LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 3217, 17 January 1876, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I^elbotjr-ne, Jan. 11.

There is quite a rush of candidates jfor the yacant seat in .the Assembly.- .The Minister of .Railways is • amongst the

number.

Parliament meets to-morrow, when, $ is stated, Jhe Opposition will commence policy of obstructing. business, but nothing definite as' to their intentions is" yet known.

Mason has met his constituents in South Gipps Land, and after a statement of .his , betting transactions has received votes of confidence and sympathy. ' The Essie Black, a' coaster in t the Newcastle tra^e, iVis fearejsjt* '.has' been' Jo^t, Government ihave sent out a vesse.l to Kent's Group in search.

The Hibernia with the deep sea portion of the New cable' is 1 ' expected 1 ' in about three "weeds'; ' Several' 'oncers p£ |,the compauy are now in, Melbourne,

lima de Murska leaves for New Zealand at the close of the month. " ! j ' - "^ Scarlet fever Ha's broken out at the Protestant .Orphanage. -TJie^eaci teacher died. All the -State jSehoola on Hill in the vicinity of 'the institution losed

remam c.

A.' match tor £500 a side, onpapda^alf miles over hurdles, between Cronstadt and Stranger came off on Saturday on the Melbourne course. It was won easily by the former.

The sale of shorthorn cattle at Robertson's, Colac, attracted about 700 persons from all parts and from adjoining Colonies. The ,total realised wa» £30.826. The highest t price paid was £2200 for the heifer~Roan Duchess. Samuel i&ar'cliner purchased to |the extent of over £7000. The competition for some of the stock was very keen and exciting. The Torres Strait mail reached Bris-

bane. The steamer touched on the Anglcan reef, in Torres Strait, but will get off. The mails, passengers, and specie was conveyed to Sourabaya. The coals werejettisomed on the morning of the 6th. The lowest temperature was recorded in January for the last eighteen years. It is still very cold and v isertled.

The City of San Francisco has been docked in Sydney, and will sail with the mails on the 14th.

The cable has been laid at New Caledonia, from Noumea Peninsula to the Island of Nov.

Thirty-six entries were made for the Australian Cup, and 40 for the Newmarket Handicap, to be run at the Autumn Meeting at Memmgton.

A fire at Vaughan's steam sawmills, Grenfell, destroyed the whole of the buildings and stock, inflicting great loss, being uninsured. The Revenue returns published show the revenue ' for the past year to be £4,215,524, being an increase on the previous year ot £161,660'!

The Tasmanian year's revenue shows a surplus of nearly £25,000.

Heavy rains the last few days caused floods, and have done considerable damage to the main line of railway between Ross and Campbelltown. Several persons were drowneJ in attempting to cross the river.