AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2819, 5 October 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Bt Tblbobaph.] (Per a.c. Mannpouri at Auckland.) Sydney:, Slept. 29. On Thursday evening a terrific thunderstorm broke over the city, continuing for some hours. The wind blew with great force and rain fell m blinding torrents. The lightning was very vivid, with awful crashes of thunder. Some damage is reported, but no loss of life occurred. The soa was very high along the coast. During a fire last night at Findley'a horse bazaar, m Pitt street, s>me horses which were cut looße got aivay and were killed. The Government intend entertaining members at a two daje' picnic at Port Hacking jual previous to the re-aHembling of Parliament. Five larrikins are now m custody m connection witb the Woolloomoolloo outrage. The inquest w»s still further adjourned. General Sir T. P. Haynes is now visitiDg tbia colony. Mr Fornell, Minister of Lands, from rheumatic gout m his head. Another tram accident occurred yeaterday. A man, while m a ttate of intoxication, got m front of a motor, and naa killed ins'antaneouily. Brisbane. The present inilux of immigrants to Queensland is unprecedented. During the past few weeks the arrivals totalled neirly 2500. Four sailing vessels are now on their way out, bringing over 2200 besides those who will arrive by the regular British-India steamers. Orer 6400 tons of sugar were exported from Queensland from the 6th July to the 21at September. Mr Griffiths met with a most entbuaiaitic reception at Toowomba. Meiboubnb. Mr Vale, ex- Attorney-General, has became a candidate for Emerald Hill as a supporter of the Government. Cbaa. J. Smyth, charged with embezzlement from the Bank of Auckland, has been remanded to New Zealand. The loss of several vesiels has induced the Melbourne underwriters to increase tbe premiums on the hulls of all sailing vrs-els, from 10 to 11 per cent on coasters, and to 16 per cent otherwise. Messrs Howard Smith and Sona have formally transferred their steamboat business to a limited liability company with a capital of a million. A. motion m the Church of England Assembly, that tbe use of the Atbanasian Creed m the Church service be rendered optional instead of mandatory, was shelved. Mr Thorne, manager of the Coffee Palace, claims the reward of £1000 for giving information of tbe movements of Corbett, the Commercial Bank robber.