest, and affirmed the prosperous condition of the colony at the present time. Bills were introduced for the amendment of the Land Laws; for the further extension of the railway system ; for the amendment of the laws relating to banking; sod for

the constroction of a Metropolitan Board of Works for the city of Melbourne. Considerable excitement has been caused at Malvern and Prahran, by the suspicion that the disease which caused the death, at the'sanatorium of a man nameft Barker wris small-pox, being partially confirmed although the medical officers consider his case doubtful. Later: The medical officers declare that the cases at Malvern were chicken pox, and not small-pox. v Adelaide, Yesterday. • In the House of A ssembly this evening, LMr^Colton moved a vote of want of confidence in the Government, and the House then adjourned.