AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 286, 24 July 1873, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Melbourne, July 11. Two children were violated at Sandhurst, and the brother hung himself on account of the disgrace to his family. His suicide and locality were revealed in a dream. The Council notify their intention not to revive the Payment of Members Act. The new Electoral Bill gives a vote to female ratepayers. Mr Morley, carrier and ex-Mayor of Sandridge, has been committed for trial for perjury, and the present Mayor fined for using abusive language. A woman at Sandhurst was blawn to pieces while drying gunpowder at a fire. The Roman Catholics protest loudly against the Papal Bull for building (?) as interpreted by the priests. The laity who belong to benefit societies declare their loss by withdrawal will be 1,100,000. Smart and Phillips, executors under Jacobs, have been committed for trial for making away with the property and leaving the children of the deceased to be arrested by the police as neglected infants. The Budget speech estimates the revenue at nearly four and a quarter millions, and the expenditure four millions one hundred and seventy-two thousand. The iron-moulders' strike continues. A million loan is proposed for a railway to Gipps Land. Sydney. Mr Hay is the new President of the Legislative Counsil. The decrease in the gold yield is 121,000 ounces. The new loan is being taken up at par. L 69.000 was tendered for at L 95 to L 9 510 5; the minimum was L 95. Adelaide. The half-year's revenue was L 464,000. Brisbane. Brisbane will be the terminus of the Torres Straits line. Port Darwin. A newspaper is projected. The mining prospects are goed. Hobart Toww. The Government had a majority of four on the no-confidence motion. The Ministerial position is, however, weak.