AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Bruce Herald, Volume VII, Issue 649, 13 November 1874, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mblbourve, Oct. 28. Mr WoodVs motion, in favor of opening the public institutions on Sundays, has been negatived by 39 to 25. The strike at Fulton's foundiy has [terminated by the submission of the men. The Education vote, amounting to something like half-a-million, has been passed. In the Assembly the Premier stated that though Butchart had been dec'arei sane the Government had no power to discharge him from custody. A young woman named Wat3on, recently married, has been burned to death at Inglewood by the accidental burning of the house in which she lived. Action has been commenced in the Supreme Court by Moore & Co. against M'Oulloch, carrier, to recover £15,000 for the value of wool lost from a barge in Mi.rxay River. telegram from Calcutta contains advices of the joss of 140 lr>raes, shipped hence per Udstone, owing to stormy weather. Hobart Town, Oct. 27. On the morning of the 13th a tidal wave occurred at Point Davy, and in the afternoon there was a severe earthquake, which shook the houses distinctly, and was felt on board vessels some distance from the shore. Brisbane, Oct. 28. i $Ir Maeilisfcer has consented to take the ' Portfolio of Works arid Miues.