AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 204, 30 August 1888, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

SYDNET, August 21. of Auckland, arrive a tf»J^:lt Sland from Melbourne. It vrdiaouredt baVa very wealthy farm fink »nd Co<)> will leave Melbourne f Melbpwf ,^ U a few . cbys .with te New Ze^, t imr over one million ?*£•■<* in[ t t 3 properties iv Dunedin oht9on' ; rumoured :-V&^'Jffbe view of disposing of ;c8»« aorOK n sD rey and Eagle, has gone S^ftLrnf Since his departure a U Mf 0," fi en held for the purpose oi >^ fl ai company to run _to the twK a]l ything is done I should i« rthyhOrnrised to hear 0 of the company job be ! aS ethe Auckland steamers. > T°rtht Sained show no indication of B"»«beS CSd in anyway. Yesterday s deaire » *» f the assO ciation .was *cr Ut the Presidency of Mr Burns, */ nd Se adoption of the customary P be)'.? he ylrt doings and the disposal *"•* Ste business nothing transpired. oi80III&: however, that an etlort is made by the association and the f^ Etors towards bringing about coili"J,l amalgamation of the capitalists ;;|«BsL to resisting in future any f^X undue character that might 1 fSeoi behalf of the labour organisatir«ietinffofthe Seamen's Union last SfflCompany (the seamen) and the ttem Steamship Company was con- ? Tand ib was resolved that the federacSfiSilwUfurther sum of money to 'Shthe Jubilee Company.:, : -Slb match at bathurst. X A bicycle match took place on the I Vrtketeroundbetween Libeau,of kewZeai A »nd\Vvburdi and attracted a numerous S spectators. The stakes were iSSSthT stances 1, 3, and 5 i Wvburd won the first mile by 15 [ fr v ards- time, 2 minutes 48£ seconds. I ittta three miles, after a splendid race, £ beat Wyburd by 30 yards, m 8 I 2ttte»,W seconds, which considering the ! Sbnw blowing, must be considered exJ n t time. At the five miles Libeau was Sly successful; the men led for alterto laps, until the last three-quarters ot a i/hen Libeau went ahead and won by feorfouryardsinl6minutes3i seconds ■. SeiHCe at times was desperately fast, but at u0 period did the New Zealander appear ItA but Wyburd; though in admirable condition, seemed lagged. Ihe comparatively easy win by Liboau stamps the -Jjftaas, a first-class man. EXTENSIVE PROPERTY SALES.IN ADELAIDE. Tb value of land in Adelaide and rwkrbs appears to have been brought under the notice of capitalists m the other Monies by means of the Jubilee Exhibition Within the past twelve months, -tateda of thousands of pounds have been raid over'to owners of land in South Austalia and it is certain that more money Till yet be expended in the acquirement - il real eatite in Adelaide. C. H. Math and Co. have just completed the k"of'.'tJiftiM: warehouses., m Grcnbell- : KfcMfc'WpcOTpted by Gibbs, Bright and Co.'audirfwMmwulCo., at the corner of freeman-street, formerly in the occupation of Haslan Brflg^rid Wilson. Negotiations have been proceeding for some time at £20,000, .and^tW. property has be«n '' sold to Melbourne purchasers, who have thus secured one of the best business positions in .Gfrenfell-street. The land is freehold. ■.■ . ■.......■ THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. The "Sydney Morning Herald " says: Tho refusal of the House of Representatives in New Zealand to continue the subsidy to Vtbß:Pacifjc:ilai|: Steamship Company for the carriage of mails to and from San Francisco materially alters the situation. .Hitherto it has been supposed* that this service was specially advantageous ijto New Zealand,' and that if no other •colony gave its support she would ac-. cept the,responsibility done. How the Government of this colony will act in the pbanged circumstances remains to be seen. :,fte question for their consideration is, phatis the1 San Francisco service worth to jihe colony?, ■ Its, usefulness for postal purposes has been lessened since the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Companies .too given us a weekly mail to and from -Europe. Still, in this respect the San ;,|rancisco service iB .not-valueless and in time of war an alternate 1 routo via America would keep open a -second line of communication. As a passenger service it has its value, and for ■tiefurtherance,of, trade between Australia : and Ataericait would serve an end,; though .perhaps on these grounds its development Jaoold be left to private enterprise. But all wepir acs for which the San Francisco SGrvicu would be1 available for the generally, and there- ■ r »re if a subsidy is required /or its continuance other oplon.ies should be asked to pay •neirehare ofit. Lookingatthe immense dewpmen'tof intercourse between the Angloft^on communities in Europe, America, *M Australia, we can scarcely imagine '•Man important line of communication ['•Wucanas been open for more than twenty |; Jews will be allowed to be closed ; and yet « ran, hardly be for the colony of New *;"i'.h Wales, embracing "one percent, of *ca whole, to do more than take a share of •"a responsibility of keeping it open. Sir ; Henry Parkes will take iWnsel with: the Premier of the other ■wwea on the subject." DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT. OF - UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Somo i disgraceful proceedings by the 3 w!V6r^ stUQents took'place at the Mele Exhibition-building, They marched «a body a couple of hundred, strong, in i -a? caps and gowns. On reaching the .-they pretty-,-well -blocked the [ ttm l , :those- who. could not get i c f ' le?Ped ovev the fence. They *na the building and marched Ibm 8 ? enue ' carrying a flag- idis- ! oi4l°r a ii uU- and woss-boneg. Some: i thil Lad" s w? re aWed with human [ «toif n As fchev went alons thQy fethn n • *nd Latin doggrel composed £t, fl ?r n- They took possession of • uandahs round the.lake in tSe western then't^i- Wi iere" they 'neld a concert. They \ poiiJ ,Z smashing the furniture. The ***•"*** ' WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA. Cu!? D Se, vdn months of the year have [ .%£ Sf eden .tedly dry on the coast line. ' W in !° l)l' uv»»us. lecord of raiufall so !Ci7> the Observatory record 1 ta a L?" l ° 7 f only 923 inches, against Wrvf Of 1 3^ 35 belies. That the to th fc f"^ V'"f ed so liWle, is due mainly froQ-i, v :,' JUit "tst- yoarwas wet, and the 'ojteiili i". S ?: llul' ated to an extent that Ui ti)ll| "'ion iud allowed evaporation %■,. ""' ■'■-^■e-'.iing consequences which ■•'-■"■ »uilid have -been bevitable.

