AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XIII, Issue 3690, 26 August 1880, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sydney, August 19. The asphalt paving laid experimentally in one section of George-street, cost over '.five thousand. The freight of blocks j alone cost sixteen hundred. The blocks I are chipping a little, but appear likely to I onduro.

Agrarian outrages are rife in the Braid' wood district.

Tho miners at Mount Pleasant, Woolongong, have decided not to accept the proposed reduction of wages, but are open to arbitration. It is intended to construotan arcade from from George to Pitt streets, occupying the site of the Victorian Theatre, recently burnt.

The investigations relative to the theft of gold point to the conclusion that the bos was removed prior to being shipped, and an empty box substituted. The steamer people say they remarked at the time of shipment that the box was much lighter than the others. The wharf at Cooktown is about a third of a mile from the bank, tho route running along the main street. The Custom House is a wooden shed on the wharf. The bank sent the box sealed with three National Bank seals. The box received had no bank seals but two without impress, and one Custom House. None of the other gold boxes had the Custom's seal.

Mblbou«nb, August 15.'

A petition from the foreign residents has been presented the Governor in favour of a commutation of the death sentence passed on Charles Hansen, a Swede, for rape.

_ A man named Gowdie has been convicted of attempting to murder one Best, who had relations with Gowdie's wife. The jury recommended him to mercy on account of the provocation. The judge concurred, inflicting a nominal penalty, and discharged the prisoner.

A young woman in male apparel was brought up before the Police Court. She had made off with a gentleman-friend's clothes for a frolic, and was discharged with a lecture.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

In the Insolvency Court, Samuel de Young, merohant, of Port Adelaide, accountant, reported a deficiency of £24,195.

A meeting of manufacturers has deoided by a large majority that the Factories Bill before Parliament is uncalled for.

In the Assembly, Mr Darling's motion for the establishment of a Maternity and Foundling. Hospital near Adair was discussed. It was argued that it is desirable for tbe protection of illegitimate children, and the reclamation of unfortunate girls, but opposed on the ground that snoh institutions offor a premium to vice, The motion was eventually carried, and also a resolution that the Government subsidise pound for pound subscribed.