NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 3316, 5 February 1879, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

The half-past 8 train from Sydney on . the night of the 24th January passed over the, body of 'a young woman about 19 years- of age, at Stanmore. The back of ' nei"Jiead -was 1 cut away, and one foot was nearly cut off, leadihg to the supposition that she lay with her head on one rail and her feet on the otlier. There is little^doubt _bjii£ftjat it ia a case of suicide. The name of » f Pe young woman is Elizabeth Hayard, and she had^ been .an inmate of the Catholic Home. , The Milson's- Point -mystery ■ has -been cleared up. The "body found in the water turns out to..be,jthat of * Joseph Bailey. A letter was produced at the inquest to-day addressed to ''bis wife in 'Brisbane, to the effect that he. had been out of employment and intended .committing suicide. The jury found that "the injuries „ were selfinflicted. • * J* _ "•'' ; Al.'young mmi named John Hollis, afire-, man, -on the railway, was^killed at Homebush son5 on , the 23rd ult!,, by falling off an engine' whela in motion. ' ,Mr William Barker, solicitor, pf Sydney, is dead. A meeting, of Chinese wps held on the 25th '.ult., at Sydney,- to put down im- J moralities amongst the Chinese. Speeches' were made by Chinese merchants and employers of labor'; also :f by Dr Steel, Canon O'Reilly,' and the Dean of Sydney.^ The ' "meeting ws' unanimously uT favor of- the object for which it was convened. ~ r ' The Bulli lock-out has ended. The principal terms are 14 days'' notice- by the men before suspension*' of- -work, and 14 days' "notice before the -proprietors discharge any one, an assurance to be giyen by the 'men that the Union is independent of the Newcastle Union. "'J" 1 "' SOUTH AUSTRALIA: ;" J' " "Whilst a telegraph -wire wits' being stretched between the Engineer-in-Chief 's '^ office and the railway station 5 it was feund "* necessary to attach it to the ,chiiiYney--Aack •of the house.' 'The strain s was too great, and the stack fell, and crushed through the roof into the room beneath. Luckily " the officials' had just left. ' -V , In the Norwood and North Adelaide cripket match 'the former scored 228, and tlie latter 21, with* four wickets down. Giffen made: 55, Gooden 46 not out, and McMichael 35. *> * ***■ ' • Ap order has been sent home by the mail ---Bteamef to the War' Office for SW-Snider """carbines for the" v iis6'bt "the"'b~oys'^e"aTning drill in the public schools, -. J ' Frank 'Argless, brother., of the_/ -jvriter ".knowg in. Sydney a/* « Tho'-Pilg^jn," has been committed on Beyera) charge <tf

A Shipmasters' Socieiyhas been formed at Port Adelaido'as a branch of the society in London. The objects are to promote the combined interests of the shipmasters and shipowners. Reports from the various countiy districts complain of unusually dry weather. They say that unless rain falls soon the water supply will run out.