AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 47, 7 February 1879, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

. : Sydkey Thursday. Over 400 men are employed on tho Exhibition buildings. 'J he Commissioners are considering whether they cannot give New Zealand more spuce. Laycook has a large number of backers in the approaching match against Trickett lor £200 and th« championship of tho world. The Wesleyan Conference of the New South Wales and Queensland Churches was. opened at Sydney. The Rev. Joseph dram was elected piesi*

dent. In his opening speet-h ho reviewed the progress of the <hu h favorably. Parliament resolved to grant to the City of Sydney an advance of £25,000 j a year for ten yeai s. It also proposed to relieve it ola debt of £70J,00() on account of drainage and water, which are to be placed under a separate Board. Evidence adduced at tho inquest on Mrs. Collins, showed that houses exist in Melbourne for the couven> ience of lady patients. One witness said that during two years live illegitimate children had been born in her house, and three died. Sayanaka is favorite for the Geelong Cup, Tom Kirk for the Handicap, and Abdallah for the Hurdles. The thermometer in A.'elbourne Observatory registered lOGdog. in the shade on the 29th, the hottest day of the season. At Echuca 114deg. in the shade was registered. There are great cries of want of rain. The country is parched.