AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 5608, 28 February 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Per Te Anav at the Bluff.]

MELBOURNE, Fkbuuary 22.

Mr Morgan's manifesto ha* attracted much attention throughout this Colo ay, and has been well received at Sydaey. The ' Argus' oaye tho manifesto is one of the signs of the times which Victoria can only neglect at her peril, and it points out the danger to Victorian manufacturer, 1 * from a Customs uoion between New Sou*;h Wales and South Australia.

At th-3 proneni tirce tho Peninsular and Orient stcamera 'cave Melbourne on tie same dates. It is stated that the Yicfcorhn Government ars con-mnnioating with the ia'ter o .imp my wit'i trio object of anran-g-ng for the dcpr.riuro of Iheir steamers ia alternate weektt with the I'eninauhr boats, thus fieeuriitff s, .vcekiy service. An individual esylijg himself Count Fitzgerald de Beaumont, who is said to have boon received nl; Government House, has been arrested on a charge- of larceny, and coca bailed. Three, gold watches were y.idou, and the private secretary, suspecting the genuineness oi the assertions of his Excellency's visitor, communicated with tho Detective Office. Beaumon« has also passed several valueless cheq^s. Experi-.vjentr, avs br\;rg ravio rith the heliograph bofcv/<-ui Llio vonuj of u\i.i Exhibition and Hyatt Msct-doa, a distance of tuirby miLs. The urnl atsemyis were only Variialiy succecEful, owing tj the state of the atmosphere, SYDNEY. Mr Beokit, whesa premises were recently btira*;, has apaw boon rar-ardcu. A number of pav..:..; «rt. a friendly* demonstration to welcome or. his return to Sydr.ey, In consequence of tho slackness of work in the Wallsetil Miniug Company's pity many familiea are suffering. The friendly lodges have initiated a movement to relieve the distress.

H.M.S, Data) haa sailed for Eagland. It ia reported thr.t the Melbourne Sugar Company contemplate erectitg mills in tbc northern districts of Queensland. The news from Temcra continues eatisfactory, considerable quantities of coarse gold beicg daily found ; but the water supply continues to cause uneasiness.

Arrangements have been concluded for * final mulch bdsvee". the Ai:str:ilm!!? »i.d * oombired team on th? .*. .hj, ami T-li of March. Thr coiu»i«ti» of JJ. Ore"ory, 0, Bsnncrm&u, A. M-iJsi*, Garrett, Evann, Midwinter, Cooper, Eorau, M'SKane, and Elliott. Erens, the Lands Office defaulter, was sentenced to two yr.avi' imprisonment for cmb'zzling Government money.

ADELAIDE. Mr King, Minister of Education, has resigned, owing to his projected departure for Europe. His successor has not been appointed. The Commission for the Exhibition have received numerous promises of support for tho proposed exhibition in Adelaide, especially from British exhibitors. It is not yet known whether the Government approve of the proposal or not. BRISBANE. Mr Watson's Trans-continental party have reached Aramac.

The proposal is renewed to introduce tramways into Brisbane. A plague of rata visited the far west of Queensland, attacking the lambs and killing numbers of thun.