AUSTRALIAN.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7775, 6 May 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

By Eleoibio Telegraph.—Copyright, (bbdtxr’s telegbams.) (Received May 6,1.20 a.m.) Melbourne, May 5. It is announced that the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr Justice Molesworth has been filled by the appointment of Mr Webb to the Judicial Bench. The case Bell versus Clarke will have to be re-argued, owing to the retirement of Judge Molesworth, before whom it was heard. The s.s. Manapouri arrived this morning from the Bluff. (Per as. Wairarapa at Auckland.) (UNITED press association.) Brisbane, Aptil 30. Mr Ballard, chief engineer of the railway in the Oentral District, h«j resigned owing to being mixed up with railway contractors. It has been resolved to wind up the Cen> tral Queensland Meat Company at Bock* hampton. The Hon John Douglas has entered into a contract for a monthly service from Thursday Island to New Guinea. Adelaide, Aptil 80. The Board appointed to inquire into the reo-ot railway accident find that it was entirely caused by the negligence of the pointsman, Forrest, and that the signalman was grossly negligent, Ernest Minohin, chief teller of the National Bank, has been arrested for the embezzlement of £IOOO, The President of the Chamber of Com* merce, at the annual meeting, spoke very hopefully of the prospects of the colony, and deprecated the absurd representations which bad gone abroad, Sidnev, April 30. The Budget debate drags its slow length along. The House disposed of Mr Clark’s proposal to tax cereals, by a large majority. The Premier informed the deputation from the Free Trade Association that the Government intended to adhere to their proposals as submitted, and would not alter the ad valorem duties, against which there is a good deal of opposition on the part of the mercantile community. The Randwick Race Meeting so far has been decidedly successful in respect of the weather, the attendance, and the racing. The Gold Cap Race was a splendid one. A grand held started, Nelson being made favorite up to the last moment on the strength of his running in the Autumn Stakes, He failed, however, to justify the position, as he ran very forward for a mile a half, and then suddenly dropped away, and finally finished ninth. Cerise and Blue ran a splendid race, and came with a grand rush at the finish, winning it in the fastest time yet recorded for the race. Mr Oxenham, tha owner, is said to have won £II,OOO or £12,000 by her victory. The unemployed are dissatisfied with the wages paid at the relief works, and are again agitating, . The Easter Camp has broken np. It was in all reepecls satisfactory, and the weather was most favorable A serions collision occurred ou tha Para* matta River yesterday evening, the steamer Paramatta being oat down to the watet’s edge, but the passengers and crew were rescued. Holt baa fieen committed qn a further charge of falsifying certain accounts with the Bank pf New Zealand, The report ou the tramway shows a considerable improvement on the previous year. Melbourne, April 30. James Lander, one of the imprisoned miners, was rescued on Wednesday night after being confined in the Duke’s Consols mine for 14 hoars. He was unhurt. Governor Strahaq, of Tasmania, has arrived on a visit tq Melbourne. The passengers by the Chimborazo are all petitioning for their release from quarantine,