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Melbourne, Jan 9. Measles still prevail in Victoria. A nugsjet weighing over 60oz was found on 7th January at Jones's Creek, Dunolly, 14ft from the surface, and 50 yards from Burns's store, by Eobertson and Bragg. It was sold to-day at the London Chartered Bank. The net yield of gold was 48oz 2dwt. Several finds have been made recently in this locality, but the particulars have not been brought before the public. On the Eichardson and the Wimmera, the light rainfall of the past winter and the continued drought up to date is being severely felt. At Donald the householders are in a fix, as their underground tanks are dry, and the waterhole with fresh water near the township has dried up, that remaining being brackish and unfit for use. It ib worse still in the back selections, as tanks and dams are exhausted of pure water Where there is water, neighbors are quarrelling over it. The great want of the district is water, and without a better supply many selections will be abandoned, as neither men nor animals can live without it, and at present .much privation is being endured in hopes of a thuuderstorm and rain. Storekeepers offer the selectors 3s Gd per bushel for new wheat. Eailway laborers' wages in Victoria are from 7s to 8s per day of eight hours. The first instalment of Martini-Henry rifles for the Victorian Volunteers has arrived from London. In the course of a few months the whole of the force will be armed with the new weapon. About 50,000 acres of land in various parts of Victoria, which have beei: already selected, will be thrown open for re-selection, in consequence of the origina selectors having neglected to pay their survey fees, A little boy named Alfred Baker was admitted to the Hospital, suffering froir the effects of a quantity of vinegar' drunk by him while walking in his sleep. H( died next day, having been in convulsion! ever since his admission. The ravages of the caterpillars during the past two months in the Tower Hil district are (says the Banner of Belfast] plainly observable. Large fields of wheai and other standing grain crops, although bearing the bloom of harvest, are com pletely divested of all their flags oi leaves, ao4 n.othing remains but the long slender stalk with the ear af; top. This no doubt, will have the e(Fcct of dama| inf the grain to a groat extent, for )t 11 i not likely to reach that state of perfec- , tion it otherwise would have had th< i crops not been deprived of the nourish ment afforded by the leaves, etc., by thes< i voracious pests. | Sydney, Jan 8. !| Kespectiag ike San Francisco mai service the Sydney' Morning iferaid g \ January 5 says :— " The temporary contract referred to a few days ago has beer I definitely arranged between the Hon.^thi Postmaster-General and the A.B.N Company. It is to extend over a period of seyen months, and the mails will bi ji carried '/iUtyng' ttyap jtjme by the steanv ships Mikado, City pf Melbourne, gregor, and Cypbrenes. The first fcwc named vessels have demonstrated thei ability to give a coarse of post equal tc I —^— ~— ~ • ~— • — —
anything that has been accomplished between this port and Loridou ; but while ■ so much depends upon the Home Government, we can hardly expect that i punctuality which ought to characterise all mail services. For the present there will be no connection with Fiji, the only intermediate ports of call being Auckland and Honolulu. The Corporation of Sydney has resolved to dismiss one-half of their employes, the Union Bank having refused to houor their cheques, as the overdraft is now considered large enough. A young lady, aged 19, daughter of Mr Haley, of Goulburn, was washed off the rocks near Manly Beach last evening, and drowned. The barque Miranda has become a total wreck at Cape Byron. The crew lost everything. , The Havilah, from Noumea, has. brought 52 tons of nickel ore. The motion to expunge the Governor's minute regarding Gardiner's release is certaiu to bo carried when Parliament meets. Adelaide, Jan 8. The Germans have issued a political platform for the ensuing elections. It includes a liberal land law, upholding the Heal Property Act, compulsory education, with liberty to read the Bible in schools, payment of members, and assisted immigration. Mr Taylor, from Victoria, has been out exploring from Champion Bay, Western Australia, and thence to the head of the Murchison. He reports the couutry to be equal to the very best in Victoria. S;ilea of wheat have been made at 4s The revenue for the last quarter amounted to £238,000, making £l,oo3,ooo for the year. Launcesto^, Jan 8. At the criminal sittings a young man named Samuel Hellars, a visitor from Melbourne, waß sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for rioting on Christmas Eve. Two others were sentenced for a similar offence.
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Southland Times, Issue 2054, 18 January 1875, Page 3
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