THE CONVICT GASPARINI. Sydney, August 22.

I have just seen Detective Walker, who returns to Auckland by the Manapouri next week. He is quite satisfied that the missing man jumped overboard the night before the arrival of the steamer in Sydney. Detective Walker accompanied the steamer to Newcastle, and upon arrival made another search with a large body of Newcastle police. He remained on board all the time, tho vessel was taking in her coals, and returned to Sydney this morning.. The purser of the Wakatipu, who speaks French, says that Gasparini told him that he would never go back to New Caledonia.

CARDINAL MORAN.

The "Sydney Morning Hsrald " says :— " With respect to Cardinal Moran's present visit to Ireland and his interviews with Archbishop Walshe, ArchbishopCroke, and other prominent Irish ecclesiastics associated with the Home Rule movement, letters, we understand, have been received from- Rome suggesting that the Cardinal is engaged on a diplomatic mission having for its object the establishing of a better understanding between the Irish Roman Catholic hierarchy and the Papacy on Irish political affairs. While in Rome, Cardinal Moran had two special audiences with Pope Leo XIII., and from what has since transpired it is inferred that the Cardinal undertook a mission to Ireland at the request of the Pope, with a view to settling any points of dispute which may have arisen in connection with the Papal disapproval of some of the methods employed in the Irish agitation for Home Rule. During his stay iv Rome Cardinal Moran, according to the accounts which have been received in Sydney, was the object of special attention in ecclesiastical circles^ and the circumstances of 'L'Osservatore Romano,' which is, we understand, looked upon as" the Pope's official organ, publishing a full account of the demonstration which took place in Sydney on the eve of the Cardinal's departure, with a translation of the elaborate speech delivered by the Right Hon. W. B. Dalley on the occasion, is considered a remarkable evidence of the opinion entertained of the Cardinal at the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It is, we are informed, Cardinal Moran's intention to return to; Australia not later tnan October.1