AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
Melbourne:, M&roh 80. A decision was delivered by the Appeal Conrt on the appeal of one of the female teachers involves that pro vision must be made by the Education Department to pay from £10,000 to £15,000 accumulated increment of salarios, principally those due to females. The Premier has received a com munication inviting the colonies to send delegates, or be represented at the Congress arranged by the Spanieh Government to discuss the question of fraudulent wine marks, and also to attend the Sugar Bounties Conference to be held in April. ; The Opera House had a narrow escape of being destroyed by fire last night. The hotel adjoining the theatre caught fire, but fortunately the flames were extinguished before any serious damage was done, although it was not without great trouble that the brigade subdued what at one time looked as if it would result in a serious conflagra tion. The five men in oustody on the charge of taking part in the recent fatal fight pleaded guilty. The Crown Prosecutor stated that the light vaa a fair one, and the Judge released the men on their entering into recogni sances to come up for sentence when called upon. ■ Sydney, Manh 30. A gatekeeper on the Pi.ramatta railway Hoe, in attempting to save the life of a little child who had wandered on the line, was run over And killed. The. child yws also killed.,

iHE TARftNAKJ HERALD, APRIL 2, 1888.
