AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2810, 25 September 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] (Per b.B. Riogaroorna at the Bluff.) MBtDOTTEKB. The Argus' correspondent at the Neir Hebrides writes per Dupleix, under date 3rd inst., from the Island of Tunna, that the etato of feeling among the natives ia very hostile to the French. The chiefs fay they will resist by force any attempt at annexation on the part of that nation. They are not averse, however, to annexation by Great Britain. The execution of the convict Burna hai be°n fixed to tale place at Ararat gaol on the 25th inst. The doomed man received the announcement of his execution with "the utmost nonchalance. The police kept watch yesterday for the arrival of tho Baghalien from Sjdney, as it was reported the informers Kavanagh and Hanlon were aboard. Tho Government had received no official notification that the prisoners had left Sydnoy, but Beverthelesi Inspector Mackey boarded tbo Baghalien shortly beforo her arrival at Williamstown, and coon discovered Hanlon and Kavanagh were aboard the vessel, travelling third clan Han'on assuming the name of Jaoiea Boyle,' and Kavanagh that of John Reilly. The men Beamed very desirous of eettliDg m Australia. They promised to stay aboard during the vessel's stay m the harbor. Mr Bosisto, M.L.A., president of tho Victorian Cimraission to the Calcutta Exhibition, has received letters of a highly interesting character from India, dated 21st August. The opening ceremony will be performed early m December, by the Viceroy, supported by the Governors of Bengal, Madras, Bjmbiy, and the North-west Provinces, and by princes and rajibs throughout the whole empire. The Duke of Connaught will also be present at the ceremony. A very large influx of visitors ia expected. A very Urge and most successful public meeting was held m the Melbourne Town Hall on Monday night to advocate the establishment of a Working Men's Club °: er ' w ,° tboutapd persons were preient! The Bishop of Melbourne moved the first Ti£-« That it i, deiirable to establish a Working Men's Club m Melbourne. He epoke of the Clubs as the means of developing the better faculties of working men, and as institutions he would lifee to see them 'placed m competition with public-houses. The motion was seconded by Mr Douglas, President of the Trades' Union md Mr Justice Higinbotham. The pro' leadings terminated satisfactorily, a Bubicnption list of £3000 being opened. The proposal to commemorate the sixtieth >nn.ver f ary of Dean McCartney's ordination >y obtaining a marble bust of that gentleman 3 being enthusiastically taken up. A meeting or that purpose was held on Saturday. Sir iVill.am Stmrell occupied t he chair. A eeries 'f resolutions were passed at the instance of Jr Mackay, Mr Morris, Mr George Vordon .nd others. It was decided to raiee £250 by übscnption for a suitable bust of the Dean. A rather !destructive fire broke out jesteriieht m the warehouse of Messrs IHooll y-therill & Co., Pitt street. The fi fe bS iut at the back of the building, and it burnt ,n hour before it was mastered. A great wrlion of the .lock was destroyed. The Btook vas valued at £7000 or £8000, and waa m. 32000 m the Scottish Imperial, and £1000 ia

Bbibbahe. The Honorable F. T. Gregory, M.L.C., has accepted the offioo of Postmaster-General m the placa of Mr Morohead, resigned. (Per 3.1. Wakatipu at Wellington.) Stdnbt, Sept. 19. The divorce suit of Hoswilz v. Hoswitz, which has occupied attention during the past fortnight, resulted yesterday m a verdict m favor of the petitioner on all the issues, and £5000 damages agaimt the co-respondent, Solomon. The case, as presented to the jury, appeared very c'.aar as against the respondent and co-respondent, and was supported by documentary evidence of an extraordinary kind. The countercharges of adultery and cruelty brought against Hoswitz were found not to bo proved. The Italian war vessel CaraccioU has arrived here to refit. Sha wbb last at Tahiti and Suva. A wild flower show at Manley proved a splendid success. Very fine weather has been experienced, but rain is wanted. The first flogging under tha Criminal Law Amendment Act was inflictod on Monday for a gross offence of indeeenoy. Mrs Hampson, the lady evangelist, is drawiae crowds to her mission services. Mr Whilton, brother of the Engineor-in-Chief of Railways, committed suicide by blowing his brains out at his brother's house. He had been m bad health, and was depressed m spirits. Bbibbahe. Mr D. Wallace has purchased the racehorse Le Grand for two thousand guineas. Major Frenoh, C.M.G., Royal Artillery, hai been appointed commaiadant of the Queensland Volunteer forces. Theve is little doubt that the Opposition will have a good majority m the cotr Parliament. The barque Ceres was wrecked on August 15th on Brampton Beef*. Two boats left the vessel. One was picked up at sea with the crew m an utterly destitute condition. The captain's boat has not since been heard of. The total amount of riaks on the Rockhampton meat works was £22,000. MBIBOr/BHB. John Mills, captain of tho Ballarat Imperial Football Club, waa so badly injured m a game that he has since died. Babbits are increasing to an alarming extent on the Wimmera. Mr R. McGregor, one of the members for Emerald Hill, is dead. One of the workmen injured by tha fall of a portion of Rocke's m Collins street, is dead. In the Divorce Court a divorce was granted to the husband m tha case of Hickling v. Hickling. Tho respondent has £900 a year m her own right. It is believed that the Irish informers now aboard the Baghalien, will land at Mauritius. The Rev. Mr HcEachern asserts tbat an outrage has boen committed on the Christian community, and that the Rev. C. Strong's public teachings were precisely on the lines of Judge Higinbotham's lecture. Mr Strong had brought a man to his church to say plainly what he had not the courage or manliness to say himself.