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Southland Times, Issue 3316, 5 February 1879, Page 2

From our exchanges to band per Arawata) pye haye compiled ylhe annexed summary r of news /:-— v f;77 '■_■ «• Y^ORIA., ' "f'/\/^7. : v ' On the 21st inst.. a resident of Montaguestreet, Emerald-' ill, waspbisbned by eating bad sardines.: ...He -. became; .extremely-ill, and .Jus life ;v\*us ( only sayed/tiirbugb; active medical treatmeTf.' " ; '7" "" '' ■-'''*' "" The Australia], Jce Company is about to v e"3ta!blist a' secon d- f adtory^itt/MeJbourne; on the south sidef of the Yarra capable of producibg 'W&viltbi s of; icepet day^'7 ; The 1 adies : of ' Cfamperdbn 'Have presented Mrs.Gibson, pf y Glenainjle; .sta-^ni^-tb a handsome buggy and harness;^m .ae&nqw'ledgment ofi ber /kindness to the survivors of/the wreck of iKe tpclrAxd. * A-^en^man'^ a trip to- -N^'-'-Q-ninea'-'ji^^tfie^Sblombn'' Islands (says tbe Argus) has placed in the bands of Professor McCoy, for the Museurii, a collection of birds, reptiles, and insects^ containing many new and rare species. He left Sydney in June last in a little schooner named the. Ariel, and; "went to New Caledonia, but.as the Teyplt-pf the /Natives' was /going,, on at'ffi^ ' to" shoot' there. '' The ' vessel, iaCcprdingly sailed for* tbe Solomon j^lslahdsV. .^he JrNatiye^ oi. .these! islands i^ere' found $.6- be well supplied with Snider nfles aM^&unitibn, and many of thejpi ; could/^spjeak English fluently. Strangers as" a 'Me are accorded a kind and hospitable reception, but they require to be very circumspect in theirconduct, as the Natives are very easily offended, and value life, very, .cheaply, the head of a man; being estimated at what would be equivalent 'to : Ll*6f 'English "moneys -The^ manners &n# custpmi^'bf the Natives of these islands closely resemble tbose of the Natives pf j/Fiji.:/" - j ; *7;~f The old well-kripwri steamer Aldinga is running excursion.tiips in Port Phillip Bay .whilst tbe steamerJGolden Grown is Jaid up. '. ■ ;\'.::.; '■■" 77/- -,{.■.■■ The throwing open, of ..Keilbr f Common for selection is being agitated in Meli. bourne, and' a 7 deputation' Waited ; on^ jthe Minister of Lands about it. It was argued that ;the increase pf population and scarr 'city of land in the. district /warranted tbe ■ step; Tho Miiiisijßr sAid^-^olihmg; 'could be done till'itli'e'" i*ei:ni^ T^'MV^rry^as it { badfbeen proposed tq reserye tbe^GOrbnibn for industrial; school and farixi piirppis^s. The case of Mrs, Chajrlptte Gpliin.Sjjabput -whose death from alleged _ abortion some suspicions were excited, has been re-opened by the pofice. The body was exhumed , and submitted to exdtninationj and, altbougb it Had beett buried f or over three \veeks,Vas easily recpgnisable! by relatives of the'^dece'ased,'who wfe'r^^also -in attOTdance, and it was in : a surficiept state, /jf preservation foi* the examinatibn whicb bad to be made . Mr Grirdlestone; erected na steam- working f apparatus which- distributed a disinfecting spray amongst the"^operdtprsT "~.The"jpos« mortem: becupiedj about ;two : hburs'*and a half, and. is said to" fiave. been /conducted •in a : - very careful manner, 7 One of T #ie most extraordinary features of this affair is the ; cbaracter of j the house'kept by M*^' in Fitzroy. A seareb'j through the records of the local registrar *;showß:that sinde July, 1877, the deaths of^fiyefillegiti- -. ; hia*feft3hildren have been : registered from^* 11 ;lier bouse. •';'. Previous /to ber- residence a*t^ No. 2 Janies street; she' kept '' a small"private lying-in bospital in Hanbyer gtreet. During the last five years abbutW births, stillborn/ or otherwise, have • taken place in ber establishment. 7An inquest that bad ex J tended oyer two, days np to the date of our latest exchange swite held^ and facts points; ing to abortion were elicited. Mr Crooke, the surgeon-implicated, was. pre"'sent.'''*-'"'" ■ -."'-■ -. ;---:j.... t 7... ■

A shocking accident occurred at '■the Footscray railway station, on the 27th ult, when a-widow lady named ' Cecillia Brett was crushed to death. Sbe was going to Melbourne, and had' to cross the, Hne to reach the station, and wliilsf attempting it was caught by the buffers of the train just coming in and was carried 'along* several yards in front of the engine, and then fell between the rail and the ' platform. jTOne half of tbe train passed over her booy and 1 fearfully mutilated* it, ' causipg instant death. , , , Severe contests between the police and rough's of Melbourne appear tb be of daily occurrence. One affray on the 27th was caused by the police going tothe rescue of two women, whom tlie men were illusing in; Little Bourke street- early in the even' ing. A mob soon* gathered, and serious woiinds were received on both £ -s!des*7 the women being eventually * rescued, I and three of the men arrested. Safety mining' cages are being nseti with good effect in various parts of Victoria. The Band of ' Hope and<Albion Consols Companies use^ them, and as is shown by tlie following letter, addressed by the manager pf the" company, to the inventor, Mr Allen, they work well :— " Your safetycage now in use in No. 6 shaft undejrjfjent a severe test this afternoon. When winding at ordinary speed' th& truck got adrift, caught in tbo shaft, and snapped, tho rope. The cage was carrying a full truck of } dirt, also a 30-galloh tank of water. '1% caught instantly, without damage. At a meeting -of the Cabinet r held on Jhe 27th' ult., some alteration. 'in,, rail way for agricultural produce, was made. Major Smyth proposed an'nnif arm charge of l£d per ton per mile, but it was eyentually decided to charge lsd from - 'Melbourne to Siich, tyfak as JtoUftfef , %W)fo

