AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume III, Issue 194, 6 January 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

MELBOURNE, December 26.

Experiments will be made shortly to light the streets of Melbourne with the electric light. The Australian- Electric Company offer the City Council to furnish electric lamps for six weeks free of cost if lamp-posts are provided. The Australian Electric Compnny are importing lamps for domestic lighting, per Garonne. Members of the Legislature have received an intimation iroin the Railway Department that their passes will be available over the lines of New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. Very successful experiments were conducted to-day, in the pvsence of about twenty shareholders in the Southern Ci'oss Petroleum Comply of New Zealand, with samples of oil from the company's ground. Those present expressed themselves highly pleased with the prospects. Mr. M. Benies, who has been employed to inspect the paraffiu and oil deposits on the company's laud, furnished a very encouraging report, and stated that the oil was freely seen on the surface for about 200 yards. He dug about 150 holes, a distance of ten yards apart, and the mineral was found freely in all of them, in most cases just below the surface. Yesterday. The cricket match between the AllEngland Eleven and the combined team was resumed on Wednesday. The Englishmen continued their second innings with Scotton and Shaw at the wickets. The following are the scores of Wednesday's play : — Scotton, not out, 50 ; Shaw, caught, 40 ; Pilling, bowled, 3 ; Peate, run out, 2. The visitors were disposed of for 308. The home team then commenced their second innings, and when the stumps were drawn had lost three wickets for 127. The match was drawn, the Australians requiring 156 runs to win. Sailed — Union Company's steamship Arawata for Bluff. English cricketers are passengers by her. This Day. The Orient s.s. Garonne has arrived here, and has been quarantined. She has 43 passengers for New Zealand ports. It is uncertain whether she will rernnin here, or go on to Sydney as usual. SYDNEY, This Day. The revenue of New South Wales for the past year amounted to £6,714,000, being an increase of £1,802,000 compared with 1880. The land revenue amounted to £2,821,000; railways earned £1,460,000; and the Post Office £330,000. Increases are shown in the income from duties on spirits, tobacco, and stamps.