AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Evening Post, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1876, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

- ¦ -, . > +! , . Melbourne, 27th March. The Land Property and Income Tax Bills having only passed their second reading by_a small majority j>f three, have been, withdraw^ T>y\the 'Government-. The" iron lj hand -resolution—this " timtf 'p'ropbsea'* % *a member of tlJe o'pposition-^was the eatise of the Government obtaining suchP a' small' majority, as/many^ of their supporters were absentwheri the motion was submitted "that the question be now put." The opposition 'are; much chagrined and disappointed at: the Government remaining in office, and it is rumoured that a no-confidence motion is to be proposed. To-morrow the Treasury proposes to issue Treasury Bills to meet the deficiency. The Assembly has nearly cleared off all business^ and there > should be nothing to hinder the prorogation early next week. - ¦ - .: ••. The weather has been too hotJately for the salmon ova- It is estimated that about,onethird will be found alive, and that is considered »good per centage. "An extraordinary rainfall occurred on Saturday. The* wsjer came down literally in bucketsfull nearly all over.,the. country alike. Every place was flooded in a few minutes, and * mnch damage was done. In other respects the rain has done good. The Rev. Dr. Russell, one of the most eminent of our Episcopalian clergy, recently died at sea on his return to the Colony from leave of absence. , - Subscriptions tor sending a rifle team to Wimbledon and Philadelphia are coming in, the acknowledgements, being made each day. Captains King aad Greenfield, and Mr. T. Draper have already been selected as three out of the five required to go. A portion of a vessel of about 300 tons was found on Carmnock Island, Gipps' Land. ' The reported new. rich goldfield near Cooktown is exciting some attention, but there is no rush yet. The air has been lately filled with scandals, in which the names of high personages are broadly hinted at. The paper which first gave currency to- the disgraceful canard has since apologised, and people are beginning' to find out that there is nothing in it. The following is a list of the new Adelaide Ministry tr-Hawker, Chief Secretary; Blyth,

Treasurer ; Buckart, Commissioner of Public Ji^&^k^j Attorney-General; Playford, "^Comniissifinefr-of Crown Lands: Everard, Minister for Education. Sailor, won the handsome Gold Cup at the Amateur Turf Club meeting at BaUarat on Friday.