AUSTRALIAN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4148, 4 June 1875, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

; - ; - ■"■'. Melbourne, May. 2366. The bttsinens of the Parliamentary aesjnoa has scarcely commenced, but a Mining on. Private Property Bill was introduced, aad a motion for the reduction of inland postage was discussed and withdrawn. The Treasurer stated the present loss o» inland postage was £100,000. The Government intend submitting resolutions relative' to the annexation of NewGuinea by the Imperial Government. It js probable an expedition will proceed from Melbourne1 shortly. An outbreak of typhoid fever has occurred at Kew, several deaths have taken place. Mr Thomas M'Kellar having resigned his seat in the Council', Mr Samuel Wilson, of Ercildown, is a candidate.

A quack doctor named1 BolheriH has been, fined £10 for practising without qualifications. . v

.Business is dull. Breadstuffs are unchanged. Hennessy's brandy is advancing;

Sydss'ev, May 29tb.: The steamer New England went ashore yesterday at the Clarence Heads. ' ; ' - Tenders for the Californian Mail Service are invited up to the lOth of June. The defective railway iron imported is causing great loss to the Colony. Proceedings will probably be taken against the contractors in England. Arrived.—Glimpse, from Auckland, afe Newcastle.

Adelatdk, May 3Otfe Lurline won the Queen's Hundred easily. The No Confidence motion resulted in the defeat of the Government last night by a majority of four. Latest accounts from the Palmer are very food. - The whites and Chinese doing welL n some cases the Chinese are making from half an ounce to 1 ounce per day from ground left by the whites. The steamer Killarney arrived from Hong Kong with. 500 Chinese. Others are aanoanced.