COLONIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6163, 18 August 1881, Page 5

COLONIAL NEWS.

SMALL-POX STILL SPREADING. Sydney, August 17. A fresh case of small-pox is reported this morning. The sufferer is a man named Edward Trevos, residing in the Haymarket. Later. Two fresh cases of small-pox have been reported to the authorities to-day. One is sister of Mr. Lawoe, the commission agent of Balmain. A man named Hutton, who has been confined to the quarantine station suffering from small-pox, died yesterday.

NEW JUDGE. Melbourne, August 17. It is announced that Mr. E. D. Holroyd, barrister, has been appointed to the Judgeship rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Justice Stephen. A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Sydney, August 17-. A commercial traveller staying at 0,11 hotel at Mudgee, placed some samples of dynamite before the fire with the view of softening them. The packages shortly afterwards exploded, and the man was blown to atoms. THE DETACHED SQUADRON. Brisbane, August 17. The Detached Squadron has arrived, and is now at anchor in Moreton Bay. SUEZ MAIL. Albany, August 17. Arrived yesterday afternoon: The P. and O. Company's steamship Bokhara, with the inward Suez mails, which left London on July 15th. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FINANCE. Adelaide, August 17. The Hon. L. Glyde, Colonial Treasurer, made his financial statement in the Legislative Assembly last night. He showed that the revenue during the last financial year amounted to £2,030,000. He estimated the revenue for the present year at £2,127,000, and the expenditure at £2,075,000, including £474,000 payable as interest on the public debt. The estimates of revenue include £550,000 from the Customs, £52,000 from the land, and £445,000 from the railways. The railways are yielding 3£ per cent, on cost of construction. The public debt amounts to £11,250,000. It is proposed during the year, to raise a new loan, to bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent. The Treasurer further proposes to abolish the duty on tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, cornsacks, and woolpacks; but, on the other hand, he announced the intention of the Government to impose a tax of sixpence in the £1 on land and property. Mr. Glyde, in concluding his speech, hinted

to the probability of an international exhibition being held in Adelaide in :about five years'time. .

SHIPPING. Melbourne, August 17. Sailed this afternoon: The Union Company's steamer Rotorua, for the Bluff.