AUSTRALIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2712, 7 December 1876, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

' (Per s.s. Alhambra, vi& Hokitika.) Sydney, Nov. 25. , Bennett's offer to play the English Orioketera on D«o. 1 and 2 waa deolined a« the time waa inauflloiont to make arrangements. During tho raoe for flehiog boats one was I capsized, and a man named Fonnoll drowned. i The body of a olork in tho Bank of Now ■ South Wftles waa found on tho railway line l with tho neok broken Nov. 28. The prospcotora in tho Canal lead, Gnlgong, havfi unearthed a nuggot weighing 64'jzs. The Englishmen play 22 of Nowcostlo on ' Doo. 12 and 18. 1 Nov. 29. i A man named Mainwaring was aoolded to doath by falling into a vat of beor. Roberts and Dean arranged to ploy three matches for £25 a aide Boborta boat Dean ' in tho flrat matoh and Dean won the Booond. Apbiaidb, Nov. 25. Mr Poaeook was ro-oleoted Mayor without : opposition. ' Tho Govornment havo refstriotod tho num- , bor of imrnigranta to arrive during winter toone full ahip per two monthe. A aharo in the Wallaroo mino has boon sold ' for £10(50. John Primrose, a well known brewer, is dead, aged 73. Tasmania. A orushing, at the New Nativo Youth olatms, of 1100 tons of quartz, gavo 1600 ounces. Queensland, Nov. 29. Tho A. and E, Co.'s rffiae will mako Brisbane tho terminus of thoTorrea Strait mail, for a subsidy of £50,000, but will nofc do it for £40,000. Parliament will ho prorogued on Friday. Tho Asaombly voted £21,000 for a telegraph offioe, and £9000 for tho muaoutn. Mbkbocbne. The dobato on tbe purohaao of tho Hohson's Bay railway has oooupied tho attention of tho Assembly. Thoro is strong opposition to tho proposal by a eootion of tho community, both inside and outsido tho Houao. The Bottling ovor tho races has not boon quite satisfactory to tho bookmakers, aoveral largo Bums being still owing to them from the field ore. Briioiß and Calumny aro best favourites for tho Champion raoo. The oaso of the Rev R. R. Ewing has oooupied tho attention of the Presbyterian oirole. The Beoohworth congregation atill stand to him notwithstanding tho deoision of tho Ohuroh Assembly. Theatrical matters aro dull. Majoroni made a groat hit as tho Old Corporal. Mrs Soott Siddons has closed her ongagomont. Tho oirous is now on the wane. Tho Freo Trade Leoguo is rooking evory effort to rondor their programme known. Thoy aro assisted by Mr H. Taylor, tho Labourers' Union delegate, who is not very well reooived.