AUSTRALIAN.

Inangahua Times, Issue 51, 3 July 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Mmmjouune, Juno 27. N mvs» per Uin:;aroom;i. P ofessor I'o arson and Mason, as tho two voungoat member*, will move au.i Bc-c id tho Addretj.'i, on tho inditing of the \asombly, Two donations of a thousand each hay) boon pivon towards the foundation.of n vScholarship in connection with Trinity College. Government ore making n lumber of reductions in the public servieo, but in a legifciitnto manner, providiu•; competmtiou for those who retire. # Tho question of tbo prohibl-ion /m j* importod *toek has been mv i d»[i.-"*\' cussed lately, and memorials p:%> afw * con have boen presented to (lit Chief Secretary in New South \Val>-* and Queensland. Tho Art expire noxfc month, hut in Victoria tho pr.)hd>ition is only by proclamation. Be'rrv aiys this colony mu<t follow tl'.o exun do of the neighboring ones, a» it wo'ild ho use'ess if tho prohibition wasrcioyed to keep our port closed. Most <>f t.lui principal breeders and owners of stock faviM 1 the wil.lnU'.nv.il of tho prohibition. The libel action, brought by tiio lion A.. Frasor, M.L t)., against; tho A-y,. resulted in a vord'c.t. of ;.G250 and costs against tho defendant". It; is y;oucrally thought; that tho newspaper g■«u off vory cheap. A dcimo fog enveloped tho oi'y for several hours on Friday night. All traffic in tho streets wns auspondednnd it was impossible to soo ton yards off. No serious nccidonta are roportod, except ono man waa drowned goiny; aboard ship, Or Hope, formerly a mombor of tho Legittliilivo Council, and Chairman of Committooi has died. Ito bad been niling for somo time. John Fisher Dorm, charged with felony under tho Insolvency Act of Now Zealand will likely bo remanded under tho Governor's warrant, Tho Solic'tor who appeared for tho accused objected on tho ground that tho Act; under which tbo chargo had boon hid was ropoftlod by a vow Act passod in 1875.