COLONIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5996, 4 February 1881, Page 5

COLONIAL NEWS.

RAILWAY BETWEEN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. Melbourne, February 3. ■ The railway between C4erogery and Albany, New South Wales, was opened to-day, and communication between Melbourne and Sydney is now complete. The opening ceremony was performed by the Hon. John Lackey, the New South Wales Minister for Public Works, who formally declared the line open, and delivered a congratulatory address, in the course of which he expatiated upon the benefits to be derived by the completion of communication between Melbourne and Sydney. The Hon. Graham Berry, the Hon. J. B. Patterson, Sir Henry Parkes, and Sir Patrick Jennings were present, together with an assemblage of fully 2000 persons. The whole proceedings passed off with ecldt, and were followed by a luncheon. „ A grand ball and supper to-night will conclude the festivities. •MURDER WILL OUT. Sydney, February 3. Two men have been arrested at Euabalong charged with the murder of James Omak in 1576. EXHIBITION AWARDS. Melbourne, February 3. The following further Exhibition awards are published:—Second prize : Chamber of Commerce, Oamaru, for photographs of . Oamaru ; N. K. Gerill (Christchurch), Clifford and Morris (Dunedin), and J. J. Taylor (Motueka, Nelson) for photographs. Third prizes : J. Bragge (of Wellington), W. B. Gibbes (Wellington), and Brunton (of Dunedin) for photographs. The following further Exhibition awards have been announced :—First prize: C. A. Palmer, Waimea, West Nelson, for hops. Second prizes: W. Cudden, of Christchurch, for malt ; Thomas Harley, of Nelson, for hops and malt ; S. Manning and Co., of Christchurch, for malt ' and barley; Ward and Co., Christchurch, for malt. Third prizes: W. Cudden, of Christchurch, for malt ; R. Cunningham and Co., Christchurch, for malt. SHIPPING. Sydney, February 3. Sailed : S.s. Ringarooma, for Auckland. Melbourne, February 3. Arrived : The s.s. Albion, from the Bluff.