Australian News.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1905, 10 February 1875, Page 2

Australian News.

The South Australian Auditor-General's returns shew that the expenditure last - year was £1,050,000; and: tlie revenue £1,004,000,. _: . ; A human hand and portion of the flesh have been found in Melbourne, in the house of a miserly woman named Connor,' receitly deceased: - .vv^v.v.v The South Australian Government hare promised £2500 towards the expense of , representing this colony at the Philadelphia Exhibition., ,r» ■; „ ■* -, - Hubert Strother, a carpenter, wai fcfljed in Adelaide by sunstroke, caused by driaking water oh an empty stomach. . Proprietor*, of various wdqstriej in South Australia are agitating against the operation of the.: Health Act,, on. the ground that it is'repressing industries. £> private Xipnaon telegram dajjifd ■ Jahuary 21/ quotes wheat at 4Ss, .^t downward tendency/* ■ Ili'^••■■''' * '• f lf The" importer ci fancy goodj in If el* bourne have-asked -: the TlWsirir fc* m, remission w, such duties as are. nol^protective.;, -; r The T Treajturer r«pl^e4,>:i»at compliance with^tneir request' would necesiitate an entire cban^slif rJEaqil poUcj_ye>bnuse4/;c^«^ a tutuxt date ou articiotaot maniMt^QJßed ■here. . - , " Y:bbo"Tlier loss, of the brig ObflrlfoMSigMft Groupeis attributed to thMHaf^tfalpjaf his course in such thick : wwatiir;! vipt. Anderson's certificate Km b*&%Mptrfcrad for three months. . . r< * WilliamFrteiutotlc, wlioW,oo«apied a position in the IVotboupjsiry's office, Melbourne, for t a period of or e er twenty years, has been found dead from the effects of strychnine, which he j| Buppoted to have taken by mistJike,- 7'^|:^ The Collingwood "Gas Company hare declared a <lividen£'.of 10 per aim. fip a bonus of Us per share. . '„ -v 7| Two unmistakable salmpa/JaAs^l^ieiL caught within, a week on the other side of the rirer, opposite Hobart Town., \k . William Sharp, musician, an oHreii- ; dent of Launceston ? , w«f found dead in bed. He died of apoplexy. Walter Aldridge, a well-connected gro« cer, died at Adelaide from inhaling chloroform previous to an operation. • * $ Nearly £1.000 has been colledwj'for the relict and family of the late Mr Gollfo merchant broker, of Adelaide.

The South Australian Tfeaiaiir stated that he expected £80,000 woUd ben- . quired for education purpose!. - At a meeting of South Australia* manufacturers, it was resolved; to appeal to the Government to relieve frctories from the repressive operation ol the Health Act. ' , ; , y..,, ~ Captain Douglas, formerly Government Resident at the Northern ■ Territory, has been appointed Police Magistrate at Singapore. The foundation atone of a large Jewilk synagogue was laid in Hyde £ark, Sydney on^Arinfyersary Day. Mr Sydney Steahen, the Victorian,XJounty Court, san < officer ef twenty^eight years' standmgjgnd Captain Parham, of the ship Norfolk, recently arrired, died this- morning. A very limited number of responses jkave been 1 rcceittd from intending exhibitors at the Philadelphia Exhibition! The mutilated 1 bbdyiof a child hat been found by a dog, at Bacchus MarsU* Victoria. (A< young ■' woman ha« been ar^i 'rested-.. ; - ' ; At JTobart Town, a-maa, while firing » salute in honor, of, thf ;Qorernor, had one l ofhis arms shot offi^>u^ V '" ' Sir James Hurtle Fisher, formerly • Speaker of the South Australian LegislativeA««embly, is dead, aged 85 jyears. He was father or Messrs C. B^andHortle Kikei^--- .".',. ' '„ •;.. .«„•■ • Becent advices from New Caledonia sta.te.ihat numerous Government offieieit at Noumea have been summarily removed by the orders of the^GoifroMent at Parii. Several citizens have also \>een expelled from the colony*: and the If asonic lodge, L'Unioa Caledonienne, has been arbi. trarily oleted. ;, -.- .;■ ::.-•,".; . TheEev. Andreir Boliertson r of Weit Melbourne Presbyterian Church, died suddenly. . „ The cricket match between New South Wales and>Hobart Town was won&j the former, with eight wickets to spare, ' Oii s the. passapr#<>f the Tararua, from New. Zealand to KeU bourne, one ,ot the saloon passengers, Captain Knight, of the ship Bebinrton, now at .Neyr Zealand, died from henrk disease and dropsy, about three days after leaving port. fhe Bebington ia chartered to proceed, to; Adelaide from Kew Zealand to load, and Captain Knight was on Ms way to Melbourne, to transact business U connection with the charter, Victoria Has applied, oy telegram, for 15,000 feet of floor space, and 7,500 feet of wall space, at the Philadelphia Exhibition. . .- •.. r-^ : -r .-. .. * ' .; - The Victorian Government lose ££,000 by the burning of the Avenal JSailway station, not inclusive of goods stored. ' The St. Osyth^feft THel^mrn^:for

