INTERCOLONIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 3321, 11 February 1879, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL.

A, Theamyaloft^ Bluff yesterday/ has placed us in ; pbssessipn ■ bf brir; Australian exchanges, from which 'we, have compiicd : the follbwing summary of hews :— '',--/"' kA"- - : —'^-^-'ryy'-yy . syy : ri:-vr; - HI-:/ ; VICTORIA. / A'7A''A-'- A < A singular death:' 1 under vciy/-suspicious circumstances, occurred bn : the' ' 30th ult-i, at; Prabxaml • - ■A^'navvy. named Murphy -and? another man were observed'* 'quarrelling in; Arthur street. y A : little; time after, Murphy A was founcj-sinsensible - on - , the footpath. .: He ; was supposed^ to. be, under the :in_(uence.«of liquor, and^was removed to his boarding house . and "placed pn ?.tbe /back verandah.' ; There he lay till '5 -o'clock; trie next morning," and was then found:quite4ead,and on examihatipriit was ascertained -that; Ms skull Was: fracturea; ; The man; with whom' he .quaireiled '.'was,- at-.-rested on the charge . bf mahslahghter; and at . the inquest. was committed for trial. : : ; : x J y .. The Sandndge-Pohce Court. was the' Scener lof a'lively -^cpuriter' between whose husbands were on a/base oi abusive 'l'atL-'-/' guage to" each 'other.;. '-'-'.'The;' two'_ women; :;were;' 'stahdingciose together,- when -'the f eelirigs.'bf ; •one " got the better ; of her," .and she ; incbn.-.' 'tinently fell tooth- and hail bn her/neighbor, I and tore her bonnet ■ off. -.. ■■■ She . was '■■ quickly;-.-. ;ihtroda.ced -to th'eanteribi' bf>;the'lbcfcup. is-I "The West Bourke election islikely:tO:bel ; severely rcdritested, . Mr/ rS. : . , Staughton, ./pf ; Meltori? is -^"a^d^t^od''; to./.be.'in thefield/as ... la'ulmdepeMe^ :wh'b wasctfau-irian of the Franc_' Commit jee' , at the-last {West Melbourne ,electipri,Js. 'men-/ ! tibhed as likely to stand upon the same *pi'at T fforin".;/'Ori the other 'bandar Ma-Ivor,. the' I cherincal-iectureiy and .Mr T. E v Healy'' ale /both';spokeri/ of n as Ministerial candidates.; Mr ' 'Maclvor, J 'it is expected, will have the * support of the Go vernmeht.. AA y '/ ;/ j; Letters patent have grahted-by ; the Attofrney>Generali'tb:'Paul Jablbchkoffj of 'Parisjj/ '. engm^^eer/>&r ;his "imnrbvements ; in .electricL 'lamp's/ Electric lamps,, 'as : usually construe--: ted, : have the-:caTbbh'i points placed end ;toi ■ i end,, and-oechanism: is provided for the -pur-? ' /pose of maintaining them at a suitable distance ! frbm'each other as they ' are^^ /consumed' ; but, ; by this inyentibhall s'uch/mechariism is dis-/ j -pensed "with, the. carbon sticks being placed 1 parallel, to each- btheh/and'ltiie;matenal'in > w"_ieb/i_ey Vare ". embedded being; yconsiimjed.. simidtriheouslywi&^ light \ can also be colofed,- divided, arid; varied. '■■ Letters paterit r wefe"also grarited'at the/same time'tb "Eennard Knott, of London^ f br two inyentibns concerning, the preperation of and subsequent preservation- of meat. In .order to prepare the meat /for preservation itis first subjected to a temperature of about SOdeg.'cFahjenheit.fbr/sK hours*,; arid then reduced gradually 'to SOdeg.j.at . which point itis kept-ih a- pure 1 dry atrhpsphere, special provision being made for/the .preservation bf a current of pure.dry air at this temperature. All attempts-:to trace Martin -Weiberg, the escaped gold robber, /have failed;./' . -■. A strange occurrence- is/reported to have taken; place -in.^^.Sp*ring. street,. Melbourne, about; 3. o'clock; on the .afternoon .of/the Ist inSt. / A cab containing:;- _h^ ; ee women.