AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 3014, 4 June 1875, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, May 29. The business of the Parliamentary session is scarcely commenced, but a | Mining on Private Property Bill has been ' introduced and a motion for the reduuetion of inland postage has been discussed and withdrawn. The Treasurer stated that ths present loss on inland postage was £100,000 The Government intend submitting resolutions- relative to the annexation of , New Guinea by the Imperial Government, It is probable an expedition will proceed from Melbourne shortly. An outbreak of typhoid fever has occurred at Kew, several deaths have taken place. Mr Thomas M'Kellar, having resigned his seat in the Council, Mr Samuel Wilson of Brciidon, is a candidate. A quack doctor named Both well has been fined for practising without qualifications. Business is dull ; breadstuffs are unchanged ; Hennessy's brandy is advancing. Sydney. The steamer New England went ashore yesterday at Clarence Heads. Tenders for a Califomian service are invited up to the 10th June. The defective railway iron imported is causing great loss to the Colony. Proceedings will probably be taken against the contractors in England. Arrived — Glimpse, from Auckland, at Newcastle. Adelaide. Lurline won the Queen's Hundred easily. A no-confidence motion in the Government, resulted in a defeat of the Govern - Bbisbane. ment last night, by a majority of four. Latest accounts from the Palmer are very good. The whites and Chinese are reported to be doing well. In some cases the Chinese are making from half an ounce to an ounce per day from ground left by the whites. The steamer Killarney arrived from Hong Kong with 500 Chinese. Others are announced on the way.