AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2799, 12 September 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] (Per s.B. Zs-ilandis at Auckland.) Stdnht, fept. 6. Ministers were recently banqueted m various parts of the country, but no expositions of Ministerial policy m regard to the Land Bill baa befn made. Parliament meets for the despatch of buii« ness on the 9;h Oct 'her. Ou i be day the Metropolitan wai run the weather mis very unpleasant, clouds of duit hlowing iibou', with a cold wind. Too attendance on the course did nnt fxceod nine thousand. The victory of The Gem ■was a good thing for the bookmakers, as he started at 12 to I. It required fire attempts before a start was mide, and then the start was indifferent. The Gom was splendidly ridden by McQrvdc, who only won by the ihortett of he>id« on the pist. The divorce case of Hornitz v. HnrnitE it proceeding. The petitioner ia well known m mercantile circles. A young man named Solomon ib the corespondent. The decision of the Judges m the Herald contempt case raised attorm of indignation m the Press of the colony, and is generally con* deemed. Brisbane. Tho steamer Tunganim ii lying brached on Fern Island, near Cape York, with a hole m her bows. It is supposed the nine Chinamen who M» cently left Cairns for Johnston river b»va been murdered by blacks near Bussell river. MEtBOtTBNB. The Government intend to immediately re # move tho old Princess bridge and erect a temporary structure. The present season is reported to be the best m the north-weatern district for ten yesra. The licensee of the Temperance Hall hat been fined for allowing the 1 >bbiea and gangway of the building !o be overcrowded at a Salva'ion Army meeting. At a stud cheep sale, a ram from the slud of Mr John Cuminings, after a spirited oompetition, was knocked down fit 3150 guineas to the Hon. S. 8 Cutnming. The competition wne between tho buyer and Messrs W. Cumtning and Co. This is more than doubts the price ever puid before. Another ram, from Mr Chas. H. Grey's flock, was Bold for 1000 guineas The highlit price paid for sn Ercil« doune ram was 300 euioeas.