AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 62, 13 November 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EXECUTION OF NED KELLY.

JHEriTEB's Special to Btar.~{ . Melbourne, Yesterday. The execution of Ned Kelly took place in the Pentridge gaol. The proceedings were carried out in private, officials only being present. There was a large crowd outside the building, but everything passed off quietly. It is expected that a motion of censure' on Mr. Gaunson, for the action he has taken i» regard, ho Kelly's reprieve^ will be passed in the Legislative Assembly. Mrs. Jones, of the Glenrowan Hotel, in which the Kelly gang met their death, has been arrested for harboring the Kellys* Lateb. Mrs. Jones, landlady of the Glenrowan hotel, charged, with harboring the Kelrys, has been remanded. Seventy ladies and gentlemen, all New Zealand colonists, held a banquet last evening. Judge Gillies occupied the chair, and Messrs. Peacock and Bead were, vicechairmen. Numerous toasts ■■were ' propo&d, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. ' ' The German warship Nautilus sailed for Wellington on Thursday. There is an active demand for New Zealand oats, at a further advance. Sydney, Friday. "The steam collier Lady Darling was wrecked while on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne. The captain and crew were saved. The Hon. Mr. Parkes, in his address to the electors of East Sydney, merely reiteyflies his speeches prior to dissolution, and adheres to free trade and non-sectarian education, but opposes the abolition of interest on selectors' balances, and vaguely favors railway expansion and civil service reform. He promises a local government measure for the amendment of the mining and licensing laws. ; King George's Sound, Yesterday. The P. and 0. Oo.'s steamship Khedive, with the inward Suez mail, dated London, October 8, arrived here on Wednesday.