ARRIVAL OF THE OMEO AT THE BLUFF.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1635, 15 May 1875, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE OMEO AT THE BLUFF.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS^

MELBOURNE.

May.,B, ■"'••;/?■■ Parliament meets on the sth instant. A writ has been issued for the Ararat electorate ," in placte of Mr Carrrol. There were sereni candidates. The City Council has accepted the offer of the Mayor to plant Collins-street ™" East with shade trees. The city of Ballarat loan of £5000 wag successfully floated. / Experiments in a New Specine cure for • fluke abruptly terminated, the dogs destroy. • ing the remaining sheep. . The specific, how* tii ever, is reported favorably of. Three seamen jumped over-board the barque Caroline, at Queenscliffe, to desert, 4: and have not since been heard of. They- are T most probably drowned, as cries were heard by the steamer Omeo. A respectable elderly woman named Eliza* | beth Brosnan has committed suicide by cutting her throat at Sandhurst. The Catholic clergy still continuing agitation against the Education Act. A collision occurred on the North Eastern ,i Railway by which some heavy damage was done Tho Locomotive Department reports the breakdowns less frequent or serious in Victoria than elsewhere. . : „ The National Bank of Australasia declared a dividend of ten per cent with a bonus of ~ two. The National Labour Bureau so far is a "'. ' comparative failure. It has decided to ie-?j>s duce fees to employees to a shilling. The Hon. S. P. Hastings continues his . lectures in favor of Good Templarism, and several demonstrations have taken place. • A shocking suicide occurred at Daykford.... Mary Anne Wilson, aged twenty-four, swallowed a bottle of laudanum. She had led a wretched life with a Chinaman. The Minister of Railways visited St. Arnaud on May 6, to inspect the proposed . railway routes. At a banquet he promised* to submit a measure next session to further railway extension An enthusiastic meeting was held afc Sebaa* topol to support the Education Act. A royal commision on the volunteer force * is sitting.