AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 287, 31 July 1873, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Melbourne, July 22. The Rip, pilot schooner at Queenscliff, was struck with a heavy sea, and the pilot, M'Kenzie, Hecks, a steward, and two sailors were drowned. The schooner was nearly wrecked, and the survivors were badly injured. Snbscriptions in aid ©f the families of those drowned have reached over 1,1,000 already. Mrs Shannon, storekeeper at Hotsham, poisoned her three children, and then cut her own throat. Odo child is dead, and the others are in a critical condition. The cause of the murder was fear of her husband discovering that she had had three illegitimate children during his absence. A girl at Sandhurst, who had been delivered of a newly-born infant, threw it to the pig 1 ). The Norfolk, which sails to-day, takes twenty tons of meat, preserved in ice according to Harrison's process. There are twenty-four Victorian entries for the Intercolonial Rifle Match. Coroners' juries are to be abolished. The Brisbane Government offers reciprocity re the Torres Straits and Suez service. Mr Francis Bays that New Zealand agrees to joiu Victoria in the Suez service, but the terms are not settled. The Press complains that Mr Vogel's despatches are always marked confidential. The Governor is shooting on the Murray. Sydney. There has been fearful weather on the coast. The merchants petition for a twelve-knot Calif ornian contract. .Mr Parkes says he intends offering all the Colonies the advantages of the Pacific Service without a shilling subsidy. A Naval Court at the Cape of Good Hope find that the steamer Fidelia was lost through the fault of the captain. Brisbane. Parliament is dissolved. The Government have resolved to give no subsidy to the Sydney Californian line, but to concentrate all their efforts in the Torres Straits service. Adelaide. The Ministry have resigned, and the new Ministry consists of Mr Blyth, Chief Secretary; Mr Glyde, Treasurer; Mr Mann, Attorney General ; Mr Goerard, Lands ; Mr Brii;ht, Works. The Port Darwin gold prospects are good, j The fever is abating,