AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 510, 18 December 1877, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(ri:i: himiai-'chma, at thi: ui.'tt.) Ml l.l'.iKllNi:, December I'J. The (.'minril i-cfm-t.(l llui"\.ymciit uf .Memh, r.s Mill liy IK lu *'. which was a. !-i"'' ■ iar'.:v" iir<j"iv'y than ■.vat anik-ipat-u. The <|it< ;-.tioii ua.-i pin thai, till.' ll'll lit; ))u.\ n-jiil a H.' e It'll lillio. and ail :llin in I HI n- was novel ill it ill. wont "now"' lie i-inii led. Tim amendment was earned. Tnis will cive »ji ]»i>!• tiihily fur introducim; tin; inoa-air.-, hut ii '.> unlikely t > ><>■■ runic. 'L'ii.' lnajurhv uf liictillnTs . I- -.-*! i 11 u«.i tu ili. ci.'.s I he uui i.n ii.; imitt:.. iiiif-ninoli a.s il was the ili-nily of the lloiitv lu ileal with the question ..u its merits mi cm. rciiiii. The amount being .still rci-sitied mi estimates, several member* who vete'l in

the ininoriiy mlmii'id tie y were votini; under coin] if! .ion. i: "tiler to avoid tlit* misery and •■->.:t'• -1 n!■ ■ 'vloeh would be prnduced' by .. d,.ei I "U.

The t', uned al • i ,;. .•!..,! lie 1.-M lo appro] iria to the sum of l, 1(1(1,000 .i■ mu tin* railway loan lo other purpose*. IV' Hill was di scribed in ihe Assembly 'u v "i'V harsh terms by two ev-Treasuivrs, .> . w.-ll as other ini'inheiv. Judge Pohbn.in, the senior (' erne Court Judge of the Colony, and v\ hose career was bound up wil h the early history of the Coiony, died suddenly. lb' haH been long ailing, and was on leave of absence, lie had n very large funeral, Mr. (i. 1\ Smith, one ot Ihe most prominent politicians, and al one I ime At lor-uey-Ceiieral wilh Sir .lames M'< 'ulloeh, died Ihe same morion;;. The vacant neat al Ibindaia will be contested by Mr. .Murray Smith, representative in Melbourne of the New Zealand liian Assoeia tioii. and one of the ablest politicians, lie was defeased in Hie last gem ral eleelioii by a majority of one only. Sir Saul Wilson's salmon ova expeii iiit'llt- has so far proved eminently successful, and in Ihe eourse of a few days it in expected there will be L'S.OOO hatched out for distribution.

In one day last week the wills prov ■■' in the Supreme Court amounted i 1/JIiO.OIMI.

The phylloxera vislalrix has made o-> appearance amongst the vines m ■ m Cc lon,' district, and has I'Videlil ly In • o present for (he last two years. |)ry weather continues, and is vi .< disastrous to the crops, tireat complaint* come from all pans of the colony.

Sir .loin! ( 'iici'lr. (In- nniiii'lif rin-anciT, i,;is a»v. |.l"il l!ii.' ..llVr ill' llil> ll.mli.iHl' ('niimii:'.inn lii vinil M I'll n uutio In ii| mrl. uii | In- li.n-li.nir .-mil »-;iu:il .pnsl i.ni". Ilin iiv is livr I liiiii.sMinl mum a-. Ilr Iriivi'n l\ii';l.Ui'i this iiinlilh. \':u-|.-v. thr i-vanm'lisl. li.'ih m.l int.. .lin-m-.-uv. 'llr hail :i ima'tin" ivi'i'iilly fur un-n mily, uinl (lisi'iuir-sril In tin Ill'' Mn-iiil. evil, din remarks .'tie ii-I >.>il. ■■ 1 iih hiiviir/ lii'i'ii iiwl'nl ami .lia-nal ill", an.l llie ( 'ilv c'liimcil il. -i-liiinl iiiin tin' Ini'llii'i' iihi..l il;.' Ti.nl. I hill. ( i',..; w i. u \ r;i r, vr w 1'1.i.l \..r..\. ) S\ iini:\ , I >.-«•■• 1111■.-1- \'J.

Y.mm. M.iiil i.l' 'l'm..ntn, llm chaini.i..■. ■ i ;lh- n.-iiiiiiinii nl Caiia'l,l. tam pitl: im ;, claim I'nr tin' h nr imv. li.-lil, li.y Ivl'.v.-ir.i Trick.-it. Th. Amcrhmi. i.:t i t.i.1,-ri-il a •;.....I nar. man. liar in;-. \mn the

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