London full of passengers; a number of persons accompanied her to the Heads. The cottage of a ,man named Irvine W^as bxuait at Yarraville, near Footscray, and ij^e houses adjoining were also <3estrosed. Human remains were found charred, which are supposed to be those of Irvine's wife.

At Melbourne a number of light sovereigns are in circulation. There hare been sereral cases of sunstroke in Melbourne; one was fatal. The weather has been the hottest' known there for eighteen years. Eighteen players hare been selected in Melbourne, preliminary to the choice of an eleven for the, intercolonial cricket match to be played in Sydney. * Mir Blackhain. -who was struck by a cricket ball oh the breast bone, and seriously .injured,; is-jnow^ considered to be out of danger, ot fatal results. . An important chess match for £20 aside, between Messrs Goldsmith, of the Melbourne Ohess Club, and CM. Fisher, of Sydney has been arranged. - The player whp first wins five games to take the stakes. ; . _ A serious accident occurred to a BalJarafctrain/which: rail ofF'the, line,: the break failing to effect a stoppage. Sereral persons injured ; one receiving hurt that is believed will be fatal. A female miser died at Fitzroy (Victoria), and severel hundred pounds have been found in her house. She lived in a miserable condition. The Land Mortgage Bank, Melbourne, has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. At the Saridridge fire the corpse of a child and its coffin were burned. A fancy fair, under the patronage of the Hon. Lady Robinson and Mrs Goode»bufch;,~was held on board the ship Paramatta* Circular Quay, in aid of the funds q£ th*- Asylum for destitute children, 'tftndwiclt, and of ,t{ie Merchant Seaman's Orphan Asylum. The sum realised was £830.. . A man died in Sydney through a bush tick;getting into his skin. There has been a death from sunstroke in the country. ' A child in Sydney was poisoned through eating Datura Strawonium or thorn apple. At Melbourne a fire broke out on the Norjjh-Eastern line, and destroyed the goods-station at Avenel. ' Two men having been committed s for trial for having caused the death of a, child named Edward-Jones, at Eichmond,

Victoria. ,- The body of a woman name unknown, has been found in the Yarra. A Brown snake over two feet long was killed in s lane-off Georg«-street, Sydney. The mortality in Sydney "is causing a jfood deal of alarm; 322 deaths occuredin 22 days. f , At a woman named Douglass,' died of cholera. . In Melbourne, there, is an excess of deaths over births shown by the week's returns for the Metropolitan district. Another mysterious death of a child has occured at Richmond, Victoria. An unusual number of inquests have been held in Victoria; relative to the cause of sudden deaths.

A fire took place at the Bank at Penola, caused by a kerosene explosion; a servant girl was birned to a cinder, and a young man named Wheeler, when trying (© save her, had a narrow escape. ". The South Australian Government proposes immediately to carry out the recommendation of the Post Office Commission, with the exception of a uniform penny postage. His Excellency Governor Cairns disembarked at noon on Saturday, the 23rd January, tinder salute,at manned yards. The Barracouta anchored in the river off the gardens. On landing, his Excellency was received by the Ministry, the Parliament, the Mayor and Corporation—the latter presenting an address of welcome, which was loyally anii cordially,received. There was also a procession of societies, '&§.; tnrough the streets. After the oaths had been administered several addresses of welcome Were presented. His Excellency publicly thanked all who had taken part in the demonstration of welcome for .their cordial and kind reception and loyal feeling they had exhibited towards the ,-^jresentative of her Majesty the Queen. '^A great storm occured in Queensland, between Toowoomba and Warwick. It was so violent that a train with forty passengers (including Sir Redmond Barry) was literally blown off the line and upser. The passengers were only slightly inrush to the main Palmer diggings, seventy > miles . from Edward's : town. Several good discoveries reported at the Hormanby rush. About one thousand znenthere.^ Provisions cheap and plentiful. Old workings on the Palmer deserted. "- ' The blacks attacked a party at Laura, and killed one man and wounded another. The blacks are reported very bad at the new rush. . Trade is very dull in Cooktown. Stocks of all descriptions heavy.