AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 523, 4 January 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(fl'.lt T.UtAill'A AT THE BT.TFI'.) AIiOLBOUJtXE. . Tiie principal event in politics has been the rejection of the Appropriation JJil! by the Council, it was thought ilio majority would nor have exceeded two or three, but the r ■■ejection was unanimous. i.heiv. heiii.'.:; no "ne i.i call for a division. teat their rights and puvih-e'cs had been assailed by the exclusion of the pavmen! of members voie on the Estimates, and they deeliiiod to discuss the Uieihs of the ijuestioii, but shnpiy voted, against the Bill as conta'nhjg an objectioiiablo iim;i puipoaiy piaced in the Appropriation Biii, in or.hi- io 1-i.Uiie.! that. Chamber into passing ii. iSoriiing is vet known as to the intentions of the Government; ; probably no steps will be taken until titter the Ohiistmas holidays. There was a great deal of talk about stopping the mails and trains, dispensing with the police, and of letting loose the prisoners ; but id) thai has oeaued, and it is believed matters will go on pretty much as at present, and that before long there will by a dissolution, though the Assembly litis adjourned to the oth February and the Council only till January tfth. In the meantime by the action of the Assembly adjourning before the Council, numbers of'important Billy have lapsed, including the Bill for the eradication of disease in vines and the Tolls Bill. All tolls, therefore, cease at the end of (lie year. All hope of a conference between the House on the Railway Bill is at an end, the Committees of both Houses showing no. inclination towards a compromise. Sir Samuel Wilson's salmon experiments are so far very successful, as the young salmon have been deposited in their new home with a very small percentage of loss. A. man named Smith yesterday evening accidentally shot his wife dead,-rt Ynrraville, while examining a loaded pistol. Four theatres are now open in Melbourne, and Bailey and Cooper's circus opens on Thursday. Owing to the news from homo, tieCerberus lias been properly equipped, and plae< d on a war footing. The Indian Famine Fund closed with over L2«,000. The International Exhibition project litis been finally abandoned.