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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 857, 7 August 1879, Page 2

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♦ - [Per Rihgarooma, at the BiWv.] In the Victorian Legislative Assembly a private member has brought forward a proposal that the Supreme Court shall try election petitions instead of a- parliamentary committee. The Government oppose the proposal. Some London thieves have lately arrived* m Melbourne , and have been making successful raids among '. the tradesmen, of the city. A leading jeweller was cleverly swindled to a large amount by one of the swell-nlobsmen who personated a physician.' The Academy of Music, the prettiest theatre m Melbourne, and the lease of the Victoria Arcade, seven years to run, only £30,400, which is £15,000 less than they cost. These were sold -m the estate of Joseph Aarons. A foreigner who recently.,... died at • Drysdale (Victoria) bequathed £200 to be spent m a general snout for everybody m- the district. ; " Archbishop Vaughan, of New, South Wales, refuser? to confirm children attending the State schools. The secular Press almost unanimously condemn his gastoral letter on the subject. At foulbourn most of the congregation. left the church before the Bishop finished reading his letter. The Sydney University, if convinced that there is an. earnest demand for University education for women, will endeavor to meet it approximately. The Sydney Daily Cmirier, a protectionist paper has ceased to exist. The amended Quarantine Bill enact a that all stock arriving free of infection shall be quarantined at the discretion of the Chief Inspector. / The South Australian banks have agreed to furnish the Government vrith something under a million, accepting for security the bonds of the authorised loan. . . It is belived that a diamond field exists at Echunga, a village 20 miles from Adelaide. . . The Brisbane Exhibition opens on the 30th July and promises to be very successful. The collection •: of mme rals, wool, timber; pearl; :shell,, fibres,, and stock is very fine. ' v • ■ "" '"'" '