AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3054, 8 July 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Bt Tbi.eobai'h.) (Per 6.5. Arawala at, the Bluff.) MBLBOQBHn, July 2. Considerable approboniion has beon aroused m tho city owing to the appearnnoe of h diaenee wliinli iome doctors declare is smallpox and others state is aggravated chickenpox. A enso occurred m (ho Hospital, and a Itudent named MeG-ill onußht tho disease, which, whatever it is, i< highly coitngiouii. A largo gathering of Firomon was held yoitorday, about ono thousand assembling they held gportn and orguniied a torchlight procession. The Telegraph Department his adopted a plan for prepaying meanagns m Stamps, thus saving a large amount of olpricnl work. A, W. C. Stiff.-, » nativo of Wellington, only lately arrivoci m the oniony, ehot hiiueelf m M'Cullook's bonded etore on Friday. The dcooueed had born m a despondent frame of mind owing to dulncst of trade. His accounts wero all oorroot. Sir floury Locke, tho now Govornor may bo oxpeoled to arrive shortly. He will stay a ihort timo m Tasmania before coming to Melbourne! The French »hip Loire lisa arrived at Hobson's Bay, en route for New Caledonia. She had on board a number of Frenoli female oonviots. Tlie po)io» authorities maintain » ■triot lurvoilanco while ihe ie m harbor.

HOBABT. Tuesday. The revenue fur the past y>ar is the largest ever receivod. In hi* speech the Governor stated Parliament would he invited to consider the proposals for a Federal Council. Offers would be mifle for a direct ftenni aervice to England. They would-* 6 a«ked to sanction the appointment of an Agent General m London. In cunsequ-;nco of the increased revenue it was contemplated t-> repeal the duty on cattle and theep. Vaiiou* matters of internal economy would be dealt wilh. Sybnby. Mr Barton, Speaker of the Atieembly, baa sprained hi* ankle. He will bo lvi J up some time. Mr A. Q-. Taylor, the Member for Mudgee, •was guilty of most disorderly oonduct m tho Afscmbly on Tuesday night, and had to withdraw his words and apologise. John Adams, who rhot his wife and abeoonded, has boon apprehended and remanded for a week. Tha Marine Board has suspended the cerlifieate of the master of tho schooner Surpnso, wrecked off Seal Rtoiiß, for nix. months, for careless navigation. ' A deputation, headed by Mr Barry, waited on the Minister for Instruct ion, an 1 made representations as to the desirability of giving rel'gious instruction m public echjila. ilm Minister stated every facility would be given for ulloiving special religious instruction, provided it did not interfere with t!u« general work, bal tin.' State oculd cut undertake the matter. Adelaide. In the Assembly on Tuesday Mr Colton, the Premier, introduced ti.e Ministerial financial p ilioy. Ho proposed, m view of lh..ieficincy m th» revenue, io iutroduco a land tix wi;h>ul exemption and an income tax witli exemption undiT £300 a \ear. It wiis inti"tir!cd ta gra'lua'ly withdraw' subsidies frnm the Distriol Councils anil from Corporations. One important pr .possl wos the withdrawal of the Jubilee Exhibition Hill, a» the Government fon^ide^ the colony cannot afford to carry out tho scheme with the fiaanove m their present condition. Tho Hon. W. H. Bundy, Q.O , has bee.i appointed a Judge of tlm Sup-ema Court m tho plice i { the ln<e Mr Justine Andrews. South Australia has expressed her willingiiees to contribute townrde the maintenance n{ a High Commissioner m the Western Pacific, provided the subridy be iv proportion t> the population of the colony.