AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5511, 14 October 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

' (Per Wakatipu, at Wellington.) 1 Victoria. ' Mr Berry's health has improved, and ihe will be able ( to attend Parliament next jweek., -The, .cause of his illness was overjwork'and anxiety. I The prosecution of, the manager and [directors of the .Provincial! Bank is proceeding. The Police Court examination .Avill probably last ten or twelve days I The rain; extended through Victoria, iPviveriha,. and South Australia. It Avas 'more abundant in the interior than on the coast; ' •' '-''.'''*-: The second reading of Mr Sladen's bill jto alter the constitution was carried in the Upper House ( uh.anihi6usly. „„ ! Sir Henry' Parkes contributes a bril-~

liant article to the Melbourne Review, urging the federation of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, under the nanie/of British Australia. Nearly _Oo "Sandhurst gold miners have .J tr _s£-cft^ r than accept a reduction I*?^^kß*-* 0 40s P fi r week. _4/[g al i'ff of coiners have been arrested in Melbourne. They posstd a large number of spurious half-crowns. Fire-arms were found in possession of .the gangland other indications that they cantemplated taking to the road. ! •..-.!* > / B An old .criminal shot constable 4V£onds through the thigh with, a revolver because he tried to' arrest Him on a charge of „ stealing., „'The constable stilljjursued the 'man 'four 'miles, firing'seyeral^imes with- 1 out effect. 'The criminal' was not cap* tured. , ... , '". ". . „•(« , .- jnr . , ' New South Walks. The French frigate Louis ha 3 .arrived at Noumea with 400 convicts. •'A'gailg of l burg-uiars- broke open a spirit store in Sydneyon the Bth instant. ''The leader was found dead iri'frdnt of Ids ; door; It ia supposed that his „niate'B nilirdered him. .'•W. . y The excursion steamers, ,pommo_S!re and Fawn" collided' in Sidney 1 Harbor. The Fawn's passengers! scrambled safely 'on board the Commodore, exceptVworiian who was injured by falling between' ;|he - -vessels'. ,' .;. /,■ ,[-!., ' "• ":'*.;.' jThe "Queen has sent her [thaiiks jtq-jMr O'Halloraci .for. ; an ode on Her birthday, . which. she accepted. „:.j -.;';. „,Ii ... ..,/,, -i -•'-'! SoUTH, AUSTRALIA 1 ,: Mr A. Forest, the leader., of-, north -west exploring expedition, despatched by •Western Australia,- -has 'arrived ? at'- ' JRdrt -Darwin.: ; ■ '-'-•-. -'- ; 1* '"->*• iwtyri a. „ . . . . . ...-;.'• y-xr. .',Lvf!a»-.j':a ji'Mf :..... ... Tj ...u „.) . QUEE^SI.AND.i . :, The Rev • Tenriispn. : -,'M'D<jj4s £ VfeeUeyes that .Cooktown will .be the. Newcastle, .pf : the North, it: being the centro. of. a' large coalfield./ .; •.!.-. -.v.- . ■-.;:v.<>v,..j o.U *■ The barque 'Charlotte "is ■-'■ a ; total wreck in Ramsay Bay> ; '-near ;Oardwell. She is fully insured with the 1 New Zealand Insurance Cbmpariyi ; !;; ■•'■'■ l *