AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 6048, 18 August 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(PER ZEAL AUDI A. AT AUCKLAND.) ; Mrs. Greer's passage has been taken in the Ben Cruacben, sailing for England in October next. . . The celebrated case against Brail, for attempting to bribe Sir Henry the Premier, was disposed of -in the twinkling of an eye. Sir Henry Parkes did not appear. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and the Crown waa disposed to mercy. The Judge did not pass any sentence, but merely made the prisoner eater into bis .recognisance to, appear when

called upon, The Age, in a leading article, regrets the withdrawal of Sir A. Gordon from Fiji. As the ferry boat Pavaroa was leaving the Jersey side for Sydney, a respectable woman, with two little children and a baby, kissed them, and then jumped overboard and was drowned. When Kelly was oommitte 1 for trial, he was very dull, and, observing some girls smiling at him, said, “ If they were in my position, they would not smile much.” Private advices by the Suez mail state that the Australian cricketers before returnjng will probably have an opportunity of playing a powerful Knglidi team, comprising W. G. Grace, G, F, Grace, Lucas, Peun, Lyttelton,

Walker, Steel, Gbtterill, Shaw, Morley, and Ulyett. There has been a disgraceful scene at the Public Works Office. A crowd of unemployed clamoring for work, Mr, Langridge, Minister of Public Works, went out to expostulate, : when Bent, ex-Minister of Public Work-, ; came forward, and repeatedly called Langridge a liar, and declarations were made that there were ample funds to supply men with work, despite Langridge’a statement to the contrary. A statement from a correspondent of an evening paper is being published, directly charging the police with having shot Sberritt, They are also charged with using threatening language to prevent him making a statement. Intelligence from the Northern Territory states that a conflict occurred between the Chinese and Europeans at Margaret Bus . Stones and ether weapons were used. Only one trooper was present, and he was wounded. Special constables protect the camp, but Europeans are arriving, and the Chinese are retreating to their camp.