AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. [PER ROTOMAHANA, AT THE BLUEF.]

Evening Post, Volume XXII, 17 October 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. [PER ROTOMAHANA, AT THE BLUEF.]

FATAL MINE ACCIDENT. SHOCKING TBAGEDY. THE ALLEGED LEICHARDT BELICS. [Bt Tbltjgeaph.] MELBOUBNE,I2th October. Two minors, Davey and Handry, were killed in the Catherine Keef claim, Ea?lehawk, by the breaking of a rope, which had been in constant use for three yaara. Both men were frightfully mutilated. Tho recent rain may have the effect of Bavmg the late sown cropa, and in many instances tho early crops. Some of the crops have been ruined. About 150 horses are now in active training at Flemington. Sir Modred, Somnus, Jdalium, and Hilarious are all doing well. A new line of steamers has started to trade between Australia and Bordeaux. The pioneer of the line is expected in a few days. A man named Clark and h|a two sons were found dead in bed at Millioent. Clark, it was ascertained, murdered the two boys and then committed suicide, no doubt in a Btate of madness. Alderman Ham has been unanimously elected Mayor of Melbourne. It has transpired that the Stock Tax has caused a loss to the railway revenne of £40,000. The amount of the tax collected scarcely counterbalances the los 3. At the sale of English frozen game, grouse fetched 153 per brace ; capons 12s 6d each. M:s Pippin, wife of a selector, and her two daughters have been drowned by the upsetting of a dray in a cre<>k near Kerang. Signor Grammana has been fined £5 and seven guineas costs for assaulting Mr. Allred More, musical critio for the Age, on acconnt of an unfavourable critique. Forty-four claims to compensation for injuries at the late Tailway accident have already been amicably settled. Sydney, 11th Oofcobsr. A correspondent states thit Skuthorpe aaserts he has tho diary of Leichardt. containing full descriptions of till his transactions. He also haa Classen's diary. Classen, he states, lived three years with the blacks, and made three attempts to escape, but was captured and flogged. Skuthorpo declares he was taken to Classen's grave by tho nat'ves, and describes a skeleton if a man with a long black beard, under a tree, on which was inscribed tho word "dig." He found the box containing the relics. The Government has promised to entertain Sknthorpe's olaim only if proved bond fide by competent persons. 12th October. Cases of small-pox continue to be reported from various suburbs. They are said to be due to the fact of bo many persona at 11 remaining un vaccinated. In the new Licensing Act Amendment Bill the Assembly has limited the hours for opening and olosing pnbliohouses. Tho latter hour is eleven at night.