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Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5317, 4 July 1892, Page 3

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The creation of a Department of Industry is proposed by the Government of South Australia. Butter bonuses and vine subsidies are also proposed. A man named Mellen, while quietly angling on the Hobart wharf, was suddenly tossed by an infuriated bullock, per steamer Flora, and died in the hospital. In taking the census of the State of New York a family was found iu the town of Warrensburg in which the baby was three months old, its mother was not 15 years old, its grandmother was 33, and its greatgrandmother 54. It is stated that a secret murder society, known as "Chinese Freemasons," exists among the Chinese Albury. An Association has been formed in Hobarfc to protect infirm persons from ignorant nurses. The Victorian Public Works Department has accepted the tender of Messrs M'Culloch and M'Alpine, for the sum of L 24.249 for the erection of the superstructure of the new Law Court and offices at Bendigo. An idea of the kind of weather prevailing recently off the coast is given, says the Sydney Herald, by the report of the barque Pactole. Soon after she left Dunedin she was caught in a hurricane from the south-west, and small canvas was set for a time until, in fact, it blew to ribbons. The fury of the wind was sufficient to carry her dead to leeward, almost halfway up the east coast of the IJorth Island, before the storm abated and the vessel's position could be ascertained, so that, instead of making the voyage through Cook Straits, as intended, the trip to Sydney was made by way of the North Cape of New Zealand. A Hawera romance in real life has. coipe to light. About two years ago a resident left the town for the south, where he resided until receutly. For the past thirty years he had been seeking the where-abouts of a married sister, whom he had lost sight of for long but could get no tidings. A short time back he returned here, and found tlia'j his sister and family had rented a cottage belonging to himself but without being aware that it was her brother's house until the latter's appearance on the scene. Of course the meeting, as may be imagined was a happy one.— Star. Mrs Langtry, the famed ".professional beauty," whose stage are so attractive in The Fringe of Society, has made a successful racing debut. Under the assumed name of "Mr Jersey," the fail- •' Jersey Lily " Avon the Royal Two-year-old Plate at Kempton Park with Milford, Beating Minting Queen. This prize is-valued at L 2400.