AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(PbbAbawata at the Bluff.) Biuff, Doc. 8. The following additional Australian news was brought by the Arawafci :— Moonlile conceived organising a gang to (tick up the mnil eteatner, sailing from Adelaide as atcerngo pasßongera. The plan was to induoo the Lascar crew to mutiny, and toize the officers and vessel. Moonlite would then forco the bullion room, and compel the Lascars to Inke the gang and plunder ashore. October the first has bcon definitely fixed' for the inauguration of tho Exhibition. It is probable a premium of fifty guineas will bo offered, for the words of tho inaugural cantata, and ono hundred guincaß for tho be«t musical composition. . ' Mr' Berry rcfus.-s to provido tho endow merit of municipal bodtrs beyond noxt September, louving tho now Parliament to express its opinion. Tho Minister of Instruction is classifying tenchere, m order that promotion may m future be given by merit and seniority. Sydnby. A fatal coach accident ocoutrod ncor Mailland. The driver fell off m a fit, the horses bolted, Mid the coach capsized. A young lady wns killed and Joveral othorswore seriously injured. Bust has appeared m several places, and is expected to affect; the crops. ' A largo firo *t' Greenfield destroyed property worth £IO;C3O. Tho township was eared with difficulty. Twelve housos wore burnt, ■ Mr Alexander Stuart, Member for East Sydney, has nccoptod the Agent-Generalship. Tho Bill lo legalise tho uso of tho totalizator at racecourses has boon introduced. ' Mr Dent, late paymaster for tho Syduey City Council, embezzled £800. Tho sale of oxhibita m Iho Gardan Palace is strictly prohibited. Tho entries for tho Sydney calllo show, on December ISIIj, flro not numerouß. The Catholic opposition to the Education Hill is strengthening. , r :
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 1628, 9 December 1879, Page 2
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