TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, 30 July 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [PBB PBES3 ASSOCIATroN."] AUSTRALIANS NEWS. Pek Fotomahana. Melbourne, July 20. The week concluded tosdny has been mostly occupied with the elections and their results with regard to the future. Gratification is generally felt at the tone of moderation taken up by the Opposition press, though this was somewhat modified the anticipations of going back on changes in the Civil Service, commencing with the expected reinstatement of Farrell. Speculation is rife regarding Berry and O'Shanassey, who probably will not meet till the Governor summonses the new Premier. The other intercolonial news is not of striking importance. The election returns show that the Ministers gained the seats for Dundas, Ovens, and Ballarat, but, on the other lifk-nd, lost West Bourke, Emerald IT 11, Geejong, PoleWitri b, Kielunonil, M -n-is, and elsewhere. The new Parliament'

includes only a few new men, viz.. Officer and Zinke. The Argus, in a leader the day following the election, considers the financial position such, that every facility should be afforded the new Government. It attributes the -Ministerial defeat to the gross misrepresentation of the Opposition such as — That Service favoured thp Chinese ; that the working man ought to subsist on 5s per day ; acd finally tc the Catholic vote. It recommends an attitude of watchful expectation. The Age, in a Jpader, after exalting the success of the Berry party, despite of the lies and misrepresentation unparalleled in the aunals of political warfare, says the party will use their victory temperately with a view to general pacification and carry on the complete work of reform ; after which it will return to the practical business of legislation with improved machinery. In view of O'Shanassy's and Berry's recent declaration it is not surprising if reform is dropped. i It is expected that the new Ministers will take steps to stop plural voting, to which the Age attributes the Ministers obtaining so many seats. The rumors of the personnel of the new cabinet are manifestly unreliable. It is stated that if O'Shannassy joins he willi,bave the Chief Secretaryship. The Argus mentions such is the caseWrixon, AltorneyGeneral ; Dr Hearn, Minister and member in the Council, if Berry leads ; then Dow, will have Lands; Mirams, or Pearson, Education ; Kichardson, Eailways ; Paterson, Public Works ; there are several claimants for the Customs. The Age, in a leader of the 7th, says that Berry is quite free to select new associates, and deprecating such lan» gunge as labor \a ab the throat of capital. It maintains that it is absolutely necessary for Berry's safety that he should not have to answer the mistakes of others besides his own, and therefore endorses the advice given to Berry, to bury Berryism and start fresh and untrammelled. The Ape maintains that Berryism is not LiberaFsm. If a policy of moderation is determined on, it will be now successful