LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1276, 17 December 1869, Page 4

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS

A latcge importing firm, of Melbourne; dealing principally in fairy goods, has been fined £1000 for passing false entries of goods liable to dnfv. , : . ?v

The "Royal TTnmane Society has awarded its bronze medallion to two ladies named Strntt. mother and daughter,: for; saving a lady who sank while bathing in the flea at Geelonsr. Australia, : At Melbourne, Charles N, "Brent has been sent to prison for nix months for beating his step-son, aged six, with a knotted rope. .•-'.;;•• In Victoria, two fresh instances have occurred of the successful application of Professor Halford's remedy (diluted ammo-, nia) for snake-bite. At Melbourne, forty-five persons caught in a Chinese gambling-house have been fined in various sums. A. Catholic school and convent, which will front Victoria-parade and Eades-street, Melbourne, is being built. The foundationstone was laid in the presence of 2000 spectators. . "; . ;.. ~ .-•/,;.. ~;.,.... :' ii: ■ v The convicts Palmer and /'William?, tried at the last Rockhampton (Oueensland). assizes, and found guilty of the murder of Mr. Falligan, the gold-buyer, whom they waylaid and robbed, as he was returning to to town in his bu?gy, have be~n executed. Palmer handed the police-magistrate a written confession of the diabolical crime and its attendant atrocities. Williams asserted his innocence. The fate of Archibald, the publican, who was also convicted, but whose confession probably .assisted the jury in arriving at their verdict in the other : cases, has not yet been decided. The convict Smith, tried and convicted at the last Beech worth (Victoria) Criminal Sessions, of the murder of his wife, has suf- , fered the extreme penalty of the law. The trial of the prisoners in therecent case of conspiracy at Sydney, in. which the creditors of Messrs. M'Kinlay Brothers were defrauded by goods being taken to Melbourne which were supposed to have been shipped to Carpentaria, in the Snowbird, has resulted in the conviction of the two brothers M* Kinky, the men Rogers and O'Brien, arrested in Melbourne, and Shaw, the captain of the Stormbird. Bourke was acquitted. Captain Shaw was afterwards tried for the, burning of his vessel, but the jury could not agree upon a verdict and the case stands, over until the next sessions.

New South "Wales Parliament.— Messrs. Parkes, Buchanan, King, and Sir J. Martin, have been elected for East Sydney. Mr. Sutherland, Minister of Works, has been returned for Paddington. Mr. George A. Lloyd for Newcastle.

A sltght shock of earthquake was felt in Melbourne, and other parts of Victoria, on November 30th.

Ssveual deaths of infants have lately occurred at Melbourne, through having improper food given to them. The quartz reefs at "Waterhouse, Tasmania, are beginning to excite the attention of Victorian speculators. Mr. Lnplan, .of "Ballnrat, is forming a comnany to develope the gold resources of the Pineal district.

A Natal "Review, in which the six war vessels of the Flying Squadron and H.M.V.S. Nelson took nart, came off at Melbourne, on December 4th. There were 20,000 spectators to see it.

The deficiencies in the accounts of Mr. Macey, late treasurer and secretary to the Cheswick Shire (Victoria) Council, amount, as far as is at present known, to £1032 4s. 4d. Tt is believed he is gone to Callao, and that he remitted sums of money there previous to his departure.

Two girls, aged 11 and 12 years^ were found on Sunday evening, Dec. 5, lying in Bouverie-Rtreet, Melbourne, both being very tipsy. Tbev were screaming and kicking up a row. It appears that they had been with some boys, who had given them a quantity of beer and spirits. Mr. J. M. Solomon has been elected Mayor of Adelaide, by a majority of 915 votes.

At Daylesford, Victoria, Peter Leslie^ a farmer, was charged the other day with savagely beating his wife. The bench committed Leslie to gaol for three months, aud ordered him to find £400 security to keep the peace after liberation. At Sydney, a Mr. Calder has brought an action against a captain of the volunteer corps for refusing to send in his name for a commission, although he had been elected to that position. He obtained a verdict of £50 damages against his captain. At the Theatre Epyal, Adelaide, some German amateurs have Riven a performance in aid of the Dresden colliery accident (by which 300 miners were killed) fund, &c. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Edith were present, and the bouse was crammed.

Miss Eleanor Caret, an actress engaged by Mr. "Walter Montgomery to appear at Auckland, has mysteriously disappeared from Sydney. News from Rockhampton reports that all hands have been murdered by the blacks on the Mount Elvin station.