AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5947, 18 March 1880, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

{Per b.s. Torarua vi 4 Auckland.) [Bt Teleghaph.] NEW SOUTH WALES. The Postmaster-General has made arrangements for the introduction of stamped registered letter envelopes, which will be sold to the public at 4d. The Jennings’ testimonial and banquet, on the closing of the Exhibition, promises to bo a brilliant success. . . • ' Lottie Wilmot has been summoned to appear at the Court, at Newcastle, for lecturing on the forbidden fruit, on a Sunday night, The case is exciting great interest. The same lecture was delivered at Sydney without any. interference. . The case was dismissed , after a prolonged hearing and much discussion. . A footrace came off at Sandwich to-day between Marten of Maitland, and Watson of Melbourne, for 125 yards! Watson commanded the lead until within a few paces of the goal, when the spectators, who are said to have had heavy bets against him, jostled him out of the race. The American elevator was tested at the Exhibition on Thursday. It was loaded with one ton of iron, which it raised and roped and cut safely, the catch gripped immediately and prevented the weight from falling. , The A. A. Colliery, at Newcastle, resumed work this morning. The first reading of the Stamp Duties Bill in the Council was rejected by seventeen to fourteen; members arguing that it was the same Bill as the Council had returned to the Assembly with amendments, and which the Assembly shelved. They maintained that the amendments should have been included in this Bill. . „ ■ , . There is a probability of further legal proceedings being taken in connection with a case, which ia of interest to the theatrical profession. The case was beard in the district Court yesterday, and arose out of the recent season of the Williamsons at the Theatre Royal. Mr J. 0. Williamson appears to have thought that the returns of the receipts furnished by Mr Lazar were not correct. He counted the attendance upon one or two occasions, and his opinion was confirmed. Accordingly he sued Mr Lazar for the proportion he considered he was entitled to, but he was nonsuited without a witness for the defence being called; It was not proved that Mr Lazar had come into the possession of the money. i s rumoured that the reason for requiring Mr Farrell’s —the late Agent-General pf Now South Wales—resignation is that he regarded an act of the Ministry os a disgraceful political job. ■VICTORIA. ' At the Melbourne University on and after March 22, females will be admitted to all privileges, hut they will be restricted from following that of medicine. Mr Moule takes the place of 0. Bannerman in the Australian team. It is rumoured that Sir John O’Shnnnassy goes to England for the sake of his health, and that he will be offered the Agent-General-ship. , The President of the Agricultural Engineers’ Association of Great Britain writes that the Association declined to exhibit at Philadelphia in consequence of the high protective duties, but they will exhibit at Melbourne, hoping the display may lead to more liberal fiscal arrangements. Complaints are made that Mr Longmore, previous to his resignation, increased the salaries of two favourite Crown Land Bailiffs by £SO each, and also confirmed the appointment of their sons.