Australian.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3139, 26 February 1889, Page 2

Australian.

Melbourne, February 25, i Mr Bent lias resigned the leadership of tlie Opposition, on the ground that through unfortunate spepulatioM he is not noWin a'position financially ' to fill the po?t in. the way he would desire. . ; : . . ' . Yesterday an engine dashed into • a' stationary exouraion train 'at . Collingwood. Many of the passen* , gers were thrown violently from their seats, and two men named Roberts,; t a resident of Brunswick, and son, of Gollingwoud, wei^Mdly. injured, The accident wasdi^triuf error of the pointsman, William Harrison has demned to death for John ' Dnggan at • Bendigo. The prisoner tested his innocence when was pronounced, HOBAHT, The Southern Cross, fiocky Oapo, was a sister , famous Confederate I The cargo and were lost, The cause of- | is alleged to hare been of the coastal lights by bush fires. Melboubxk, Pearl Shell; did half a tan this morning in 51seb, and Lady Agnes taking longer to accomplish the same distance, Aberdeen and Granbrook did a similar spin in 5 Jsec. Loobiel putit some good work. The-Australian Peer and Theorist: went two miles strongly, Boz was sent seven fjir- ■ longs at thiee-quavtov speed, and sweated terribly over it. who has not been well,ißtaen eased off in her work tlC'MffeV ijays and driven back ip consfvjijorice to 100 to 4, Thjs morning, Jiovyeyer, ■ she put in ap. appearance again; aqij a did two improving tijrns oi) the'tan, ' ' (iiov|ng and loojiing splendidly, Latest betting on t|ie Newmarkef IJandicap—Parbine, JQQ tq 3Q off :"- Boz, 100 to 10 off, '