AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 58, 1 February 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(united press association-.) Sydney. Owing to a resolution on the part of the Government to curtail the present Bales of Crown lands, the funds at the disposal ot the Government will be limited, and the same funds will not be available for extravagant puDlic works. The Mayor of Sydney hag recom« menced a ciusade against the rookeriea of the city, and yesterday 61 premises were condemned. The weights for the Sydney Gold Cap are as follows : Commotion 9st 121 b, Darebin 9st 81b, Progress 9st 61b; Cunnamulla 9sfc. For Hawkesbury Autum : tlandicap : Commotion 9st 121 b, Cunnamulla 9st 21b, Pell Mell 9Bt. Melbourne. At the inauguration of the new water-supply scheme at Daylesford, Mr Williams, late Minister ofj Mines, responding to the toast of " ExMinisters, " said that there was more fight m the members of the late Berry Ministry than they had shown m the past, and when the proper time came people would see a flaming sword, as they had seen it m the past. At the Wesleyan Conference, a resolution m favor of the introduction of Bible-readinjj m state schools was agreed to, after considerable discussion. A bush fire, which destroyed property to the value of £1000, occurred on Bobinson Bros., estate at Cblao, on Tuesday. Mr Berry has issued a circular to his, supporters asking them to meet to-day to discuss thf 1 political situation. The Argus to day declares that the Government has obtained the dissolution on a sham issue, and undnr false pre« tenceß. It says that the real cause of Ministers asking for a dissolution is tha certainty that they would have to Tace a vote of want of confidence after bungling the loan, and declares that it is unfair to take the country by surprise.