AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Press, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4640, 15 June 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Bt Telbobaph.l [Per b.b. Eotorna, at the Bluff.J VIOTOBIA. Binoe the departure of laet mail the dia- - enesion on the eeoond reading of the Hat orm Bill has continued. The Assembly debated on it for three nights, though with flagging interest, and it is expected-.that the debate will be concluded about Thursday.. The interest centres in the approaching division, the • result o£ whioh it is impossible to forecast with any precision. The "Age" last week published a liifc, which it declared was authentic, showing that tho.-Government would only obtain 41 xotes, but this is not regarded as trustworthy, though it is certain that several who were elected as supporters of Mr ' Service will Vote against the Bill.: Ministers, have openly declared that should the Bill fail to pass they will recommend the Governor to. dissolve Parliament, and will appeal to the country. The statement of the " Age," that the Ministry will lie reconstructed with Mr Francis as Pcemier and Mr Murray-Smith as colleague ie positively denied. Various meetings have been held in the country districts against the Beform Bill, but the, proceedings have altogether lacked enthusiasm. - The Payment of Members Bill provides for the payment of three hundred pounds' annually to the members of the Oounoil and Assembly, commencing at the opening of the present Parliament. The term of payment is unlimited by the Act. The police have returned from the recent search after the Kellya unsuccessful, and the excitement has now partially subsided.'lt was stated last week that Byrne was seen at his mother's, but it is hew shown that it was not one of the outlaws. Superintendent Hare has superseded-Nicholson at Benalla. The Kellys' sister is atoll living at Greta. The value of property in the neighborhood is deteriorating owing to the repeated acts of cattle stealing. The belief generally prevails that the Kellys are. still, in the ranges, where they can observe the movements of the police without discovering themselves. ■ The body of a man named John Mullen, a native of Switzerland, was discovered near Melbourne Cemetery last week. He had. committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. The verdict showed that Muller had recently arrived from New Zealand, and had disappeared shortly afterwards. The body bore* evidenoe'of having been gnawed by rate. Daring the debate on the Beform Bill, Mr β-illies made a long speech in.support of the Bill, and declared that the country had derided against the absolutism of the As* sembly being maintained. The check proposed was in strict accordance with Imperial practice. Mr Berry made a lengthy speeoh against the measure, and contended that while hitherto Beform Bills aimed at reducing the powers of the Oounoil, the present one proposed enlarging them. Bb Government, he declared, could force measures through all the stages required by the new Bill. Finally, he urged the strict; adhesion to the Imperial analogy. Mr Lyell followed, and demanded the settlement of the Beform Bill before the .new (we million loan was placed on the market. He declared that recent events in Victoria had had a very bad effect Bt Home. Mr Fisher spoke against the measure. On the second reading, Dr. Madden approved of the extension of the franchise only, but criticised the other portions. Mr Walker suggested that the constituency of the Council should be confined to married men with families, as possessing stronger colonial ties. The novelty of the proposal created come amusement. The -Government continue economising in every direction. A! number of the employes in the Lands Department received notice last week, and it is expected that the services of a number more will be dispensed with shortly. The following comprise the number of entries for the principal raoing events, which, closed on the Ist of June: —Maribyrnong Plate, 120; Nbrinanby Stakes, 118; Ascot Stakes, 113 ; Derby Stakes, 125 ; Oaks Stakes, 65; Leger, 121; Sires' Produce, 103; Mares' Produce, 173. A statement in the London " Daily Telegraph," that the Governor of Hang Kong intends shipping Chinese criminals to Australia having been brought under the notice of the Governor, he promised to communicate with the Imperial authorities on the subject. Mr Proctor, the scientist, is lecturing on the Sun to unusually large sudienoes. The Melbourne Frozen Meat Company has -received a telegram from London announcing the purohase of a refrigerating machine, which will be shipped immediately. : A meeting was held on June 4th, when it was resolved to form a company with a capital of £25,000, to establish a hospital for paying patients. Mr Bobert Simeon has been elected to the Legislative Council for the western province unopposed.

The Exhibition Executive Odmmi»t«« k *~ cepted tenden for 5400 ohL ? » * ehw, «* /out £2000. The^e".^'^^ 0 ' flro well-known Endhsh firms in w £* ** The-chair, will bio? and Viotorian manufacture. ' Axuta »a t The Assembly held a menial .;>« debate the Payufent of MembS JfiVj pnncipnl speakers in opposition to «L j& were Messrs Shields, Mumj-Smith 'JS Finlay, and at a quarter to twn,«™' ?°* some/disporition Sg^f videdM!ollowe-Aye!,3B}noee,24 ; m a Trii* 14. .There were eleven pairs, mo S & Semoo. After thedivision Mr endeavored to divide the BUI into two nartT with a view of allowing payment tof£ Council to be, taken asl separate m ea.ut This woe negatived by 36 to 28 * U0Bi «». , «. Th ! & . overnment will introduoe a Bill for ' the abolition of pensions to new offioers in XT civil servioe. ™* A proposal Uon foot to hold a grand ball I at an early date to oelebrate tho oompletkra rf the exhibition building. om pwuonof j NEW SOUTH WALES, Mr Lloyd, formerly the member for New oastle, having volunteered to mediate botweei the colliery proprietors end strikers, the off<£ was accepted, and through him the strike hu now terminated. Mr Lloyd fint induce! Meeers Brown and Grigson, Newcastle mine, owners, to agree to a minimum of 3s JW Through Mr Lloyd's further offloes thi miners accepted tho proposition, and the mea will gat 3% 3d per 8s selling ton. rising 3d m. Iβ up to lie and 43 up to 14s. i Another account of the Quirindi affair states that Mr Allen, the manager, was on the point of taking the safe key Hβ usual to the poliou when he was bailed up. He dropped the key and said that the clerk had it. The rob* I bere waited two hours for the clerk's return I drinking whiskey in the meantime, and then got tired and threatened to burn down thd Bank and blow the safe open. \ Information from New Ireland states that '■ the immigrants from tho Ghandernagore were suddenly left on that island by that vessel un« provided with food or medioine. Throe inju . ; migrants who reached the Duke of York I Island informed the missionaries of the deiti- fc tution in which the others were left. The i; missionaries at onoe prooeeded in an open : i boat, to their relief and brought forty-flr© ~ of the siok colonists baok to the Dukeof Yoik | Island, one dying on the way. The captain " f of the Ohandemagore, who was left behind, ' said that his vessel left at night without the ; slightest warning. Tho Ohandernagore has • since left Sydney suddenly, and her deatina- ; tion is unknown. The above report has been » fully confirmed by the latest advices, whioh state that nine had died. It is stated that the settlers osneiet principally of old men and - boys; further mortality is expeoted, and I 3. M.S. Conflict is at tho depot rendering 1 aid. I In the Assembly Mr Dillon specified serious oharges against Judge Meynott, and the ; Attorney-General promised a committee of ' inquiry. ; A plague of locusts is doing serious damage in New Caledonia. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. f In the Assembly, the motion on thoaddien i in reply was carried without a division. In referenoe to the agitation for religious instruction, the Minister for Eduoation saH that he did not propose to interfere with the Education Aot in Hobo^ls.