-, drove up Jo; the new Treasury Hotel, biie^of the passengers called for a glass of water-for one bf the women, who; appeared to 'be/very ill, but before the person had tirrie to bring the water the patient is reported to have expired. T-iecabman then drove bffiri the direction of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The person who is reported to b-& .dead], appeared to have been removed fo-om^aSbedihurriedly, as she wore only her nightdress arid >yas wrapped in a shawl, that -(-he cab; contained some/ luggage. *;S;"[^was /subsequently ascertamed/that;;the person reported to be dead turned putAo be a girl/ of the r unfortunate clas^pn"; her %ay to/the hbspital. She was in the* last'-stage^./bf • corisumption, and died by theway, y AA. ■ A stu^dyflr_h ; Mame named*_". Rodgers, who was admitted, to.the Melbourne Hospital suffering from fracfeed ribs ; ;ahd other in-, juries, thus, describes how she received them : — A man pf her acquaintance called at her house and asked if,; a .friend was there. She curtly replied/'" Np,';;and/indicated that he was an. -unwelcome^visitor, whereupon he; kicked her bn thc'ieg. This violence raised her temper; and her com bativeness, so she picked up / pan- of - hot cabbage water and emptied it. hppnV his / head. The., intruder then knocked her'dpwri ■.-aid- lacked her on the; ribs;-' Getting : v_p;--^ain|.':'Bh'e'--'seiißed; :: ;a sihall tub, arid brought it dbwh/bn his head with some violence. For '-this', he gave her : another //kick: ;bri the groin. ; Mr, Scpttj resiI dent surgeon at the/hospital, reports- that her i injuries do not, appear to .rhe: of '/a; Serious ] nature.: >• -A; y.yA'y ■■A.-yy.]jy ) y: \ ..A oase ; pf deliberate V^elf-desitructioh oci ; eurred-jin ;Ba^Tkl^street^/F^ man named John Proctor, a,;^^labbrerJ;abbut's6 years : pf /age; hung himself f with *' a/fsaddlestrap. -'His daughter, who, is engaged ""as- a ■Sunday-school; teacher, left him in the house . •between 2;' and-3 /o'clock to ;attend; school, arid' on returning found him sitting in bed :with a s„apxbundliis neck and; fastened to the top of the, bedjjthe. weight, of the; body being so as to effectstr^arigu- ■.//'/'/'; ':; 'Ak- AAA /Pastor (^Kihiqiiy' "tbe ex-priest whb CTeatbd : sb*_e'excife!ment in Sydnby by ; -his f lectures, preached jor the. fii-st tirrie in Melbburhe/bri the 2hdinst: : . There -was 'a great disappointment in; store' for those who i attended in ; ; the expectatibn' of /hearing sensationali':revela-/.. ;tibhs, as.the/pre^chb-c's^sermpn jeligipuabriej/and^ad riQ..refererice tb,;6ec-;; /taiianism. Mr..Chiriiquy;is;described ;Argris/as an old "man^jt^'tio./^pMBaSS^/.Bagli&f-l --; ■fluently, but with a strbng;Dutcri accent, arid; v apart ! 'frorii ; : the/ attacks/he ''inakes..'%ri-'-:;:the -i Roman Catholics his pr peaching; would not/ attractmUchattentipn;'^;^ >r yAiy: k.kP.k i Withregard tp the depreciatiorilri;value;.Qf landed/ property, the; Smythesdah? :; corres- j ■"pondent/p^ /the^ .kriow of prbberty /wh •/paid ;„100,000 for some/years:ia^;?'arid-^cev : then 'he has expended £30,000 ; on /iinprbve- f /nientSi He would now-take' -£90,000 for* the ; whple^/'J^e'^pwi^ ,80 A-. acres, ■ I fenced-in 'vnLh posls;arid/tlriee v raij^^rad]oin; ' ing *-he^;propert^y of ; /a/ iarided/ prbprietbr. • /r^eritiy/ ri_ered-it _or^_e'to;th ; e >' big^man ' fit '£2 -lOsJpeiv acre^ /The "reply /was- /th •' would ; h#''haye/ it .'at/a 'gift.' This; land^i^ •"Haddoni'v; lpb -j*/hear' *X3ape .ClearSa yfarm of i v^yeir ;100 -;ri,cres'7 'fenced /and/imprbyed; was; p&red'tb anbthei^lHg man/: &ii£2 -/as'ifc'' was^ite :^handy :' ;;tb /his; property. -/A/ shrug bfct-he shoulders iwas the response. 1 ' ; ;