AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. [PER ARAWTA,AT THE BLUFF.]

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 132, 5 December 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. [PER ARAWTA,AT THE BLUFF.]

[Bt Telegraph.] | UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, 30th November. l The Government are particularly desirous ■ t« close the s-ssion betore Christinas. The business is being pushed forward, and extra • sitting days are proposed. The Crown has commonced proceedings i against two well-known promoters of race- '< sweeps. In the action Corr v. Standard Insurance ' Company of New Zealand, to recover tho ) amount of a policy on the sotiooner Alma, I defendants alleged that they pnt the vessel ' in proper repair, and had tendered her to I the ftwnerst who refused to reoeive her. The "jary found for the plaintiff, and that it would take i>2o 0 to repair tho vessel, interest ■ from May to be added to this amount. ; Mr. G. P. Marriok, secretary to the shire, - Marong, is irmsing. Crinrnal proceedings i had been instituted against him. Sir A. Michio has resigned the position of 1 Chairman of the Education Commission as a I Commissioner, hia private business not per- ■ mitting him to undertake the duties, > Two girls, aged 14, have been drowned in » tho Campa«-pie River, whilst bathing. They were found clasped in each others arm 3 in ■ 1 1 feet of water. At Geolontr, three young ladies have beon • sucoetsful tor the first y«a.r in tho course for i the degree of Bachelor of Arts of the University. Mk > '1 he full Court has declined to grant a new i trial in Smith v. Iffla, on the ground that ' the evidence showed defendant aoted without duo care. i The A^e has acknowledged that its state- , merit as to the reported irregularities in the , Union Bank was unfounded, and no further proceedings will be taken. Hob abt, 29th November. The report as to a volco.no having broken ' out near Hobart caused some sensation. Hundreds of persons visited the locality, but were unable to state the cause of the conflagration. The generally accepted idea is that a bush fire ignited the moss-peat and button-grass. Jt is considered extremely doubtful if the Government will be ablo to carry it 3 Land Bill in the present shap9 before the recess. Brisbane, 30th November. Mr. Lamfc, formally Minister of Lands, asserts that he has been in correspondence with Skuthorpe, who, he considers, has proved his statement respecting Loiohardt'a •li cs.