hurst, &c.^ and-ld to places fVlrttier in tlie country. , , - Mr W. Hutchinson, the Mayor Of Hotham, died suddenly at hia^.residence on the 27th ult. of apoplexy. Mr J. T. -Smith, whosej death we recorded the other day, came to his end through malignant catfeerin the leg. Carroll, the ex-member of Parliament fof Ararat," who is Undergoing penal servitude at v Pentridge, is likely to , obtain mitigation of some' portion of Ids, sentence on account of his behaviour in assisting Warder Sheehan when the latter was attacked by the notorious Neville.- *-■ _ < „ A serioujLcase of burning is reported at Melbourne- Screams from a house in Napier street being heard, a man nished in and found a woman - named Catherine Stockwell in* flames.^ She had v child \>£ three months old in her arms,, and was "tinder **he influence of liquor. Although she was burnt^to a degree that prohibited much hope to her recovery, -the child was uninjured. At a sale of Crown Jands held at Melbourne, the lots offered were situated in Park,street,' facing. the Royal-park, city of Melbourne, several -of which were sold tit from £2 to £7 12s 6d per foot, and many considerably 'above the upset price, £3. Tl«|rejvas a large attendance. .. The total procelWs'of the sale amounted io £1828. - Theiong drought is severely felt by the farmers ; and. gardeners about' Coburg and Campbellfield. Not a vestige of grass is to be seen in the paddocks. About Wallan "Wall and and the surrounding- country tlie water-holes "are dried up, and cattle hav;e* to be dfiven a long distance to *water, while milch cows have to be hand-fed.' The difference of , government between the two sister colonies of Victoria and New ' South Wales, the, Riverine Herald remarks, " engenders almost an infinity of trouble, and'tSbisaetimes thiS'troiible assumes a most! ludicrous 'aspect.* - For in&tance, about 42 i months ago, an atteiiipt was made to arrest -the master of one of the river steamers who jfrustriited the designs, of the New South. .Wales police by jrunriing his vessel to "the Victorian . shore and jumping out, and reversing the operation when the Victorian police appeared. Since then, a dog either fell off or was knocked from the floor of tlie new bridge, und in Iris rapid descent and consequent violent concussion on reaching the ground was severely injured. -The owner- sued a lad who, it was alleged, had * caused the- injuries to the canine property by kicking it off the bridge. The trial day came on, and legal ( assistance was procured. Anent the jurisdiction of the Mo'ama Bench on the matter, a very knotty legal point was argued, over which.' resulted much, hair-splitting. The solicitor argued that the dog fell with his ,two feet in the 'Munay ,River and two legs and his head on the Victorian bank, so that fhe major portion fell into Victoria ; also,' that the river'was very liigh, and the water had encroached upon Victorian territory,, so that the dog actually fell wholly into Victoria, but fell into a little New South Wales water.. The set-off was that although hal!£|the dog might have fallen into Victoria^ stilt the, offence ,was the kicking of the dogj which occurred in New South Wales, and. the wind in tlie long descent drove the dog 'partially into Victoria. The' evidence was -so unsatisfactory that the case was dismissed. A new phase of trouble about the Border has arisen. -A number of boys are in the habit of bathing off the wharves in open daylight, and on Saturday an-^Echuca constable wished to put a stop to tlie practice. The boys, as usual, had procured an old dingy, into which a. .dozen -or so .had crowded themselves, and, with the aid of a paling, .they paddled about the vicinity of the wharf like so many red' Indians in a state of nudity. -The constable appearing, the boys went to the New South Wales side of the river, and there they sat, exasperating the constable by informing nim that he was a Vicorian 'trap,' and could .not touch them." The unsuccessful pursuit of the Kelly gang , f is exciting most unfavorable comment in Victoria upon the action of the police. The latest news as published in the Argus of the 30th says: — We have received telegrams from varipus points to the effect that absolute news of the' Kellys is shortly expected. The belief that the police have at last some, clue to thefihurderers and are closing upon 'them is evidently widespread, but previous 1 disappointments have been : so numerous- di Ao discredit all such rumorsi In deference to the 'wish expressed by the • Acting Chief " Secretary, we give no particulars. Our" Mansfield correspondent re- " marks that' the request to withhold notice of the police movements' is considered absurd on the spot, as the gang are informed on the subject long before the newspapers can reach them! A vßenalla telegram mentions that " There is one noticeable matter, and that is, that since the men who are now in Beechworth Gaol have-been arrested, Kate Kelly 'has 'studiously 'avoided her visits to this place, which were so jfrequent a short time since. Another man, whose name I do'nof-'know', but who was continually in and out of the township on a half-thorough-bred black mare,, has. not been seen since then." " '"•/ '