AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 126, 26 November 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

3 * • VOLCANIC OUTBREAK IN TASMANIA. ; PROPOSED NEW BANK. [ THE ENGLISH TEAM IN AUSTRALIA. | THE MILBURN CREEK SCANDAL. | | RBDTBB'fI TBLKGPAMS.I ) Melbourne, 24th November, i A report reached Melbourne to-day that a i Toloanio outbreak has occurred in tho vicinity i of Snug River, 20 miles from Hobart, and - that there has been a tremendous landslip, r with various openings, over an area of two ) miles. Telegrams from Hobart report that f there is great excitement there owing to the > report, which, however, requires confirmation. 25th November. It is now stated definitely that Mr. W. M. t K. Vale, who was a member of the late Berry Ministry, does not intend, as was previously reported, to proceed to New Zealand and to practise at the Bar in that colony. This Dat. Telegrams received this morning from Hobart in a measure confirm the reported volcanic outbreak near tha 1 ; town. It is believed that the occurrence is due to a coal seam being on fire, but nothing definite is yet known. The prospectus has been issued of a new bank, to be styled the Bank of Australia. The capital is to be .£1,000,000. Mr. Munro is the promoter. Adelaide, 25th November. Wheat, per bushel, 53. The new season's crop is now quoted for delivery in Decamber ' at 4s 6d. Town flour has declined ?a 6d per 1 ton during the past week, and is now quoted I at .£ll 17s 6d. Country brands have fallen b to jSIO 17s Gel. There is no change in .the 3 freight market. Freight to United Kingdom from Adelaide, 503: ditto from outports. • 52s 6d. b Sydney, This Day. Sailed, yesterday afternoon — Union Company's steamship Wakatipn, for Wellington. : A cricket match between the English team 1 and 22 of the Northern District was commenced at Newcastle yesterday. The 1 Englishmen, in their first innings, scored ' 118, and at the close of the day's play the 22 ! had scored 34 for the loss of twelve wickets. In the Legislative Assembly last night, the Attorney-General, in reply to a question, said that legal proceedings would be instituted without delay in connection with tho Milburn Creek affair.