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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1091, 22 July 1873, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[PER CLAUD HAMILTON.] . MELBOURNE. July 11. Two children were violated at Sandhurst. A brother hung himself through the disgrace to the family. His suicide and the locality were revealed in a dream The Council notify its intention not to revise the Payment of Members' Act. The New Electoral Bill gives a vote to female ratepayers. Morley, Carrier, ex-Mayor of Sandridge, has been committed for trial for perjury. The present Mayor has been fined for abusive language. A woman at Sandhurst has been blown to pieces by drying gunpowder on the fire. The Roman Catholics protest loudly against the Papal Bull being interpreted by priests as forbidding the laity to belong to benefit societies, and declare the loss by their withdrawal will be one hundred thousand pounds The Budget speech estimates the revenue as nearly four and a quarter millions, and the expenditure at lour millions one hundred and seventy-two thousand pounds. The iroumouklers' strike continues. A million loan is proposed for a railway to Gipps Land. BRISBANE. Brisbane will be the terminus of the Torres Straits telegraph line. SYDNEY. Hay is the new President of the Council. There has been a decrease in the gold yield of 121,0000z5. The question of Californian boats calling at Moreton Bay is unsettled. HOBART TOWN. The Government had a majority of four on the no-confidence motion. The Ministerial position is weak. PORT DARWIN. The establishment of a newspaper is projected. The mining prospects are good. ADELAIDE. July 11. Fever and diptheria of a dangerous type are prevalent at Maonta. The importation of New Zealand stock is prohibited.