AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5380, 13 May 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

,' ■•■'•;■ (PEB AiaiOM",.AT*THaB BX.TOEV) rh-fod ,• The succe : sß-of J ;th&'N6w;-';^6itk%alb3 lloan has, produced,' a' J . d^presidng',. effect !here> as the Viotbriari loah'is coVsi'dereda i comparative failure when set against that ;of New' South rWales. >X " f „ Irrespectively of the main Exhibition : building; the ooinmissioner3 askj , for- a | grant of £100,000; /rThey propose to jcover a space equal t6 Hyde Park.*' ' The total of 'exports pi; Yiotoriaii manufactures last year was- £709,666, being . ; an increased :£6o,993,py.er . ±. \ At the nast conference i, of ministers of Piotestaut o^enominatiqnVtQ drawing ,s»§ > first Soripturnl lesson proposed to'be reaa in. : Staije schools, the first eleven^ohaptera. of Genesis were" excluded., , '.'';'- ' , f ' J : The' (Government propose tp.eatablidi^. Post.Office Life Insurance.' .. ."^V"W;Xj It is suggoated that; the Habeas Cqrpug, Act be suspended in the North:easternj|if|. trict, to enable the .police, to cope •with. the : Keliy gang sympathisers. r> ,., Tennyson has been asked to compose a ; cantata for the opening pf the Exhibition. .Ex-Pi'esident'Qrant,-' wife, aiid son have started on a tour through Indiai and possibly includiiig the 'colpnie?. Bonne, onoe Seoretarv of the , American; Navy, has joined the party, The,,Otoy&^ent have placed theshxp Eeomo*nde,.ap u M^ Grant's disposal, to meet the party^t'^Qni^ Eastern port. .:.,..- a.-.').} 5 «. i Sydney, May 6. The Peninsular Company jnjbe'nd putting larger, vessels op the Australian line. :. They are about to build two 600 horse power steamers expressly for the New South Wale's trade. The New South Wales loan was floated ' at the highest price that has been* obtained for four per cent Australian atgok. It is one pound per cent better than the rate obtained for the higher price Victorian loan. The tenders ranged from 99*5 to 97. The urferest commMces on July Ist. The Bank' of -New? Sdljjjft Wales floated the loan. ' ■ a.'^r; >i"9 ■ Lord Lof fcuß leaves Liverpool on June 7, and reaches* Sydney by the Sfyi Fran* cisco mail, due on Augusts " It is believed that Qneenslah'dmll abandon the Torres Straita mail - y when the new Peninsular Conipajjiy's fortnightly mail commences. . .-.- ':: Mr. Driver, M.P.. and Mr. Sheridan, manager of the Cricket. Association Ground, are arranging a , second. Australian eleven to go to England. Ifc.wijl probably include six or seven of the; old team. - ■■ • •• '....■•■ ... • .■i.^'tAn^j Tlw schooner Margaret ..Gbessel, was ,■ .■.ii:.'!'!'- ] . >/.i .'/ '. .■ ■ r;.. ai i- ..'/.,»] >i",ho i t'i l •":'. ,'i, '■ '. Sj.'- 1 / i. ..:.-.. :i<.r..\: ! .-l-H.i-nr.'.t

wrecked at -Newcastle 1 * Tlie 1 Captain was. drowned. English and American and intercolonial orows are expected to compete at the Exhibition Regatta. Adelaide, May 6. The Government, have sunk an Artesian well near the metropolis. The; Young Men' s Christian Association and cithers requested the police to prohibit the Duvalli sisters from danoing the " Can Can." One sister declares that she would danoe it in spite of all threats. The crojs in the North .are promising favorably.