VICTORIA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7636, 8 January 1887, Page 2

VICTORIA.

* ... /(Recoiyod January 7,l p.m.) ;- : , yr 5 V '■',-•'„■ '{'. -. .jMELBOUENEiFriday.I---...N0 fresh; cases of smallpox' are, re-' ■ported from the quarantine station. .•■'-'• r . ; jt is stated that if Mr Gillies is unable to attend the conference. in London Mr-,. •Lorrimer will, probably ,be selected represent .Victoria. -'.-■'- ".'••'.. ■•-.•; ; -It- has been ascertained that -the! men,. John and Robert Lewis",' wh6 stuck up' the National Bank at Albert Park,. and ( were- stated to.be new arrivals,. are.b'oijifrom, Sydney, where, they are well ,cpfi? nected. :..--...'-; , '■■'•'.". '...-'• ' /-'■'' ''"'•'':-/ (Eeceired Amuary 7i 10.30 p.m.) ■' :' : ...The' New. Zealand Loan and Morcan-' tile^Agency." Company', in their, weekly • report estimate the surplus- of the. South Australian wheat crop" to amount to' 100,000 tons. They anticipate that a, good business- will oe done in shipping : wheat.". .'• ■,- ■ .-■'/.: „""■■ ■ 1 ,/.-.",: • - .-.' ■ . (Received, January. 8,1 a.m.) ■■'.:• ■'„-• Another small-pox case is .-reported- at; the quarantine station; -,JL)r ' Porter, the^ medical officer, has telegraphedthat there' is little doubt that the patients now in ; quarantine were infected during the re-; moval of the' corpse of the first victim at' Adelaide, which .'.wag wrapped ;in loose canvas arid' removed in -the . presence of. the Preussen's passengers. ' ;• Several of. the' patients, at Sorrento' liaye admitted that they dodged ; the, medical, inspector when: he visited the vessel at Adelaide.- Several- 1 of the.patients.at- the quarantine station are in a critical state, one of 'the. cases being considered hopeless; iy ... f ;;.f-. '. Lees, the pugilist, .who was brought from New Zealand under the' extradition" treaty on a; charge of ■ "assault, '-. has beencommitted for.trial. ;. ..'"', . ; < . ■ A" very serious bush fire has occurred" at Numurkahy. resulting in great destriic-: tion of property, ' • 'IV •'-"';.;