TELEGRAPHIC.

Inangahua Times, Issue 78, 4 September 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [rim punas association] AUSTRALIAN. BtUFP, September 3rd, Tho following Austruliati news camo to hand this afternoon. Mkmwurnr, August 20, Tho Eoforra Bill debate is ov«, but how long it will take to got it through Oommittoo is impossible to say us a largo number of amondmonls have to bo movod from both sides of tho House ; tho Goi vcrnraont aro anxious to oloso tho session in Ootobcr, but thoro appears to be little ohtneo of that nsm addition to Reform Bill tho Railway construction Budget, Estiniatos, besidos other measures ol gonoral legislation havo to bo dealt with. Berry is anxious to got tho sossion over that "he may tako ship to England as principal Commissioner in chargo of Reform lf fi>o election of Dr W, E. Hewn. Bonn of tho Faoulty of Law, to a scat in tho Legislative Council for tho Central I rovinco was a great triumph ? tho Central Provinoo contains ten thousand voters, or one-third of tho whole voting power of tho Council constituents, and the large minority of 2,272 sccurod by Dr Hearn <vng n strong expression of opnion or tho Upper Houso constituency against tho Gorornmont Voform measure, nnd tho plobi«o'tumas Dr Hoarn was considorod in oxtromo mnn, while his opponont Bobert Byrno, professed moderate views, and moreover secured the Catholic Totos ; tho vofosrccordod woro Hoarn, 3,005 : Byrno, 1723. Tl'O Stevenson prosocution for conspir toy has ' resulted in the jury disagreeing, and tho defendants havo boon bound over to apponr whon oallod on, but, it is not likely that tho Government will risk anothor prosecution as in tho prosent mHtftnee tho disagreement of the jury was only caused by two obstinate men who wished to conviot Stevenson at nny oost, they woro quite proparod to discharge the otlior dofondants j tho nnmbors wero ten to two, tho mnjority boing for ncmiittal. Tho iudgo, in summing up tho ovidonoo, wns very rough on Stevenson, and somewhat so'voro on tho practices of morohnntH in general, but notwithstanding tho tinftvorablencss of tho Judgejj 1 charge, and tho Rtrong dosiro of the Crown imd the arrnt liberal party to socuro a eonyiotion tho majority of tho jury took a different view and really tho case for the Crown was a vorv weak ono, and absolutely proved nothing , , „ Tlicio is groat danger of the eablo duplication negotiations falling through ; altogether thodirootors in London doclino to accept all tho conditions imposed nnd especially thoso in reforonoo toPross oombination ; if tbo combinations aro not per* mittedto be unrestricted, tho principal newspapers who now pay largo sums annually to the Oablo Company would not avail thomsolVos of tho proposed re duotions, preforriug rather to remain as of. present and pay tho full rato ; in that oaso tho Government would not grant tho subsidy ns no reciprocal bonoflt would bo obtained oxcopt a duplicate cablo whioU just now is not an absolute necessity. Colonel Glovor leaves for England next month, goiniz by way of Port Durwin, and somotliing may be dons on his arnrol in Eimland. Wo havo at last hoard the last of tho Potts' infant ease ; tho woman Fitxdbbons pleadod guilty to stoaliug tho child, and has boon sontoncod to two yoars im» prisonment, somo portion to bo spent in solitary conßnomont, Hon. W. .T, Olarko has boon appointed President of tho international oxhihition commission, to bo hold at Melbourne, in 1880 At tho annual show of Australian sheep now boing hold, somo magnificent sheep aro being exhibitod, which nro said to bo tho finest over scon. Twenty pure morinos from tho flock of Mr Pittis, South Australia, realisod £1(181.