Additional Australian.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2122, 22 October 1875, Page 3

Additional Australian.

Per s.s. H-ingaeoosia,

(Pee Pkeßs Agengy.)

MELBOUBNE,

October 17

The Ministry is not yefc absolutely formed, but. by Tuesday next the complete list will be announced to the House. The names will include several members of the late Kerford Government, with Mr Kerford as Attorney-General, Mr MoPherson as Chief Secretary, Sir J. McCulloch as Treasurer and" Premier, Mr Gillies as Minister of Lands, and one or two new men, perhaps Mr Madden and Mr- Jones, with. Mr W. Wilson in the Upper House. „ ■■" 1% The Church Assembly is sitting, and \\ dealing with? matters ofsome importance •~the election of Bisiiops, and providing for the pecuniary wants of the Church. Two nightmen, named Kaingather and son, were suffocated by foul air in emptying a cesspool in East Melbourne. Greenwich pensioners are dissatisfied, because the increase iv pensions after a certain age does not extend to those in the colonies, and they have resolved to petition the Admiralty. Bentley, Jate manager of the Bank of New South Walea at Beechw'brth, was sentenced to nearly eight years for making false entries, and the accountant, Hughes, to three and a-half years. The South Australian Parliament was prorogued to November 10th. The Governor, in his speech, referred glowingly to the future prospects of the colony. Mr layton delivered a free trade lecture atEaglehawk, a mining township, last , night, and was very wa?mly received. Th.c Cyphrenes reached Sydney yesterday. Shipping.—Sailed : Prom Melbourne -r-loth, Mfiry Bannatyno, for Hokitika ; 16th, Gleaner - for Greymouth. NewCastle—Arrived : 14th, Emily McLaren, from Wellington. Sydney—Sailed: 15th, Moneynick,for Auckland.